288 Quotes by Garry Kasparov

The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.

Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, compromises on principles are the street lights

A moral foreign policy means your positions on certain matters are clear no matter what, and that you won't forget about them when it's convenient.

One comforting thing about the Trump White House is that you aren't forced to choose between malice and incompetence.

Why settle for thinking like a human if you can be a god.

The phrase "it's better to be lucky than good" must be one of the most ridiculous homilies ever uttered. In nearly any competitive endeavor, you have to be damned good before luck can be of any use to you at all.

Many things we call innovations are little more than the skillful accumulation of many little optimizations.

I’m a firm a believer in the power of free enterprise to move the world forward. All that Soviet respect for science was no match for the American innovation machine once unleashed. The problem comes when the government is inhibiting innovation with overregulation and short-sighted policy. Trade wars and restrictive immigration regulations will limit America’s ability to attract the best and brightest minds, minds needed for this and every forthcoming Sputnik moment.