Play Quotes

13839 Play quotes by 7251 unique authors

The secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut. — W. Somerset Maugham
Took awhile, got the jokers out of the deck now, I'm holdin all the cards and niggas wanna play chess now — Drake
When we are very young, we tend to regard the ability to use a colon much as a budding pianist regards the ability to play… — Eric Partridge
Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time. — John Cale
I love mathematics...principally because it is beautiful; because man has breathed his spirit of play into it, and because it has given him his greatest… — Rozsa Peter
The point is to develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition and to guide the child over to important fields… — Albert Einstein
To play this game (football) you must have fire in you, and there is nothing that strokes fire like hate. — Vince Lombardi
If God had wanted us to play football in the sky, He'd have put grass up there. — Brian Clough
Play for the name on the front of the shirt, and they will remember the name on the back — Tony Adams
Let the perfectionist play postal. — Yasser Seirawan
I think boring is a team that plays at home and can not score a goal. — Jose Mourinho
As long as there are games to play its not over — Alex Ferguson
Football is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good temper and unselfishness, to play… — Robert Baden-Powell
Football is a game you play with your brain — Johan Cruijff
Football, a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style of play which seems unfair to foreigners. — George Orwell
Footballers can be like artists when the mind and body are working as one. It is what Miles Davis does when he plays free jazz… — Lilian Thuram
An exception was made with respect to me, because of my victory over Marshall. Some of the masters objected to my entry ... one of… — Jose Raul Capablanca
Morphy gained most of his wins by playing directly and simply, and it is simple and logical method that constitutes the true brilliance of his… — Jose Raul Capablanca
When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as… — 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
Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness of his make-up… — Max Euwe
Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistable artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in this simplicity there was a… — Mikhail Botvinnik
When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play. — Vladimir Kramnik
Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play… — Bobby Fischer
Chess continues to advance over time, so the players of the future will inevitably surpass me in the quality of their play, assuming the rules… — Garry Kasparov

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