Pawn Quotes

100 quotes by 83 authors

I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex game I have with one… — Steve Carell
I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and… — Louie Anderson
Sweet love! Sweet lines! Sweet life! Here is her hand, the agent of her heart; Here is her oath for love, her honour's pawn — William Shakespeare
Reductio ad absurdum, which Euclid loved so much, is one of a mathematician's finest weapons. It is a far finer gambit than any chess play:… — G. H. Hardy
Within these premises, the only thing one can be is an impeccable mediator. One is not the player in this cosmic match of chess, one… — Carlos Castaneda
No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity. — Edmund Burke
A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. — Jose Raul Capablanca
The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game. — Jose Raul Capablanca
The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of… — Jose Raul Capablanca
The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening,… — Michael Stean
He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess — Siegbert Tarrasch
The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient — Aron Nimzowitsch
I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger — Reuben Fine
When your house is on fire, you cant be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in Chess, if your King is under attack… — Garry Kasparov
Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf — Cecil Purdy
The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard — Aron Nimzowitsch
Beware the beast man, for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will… — Roddy McDowall
Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so. — Siegbert Tarrasch
An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard. — Savielly Tartakower
Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you. Football is the… — Junior Seau

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