Chessboard Quotes

39 quotes by 34 authors

I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt… — Magnus Carlsen
Unchecked pride evolves into swagger, a hypnotizing mask of insecurity that can and does compromise our ability to make progress and attain power. Pride stands… — Jason Whitlock
When we talk about 'reproductive rights' this is what we mean. It's the difference between people as objects, and people as agents: between regarding people… — Nafis Sadik
The stock market and the gridiron and the battlefield aren't as tidy as the chessboard, but in all of them, a single, simple rule holds… — Garry Kasparov
Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to leave… — Pope Francis
Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity — Pope Francis
Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard, but takes the one before it and plays the game. — Wendell Phillips
Wars should be fought with words, not bombs, not weapons. And calm words. I think that wars should be fought over a chessboard and a… — Mattie Stepanek
Above the stage was a glass-floored second stage, which allowed customers to look up and watch another girl dancing overhead. This multidimensional display of poontang… — Diablo Cody
I looked down at the chessboard. The move with the knight was wrong. I put it back where I had moved it from. Knights had… — Raymond Chandler
On the chessboard of his godforsaken existence, the pieces were lined up, the play preordained. Man, so many times in life you didn't get to… — J R Ward
I guess it's hard, being apart all the time." "It really is. If Lucas were still here, everything would be different." Vic's smile turned smug.… — Claudia Gray
Like looking down on a lubricious chess set, isn't it? The king moves in tiny steps, with no direction, like a drunkard trying to avoid… — Christopher Moore
The world is a chessboard, Madam, on which we play out our ploys and follies. You are the Queen, of course. Your moves are the… — Catherine Fisher
The carnage upon the chessboard of life, left wounded humans in its wake — Rohinton Mistry
My world we humans weâ€™re just pawns on an immortal chessboard. — Karen Marie Moning
It suddenly occurred to me that every move on the chessboard is old and has been played by somebody at some time. Maybe our own… — Karel Capek
Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when Dennis… — Marcus du Sautoy

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