John Nunn quotes

“The clock is just as much a part of the game as the board and pieces, and losing because of time-trouble is no different to losing because of weak play -- it's still a zero on the score-sheet.”
-- John Nunn

#Zero Quotes #Games Quotes #Play Quotes

“While it is a cause for regret that Fischer did not continue to produce scintillating games, he perhaps had a greater impact on chess than any other twentieth century player”
-- John Nunn

#Regret Quotes #Player Quotes #Impact Quotes

“The main line of the Yugoslav Attack has become just too vast for most players to study in depth, and anyone intending to venture into such tricky waters needs to have an intimate knowledge of all the hidden reefs.”
-- John Nunn

#Player Quotes #Water Quotes #Depth Quotes

“Zero problems with neighbors' is a value. But another equally important value is to establish peace.”

“I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted. We have zero tolerance for corporate fraud, but we also recognize the importance of avoiding collateral consequences whenever possible.”

“I've never been a size zero, let me say that here and now. I've never been that sort of person.”

“Carbon zero simply means that the emissions you are releasing either are zero or balance out to zero.”

Source : "Alex Steffen on Carbon-Zero Cities". Interview with Theresa Riley, billmoyers.com. March 19, 2013.

“There is still zero empirical evidence that anthropogenic production of CO2 is making any measurable contribution to the world's present warming trend.”

Source : "Is Global Warming a Sin?" by Alexander Cockburn, www.counterpunch.org. April 28, 2007.

“Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t really explain why.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2004). “The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World”, p.305, Simon and Schuster

“The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.12, Thomas Nelson Inc

“Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.”

“This is my last Commonwealth Games. Five CWG and nine medals, it is enough for me.”

“This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.”