(183 quotes found)
“I failed to make the chess team because of my height.”
Woody Allen
“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate”
Isaac Asimov
“Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.”
Terry Pratchett
“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.”
Emo Philips
“Poets do not go mad, but chess players do.”
G. K. Chesterton
“In life, as in chess, forethought wins.”
Charles Buxton
“Because of the level of my chess game, I was able - even against a weak opponent, such as my younger brothers or the dog - to get myself checkmated in under three minutes. I challenge any computer to do it faster.”
Dave Barry
“Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time”
George Bernard Shaw
“My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.”
“I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.”
Soren Kierkegaard
