They were pawns, pitifully despicable and disposable, and…

The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, roll credits. That's what happens…

— Matthew McConaughey

When your house is on fire, you cant be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in Chess, if your King is under…

— Garry Kasparov

He is nothing more than one of my pawns. However, he is not a normal pawn. He is a pawn that can get across…

— Yana Toboso

Ultimately, of course, you must decide for yourself whether the subjective psychological effects created by your evolved cognitive biases reflect an objective reality, perhaps…

— Jesse Bering

Nobody can build the bridge for you to walk across the river of life, no one but you yourself alone. There are, to be…

— Anonymous

Fate knows all about you, it knows your fears and your weaknesses and your confidences and strengths, and it can be ready for all…

— Tim Lebbon

As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.

— Mark Dvoretsky

Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game

— Nigel Short

I'll listen to you, but you need to treat me with a little respect. Because it doesn't sound like I'm a pawn. Sounds like…

— Larissa Ione

White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

I realized that it's my own fault that people take advantage of me. I should be around people who cherish my talents, my health,…

— Lady Gaga

Touch the pawns before your king with only infinite delicacy.

— Anthony Santasiere

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

The pawn is the soul of chess.

— Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

Within these premises, the only thing one can be is an impeccable mediator. One is not the player in this cosmic match of chess,…

— Carlos Castaneda