Games Quote by Richard Arnold Epstein

“Objective facts are Nash equilibrium points in the contest of competing wills.”

— E.e.e

“Although it may be evident enough in theory that whoever plays a finite game plays freely, it is often the case that finite players…

— James P. Carse

A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome.

— Katie Salen

(Game theory is) essentially a structural theory. It uncovers the logical structure of a great variety of conflict situations and describes this structure in…

— Anatol Rapoport

Perfectly correct chess exists only in theory.

— Garry Kasparov

The outcome of a non-constant-sum game may be dictated by the individual rationality of the respective players without satisfying a criterion of collective rationality.

— Anatol Rapoport

The fundamental principle is that no battle, combat, or skirmish is to be fought unless it will be won.

— Che Guevara

In the great non zero sum games of history, if you're part of the problem, then you'll likely be a victim of the solution.

— Robert Wright

In any non-trivial axiomatic system, there are true theorems which cannot be proven.

— Kurt Gödel

“The proof of a system's value is its existence.”

— Anonymous

“But game theory only works when the rules are clearly set out ahead of time. In the Nash bargaining game here, neither of the…

— Jeffery Deaver

Theorems are fun especially when you are the prover, but then the pleasure fades. What keeps us going are the unsolved problems.

— Carl Pomerance