Mig Greengard quotes

Mig Greengard quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Fischer is an American Chess tragedy on par with Morphy and Pillsbury”
-- Mig Greengard

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“I'd give dollar for indefinite article.”
-- Mig Greengard

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“Whoâ€™s afraid of the big, bad buildings? Everyone, because there are so many things about gigantism that we just donâ€™t know. The gamble of triumph or tragedy at this scale â€” and ultimately it is a gamble â€” demands an extraordinary payoff. The trade center towers could be the start of a new skyscraper age or the biggest tombstones in the world.”

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“This is the tragedy and woe of the hour--that we neglect the most important One who could possibly be in our midst--the Holy Spirit of God. Then, in order to make up for His absence, we have to do something to keep up our own spirits.”
“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.”
“When love ceases to be tragic it is something else and the individual again throws himself in search of tragedy.”
“Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.”
“Chess is a matter of vanity.”
“Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words.”
“Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess genius of all time!”
“If you're bumming out, you're not gonna get to the top, so as long as we're up here we might as well make a point of grooving. (Quoting Scott Fischer)”
“Robert Fischer is a law unto himself”

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