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Chess Quotes by Raymond Chandler
- Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.
- She hung up and I set out the chess board. I filled a pipe, paraded the chessmen and inspected them for French shaves and loose…
- I'm a licensed private investigator and have been for quite a while. I'm a lone wolf, unmarried, getting middle-aged, and not rich. I've been in…
- Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.
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- Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. — Alexander Alekhine
- I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. — Alexander Alekhine
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- I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, the… — Graydon Carter
- Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. — Raymond Chandler
- People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. — Nicolas Chamfort
- Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game. — Winston Churchill
- I failed to make the chess team because of my height. — Woody Allen