#chess

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

#believe #chess #demands #enough #i

In life, as in chess, forethought wins. ↗

— Charles Buxton

#forethought #life #wins

Life's to short for chess. ↗

— Henry James Byron

#life #short

Life's too short for chess. ↗

— Henry James Byron

#life #short #too

She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his; and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#chess #clever #course #eyes #felt

If the media didn't know I played chess, there'd be no angle on me at all. ↗

— Lennox Lewis

#chess #i #know #me #media

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess. ↗

— Lennox Lewis

#boxing #chess #create #each #just

I ain't...Don't know how to say it up right. Never--Fuck, Chess. Thought you was dead once before, you recall? Never felt so bad in my life, not ever. Then on the other day, thought you was gone and just....I can't do it, bein without you. ↗

— Stacia Kane

#terrible #life

Theses officers were good friends, so it must have been a terrible argument, because the one who played chess with my father was so angry that he walked over to the dentist's house and got the dentist out of bed and shot him. ↗

— Bruno Schulz

#argument #because #bed #been #chess

Why haven't I got a husband and children?" mused Greta Garbo to the Dutchess of Windsor, "I never met a man I could marry. ↗

— Greta Garbo

#dutchess #honest #husband #man #married