Quote by Edward FitzGerald

But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And…

— Omar Khayyam

“Like they say, the game is chess, it damn sure ain't checkers. Every move I make is so that I can conquer and destroy.”

— Wahida Clark

“It was like playing checkers, only to learn that your opponent was playing chess all along.”

— Barry Lyga

“I like to play chess. I moved to a small town, and nobody played chess there, but one guy challenged me to checkers. I…

— Peter Hessler

“On nights such as these the gods, as has already been pointed out, play games other than chess with the fates of mortals and…

— Terry Pratchett

“I'm playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers, that's why I always lose”

— Josh Stern

“The game had to be played the same way every day or the pieces would fall to the floor, the board would collapse, and…

— Kevin Brockmeier

“Life was nothing more than a board game, and only those who realized they were the overlooking players, instead of the pieces on the…

— Jasun Ether

“The rhythms of the game complemented the lifestyle he preferred.”

— Nicholas Dawidoff

“Deal me in. If they want to play checkers, we’ll play chess. Fuck them.”

— Dick Lehr

“The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the laws…

— Thomas Henry Huxley

“In games there are rules, but in life the rules keep changing. You could put your bishop out there to mate the other guy’s…

— Kim Stanley Robinson