55 quotes found
“There comes a point when you win, and you can either soothe the loser into thinking there was something in it for them or kick them while they're down to make sure they know what just happened.”
“Any game where the goal is to build territory has to be beautiful. There may be phases of combat, but they are only means to an end, to allow your territory to survive. One of the most extraordinar...”
“He told us that nations of men fell into disorder, so nations of law were set up instead. He told us that nations of law then forgot justice and let the law become a Game, a Game in which the moves...”
“Tis all a Checkerboard of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and stays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.”
“Men are born for games. Nothing else. Every child knows that play is nobler than work. He knows too that the worth or merit of a game is not inherent in the game itself but rather in the value of t...”
“If history only remembers one in a thousand of us, then that future will be filled with stories of who we were and what we did.”
“At every age we play the same game, just by different rules.”
“Little girls get hurt when they play grown-up games.”
“I like games of chance, including women.”
“If I had known his favorite game was mental twister, I would have suggested a movie over game night.”
“In essence , games are the only universally serious activity . They leave no room for skepticism , wouldn't you agree ? However incredulous or doubting you might be , if you want to play , you have...”
“The worst thing a kid can say about homework is that it is too hard. The worst thing a kid can say about a game is it's too easy.”
“Will it take the rest of my life to process what has happened? I don't know.If Freddy were here, he would say, 'Yet', as per the rules of a playful accord we have concerning unacquired knowledge, w...”
“But I know he loves me. I know he needs our games, that they answer some deep-seated hunger in him.”
“I don't usually play games. I got added to one and was played.When I realize the creator I will be the coach, now that I've mastered the game.”
“Games? War is not a game, my friend. Games are for small children and old men like me. War is a young man's blighted delight”
“Do grown men always have to play games? Does everything have to be an excuse for another kind of game? Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?”
“Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities.”
“You never understood games. Maybe that's why the world was such a mystery to you.”
“Once you enjoy playing the game too much, you stop looking at the score..!!”
