#chess

People, she was discovering, were like cockroaches: If you allowed one in, more were sure to follow. ↗

— Stacia Kane

#ghost

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#between #billiards #bunch #chess #game

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

#first #first of all #objective #teaches #you

I failed to make the chess team because of my height. ↗

— Woody Allen

#because #chess #failed #height #i

I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future. ↗

— Maurice Ashley

#ambassador #bigger #bring #chess #events

For us chess players the language of artist is something natural. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#chess #language #natural #players #something

Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#championship #chess #computer #computer program #forward

I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#board #chess #climate #could #country

It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#difficult #imagine #life #me #my life

If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#because #before #between #checkmate #chess