Chess Quotes

Anyone who looks on the world as if it was a game of chess deserves to lose.

It’s much easier to play chess without the burden of an Adam’s apple.

You don’t win a chess match by giving away your strategy.

It’s chess. We’re all prima donnas.[Beth Harmon: You think I’m a prima donna, don’t you?]

You can’t play chess with someone who’s willing to set the board on fire.

One should never play chess with one’s emotions.

Most people are nothing but pawns on a chessboard. Led by an unknown hand. Their lives exist only to be sacrificed for a higher goal.[to Bartosz][Die meisten Menschen sind nur Bauern auf einem Schachbrett. Geführt von fremder Hand. Ihre Leben nur dazu da, geopfert zu werden für ein höheres Ziel.]

I want to sweep the chessboard off the table and set it on fire. I want to watch those little wooden critters burn.[to Carolyn]