My past is a bit checkered.

I play chess, but my past is checkered, The mic and I are like staff and shepherd.

— Ka

I had a checkered early career, for sure, with a lot of very unhappy experiences where pictures got taken away, re-cut, re-titled... all the…

— Curtis Hanson

And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the checkered shade. And young and old come forth…

— John Milton

I have a checkered past. I'll take any eyeliner that comes my way.

— Emma Stone

I chase checkered flags.

— Bubba Wallace

There's no difference between lyrics and poetry. Words are words. The only difference is the people who are in academic positions and call themselves…

— Van Morrison

Probably the greatest tragedy of the church throughout its long and checkered history has been its constant tendency to conform to the prevailing culture…

— John Stott

I am a highly disciplined person. I get up at seven every morning and, still in my pajamas, sit down at my desk where…

— Orhan Pamuk

“The tiles in the Merciless Mart are always black and white, and here they are in a checkered pattern. If I unfocus my eyes,…

— Veronica Roth

“You're putting too much pressure on yourself. There might be nothing there to remember." "My gut's telling me otherwise." "Your gut also told you…

— Nicole Fox

“I’m the only one that’s allowed to drive you to the motherfucking checkered flag.”

— K. Bromberg

Love is sunshine, hate is shadow, Life is checkered shade and sunshine.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I believe in truth-telling. So let's call it what it is. It's very troubling to see people like Bannon who make anti-Semitic remarks, who…

— Barbara Boxer

Tony Stewart -- Broke out a new chassis at Pocono Raceway last June and raced to the checkered flag for his first victory of…

— Tony Stewart

Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.

— Sally Kellerman