Robert Byrne
Robert Byrne
Robert Eugene Byrnewas an American chess Grandmaster and chess author. He won the U.S. Championship in 1972, and was a World Chess Championship Candidate in 1974. Byrne represented the United States nine times in Chess Olympiads from 1952 to 1976 and won seven medals. He was the chess columnist from 1972 to 2006 for the New York Times, which ran his final columnon November 12, 2006. Byrne worked as a university professor for many years, before becoming a chess professional...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth20 April 1928
CityDubuque, NY
CountryUnited States of America
People can argue back and forth whether climate is going to change, but they can't argue that (acidity) is going to change, because we can predict that with certainty and we can see it's happening. The effects in the end are going to be global.
Properties that are undervalued get pushed up to value or above because there will be more than one person interested. Once buyers get drawn into a negotiation, they get focused on winning the house and often lose track of the price they pay.
Anyone who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography
In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.
One reason people get divorced is that they run out of gift ideas.
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.
Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.
Memorial Service: Farewell party for someone who already left.
Byrne's Law: In any electrical circuit, appliances and wiring will burn out to protect fuses.
Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.
Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.
Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography.