Robert Byrne

Robert E. Byrne (born April 20, 1928) is a leading American chess player, who won the U.S. Championship in 1972. He is the chess columnist for the New York Times.

3 Quotes

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.

— Robert Byrne

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.

— Robert Byrne

There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.

— Robert Byrne