Bishops Quote by Terry Pratchett

The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board.

— Howard Staunton

Bishops sit in the House of Lords automatically.

— Richard Dawkins

With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop.

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.

— Brendan Behan

The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

“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

Like looking down on a lubricious chess set, isn't it? The king moves in tiny steps, with no direction, like a drunkard trying to…

— Christopher Moore

Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop and knight,…

— Richard Reti

Looking back to the earlier centuries of the church, most of the great teachers were also bishops and vice versa. It's only fairly recently…

— N. T. Wright

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

— Samuel Johnson

Never be proud of the position you hold. When the game of chess is over, the kings and soldiers go into the same box.!!

— Ritu Ghatourey

When you play chess alone it's always your move.

— Charles Simic