Chess Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

“He had learned well: made a board of the village, a pawn of the master.”

— Anthony Marra

“Only Uncle Pascha ignored her. He was contemplating his chessboard. She doubted that he'd move his piece today. It had been his turn for…

— Sarah Beth Durst

“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

“Never despise a pawn. If it succeeds in crossing the board safely, it becomes a queen - the most powerful piece in the game.”

— Ellen Renner

“Pawns were always underestimated - until they marched across the board and changed into queens.”

— Natalie Herzer

“I am willing to take life as a game of chess in which the first rules are not open to discussion. No one asks…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“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

“In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won.”

— George Orwell

“Sometimes we play Chess in the game of Life..Never sacrifice your QUEEN or KING...”

— Life

“Accepting the rule that others want us to play is fine, as long as we’re fine with it.”

— Art Hochberg

“They sometimes forgot what happened if you let a pawn get all the way up the board.”

— Terry Pratchett

“The game of chess is like the game of life. You move, then wait patiently until the other person moves....mgc”

— Michael Gray Calvert