Chess-board Quotes

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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 of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.
View quotes by Thomas Huxley

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.

View quotes by Stanley Kubrick

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.
View quotes by Ralph Charell

At one point I lost most of my chess games. Then I realised many of my competitors were memorising the best moves and I was unwilling to do this. [These chess players will do anything to win won't they, it's a cut throat business!]
View quotes by John Harsanyi

Chess is a game of war and strategy, and a great chess player would make a great intelligence officer.
View quotes by Bobby Fischer

I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to pass the salt.
View quotes by Eric Sykes

What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?
View quotes by George Carlin

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.
View quotes by Alexander Alekhine

It is impossible to win gracefully at chess.
View quotes by A A Milne

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.
View quotes by Lenin

You can play chess for about 10 hours and still lose, know what I mean?
View quotes by Sir Alex Ferguson

Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.
View quotes by Marcel Duchamp

Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people.
View quotes by Nigel Short

Whoever called snooker 'chess with balls' was rude, but right.
View quotes by Clive James

It's good to be back on board, as they say in Corfu
View quotes by Peter Mandelson

Women use their sexuality to promote all kinds of sports, so why not chess.
View quotes by Maria Manakova

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
View quotes by Emo Philips

It's trendy to say 'I want to be on the board by the time I'm 30'. That's foolish; be flexible.
View quotes by Val Gooding

I don't have any problems with the board, the chief executive or the chairman
View quotes by Rafael Benitez

I have asked Michael to come on board with our campaign, but he's chosen to go his own way.
View quotes by John McDonnell



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