When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured. – Howard Staunton
No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man. – H. L. Mencken
It’s nice to be important, but more important to be nice. You don’t know who your top customers will be five years from now or where you will be in 10 years. You may have a fancy title, but you will always need help from the people around you. – Harvey Mackay
I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones that many Americans are alert to. – George Tenet
Naming rights are a seductive philanthropic inducement, yet more anonymous operational support may better advance the charitable purpose. – George Kaiser
What really disconcerts commentators, I suspect, is that when they read historical fiction, they feel their own lack of education may be exposed; they panic, because they don’t know which bits are true. – Hilary Mantel
But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out of the same culture that we as Americans have and enjoy. But we can be an example, a role model for them. – Hugh Shelton
As to each of us, the knowledge that we are here but briefly and a nonnegotiable limit is set to our expected time may even be necessary as the incentive to number our days and make them count. – Hans Jonas
A person with ‘oppositional conversational style’ is a person who, in conversation, disagrees with and corrects whatever you say. He or she may do this in a friendly way, or a belligerent way, but this person frames remarks in opposition to whatever you venture. – Gretchen Rubin
May Allah guide us to the good of the kingdom of Bahrain and its loyal people. – Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing. – Horace
I just think when you read something that’s magnetic that pulls you into it or resonates with you, whatever that may be, that’s always a positive thing. – Gloria Votsis
Clinton is the first female to be taken seriously for the highest office in the land. She has the credentials, the stamina and she is a good campaigner. Her detractors in both parties like to say she can’t win, but they may be proven wrong. – Helen Thomas
Whatever may be said as to our relations to some other countries, I think the relations of this country to Spain offer no ties of gratitude or of blood. – Henry Cabot Lodge
Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing. – Henry David Thoreau
My celebrity crush is not gonna find out who my celebrity crush is anytime soon. I’m so nervous! I may keep that to myself because if I do meet her and she already knows about it, that could be awkward. – Hunter Hayes
A city is a state – of mind, of taste, of opportunity. A city is a marketplace – where ideas are traded, opinions clash and eternal conflict may produce eternal truths. – Herb Caen
The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read. – Hannah More
In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally. – Harry Houdini
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. – Hilaire Belloc
You don’t need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles – events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily. – Harry Browne
One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring. – H. L. Mencken
If you have a good story idea, don’t assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay or a poem. Be flexible. – Hilary Mantel
We invite American companies looking to raise capital to list on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. The region has a liquidity oversupply approximating $1 trillion and this pool of capital can be tapped into by creative American companies. The next Facebook may very well get funded on the BSE. – Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. – Harry Dean Stanton
The Moon may not be quite as appealing as Mars, but it’s still a complex and poorly understood world, with many questions still unanswered. – Henry Spencer