Chess Quote by Dorothy Dunnett

The approach of 'Game of Thrones' is similar to 'The Lord of the Rings' in that it treats its source material almost like history,…

— Elijah Wood

The reason that I like 'Game of Thrones' is because it's based on all these royal families. And it's cutthroat - just like hip-hop.…

— Mannie Fresh

The game of chess is a metaphor for life... it teaches you strategy and it teaches you the value of knowing where you are,…

— Lupita Nyong'o

'Game of Thrones,' people say that it's a fantasy series, but it's a hell of a lot more than that. It attracts the so-called…

— Liam Cunningham

Chess is life and every game is like a new life.

— Eduard Gufeld

Life is a kind of chess.

— Benjamin Franklin

Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to…

— Arturo Pérez-Reverte

For me, Chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in one lifetime.

— Eduard Gufeld

The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us.

— Howard Staunton

The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by…

— Benjamin Franklin

'Game of Thrones' is fundamentally based on a Machiavellian, almost Jacobean, idea of power and intrigue.

— David Farr

“While reading Kasparov’s book How Life Imitates Chess on my Kindle, I idly clicked on “popular highlights” to see what passages other readers had…

— Clive Thompson