Chess Quotes - page 12

I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that. (David Bailey)
You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme; that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life. View quote
Dorothy Dunnett
For me, baseball is more comparable to chess than it is to hockey. View quote
Jeff Garlin
I feel like my mum is in heaven sharing a cup of tea with Lady Fate and plotting my life out like a chess game. View quote
Jenny Frost
I used to play chess when I was a kid and participate in national-level tournaments with the geekiest guys. This one time, I was losing terribly, so I batted my eyelashes and flirted as I asked for a draw. My dad just couldn't believe it. He thought, 'What have I created, a floozy?' But it worked! View quote
Jordana Spiro
Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you. Football is the same way. I study so much film that I know exactly what teams are going to do. I love knowing what a offense is going to run and stuffing that play. View quote
Junior Seau
I think that the actors that I work with feel safer with me. Because they know I understand what they go through and I don't see them as chess pieces. View quote
Adrienne Shelly
When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game. View quote
Michael Birch
I was going to have to come up with a rank for myself besides Alpha's mate. In the pack, I was just Mercy- but if ten more people called me the Alpha's mate, I was going to hit someone. It sounded like a chess move. View quote
Patricia Briggs
I play a lot of chess. I probably played 200 games while we were making 'Andromeda.' View quote
Ricky Schroder
What do I do when we're not taping? Sit in a dark room and refine my plans for someday ruling Earth from a blimp. And chess. (Ryan Stiles)
A powerful studio boss doesn't want to be bested by a woman, even in chess. And a successful agent steps on a lot of toes. You lose actors jobs so you can get them for your own clients. View quote
Sue Mengers
Anti-submarine warfare is the military version of chess. You must work out what the enemy is going to do before they even think of it. View quote
Sarah West
Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. View quote
Ralph Charell
Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research. View quote
Wilhelm Steinitz
What was the secret of Morphy's invincibility? I think it was a combination of a unique natural talent and brilliant erudition. His play was the next, more mature stage in the development of chess. Morphy had a well-developed 'feeling for position', and therefore he can be confidently regarded as the 'first swallow. View quote
Paul Morphy
Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online. View quote
Charles Krauthammer
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up. View quote
Magnus Carlsen
I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess. View quote
Magnus Carlsen
Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that. View quote
Magnus Carlsen
I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good. (Magnus Carlsen)
It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common. View quote
Magnus Carlsen
My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life. View quote
Magnus Carlsen
I was lucky enough to attend schools where they were understanding about when I needed to go abroad to play chess. Of course, socially it is important to go to school and interact with people your own age. View quote
Magnus Carlsen
Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport. View quote
Magnus Carlsen