"All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc., are pieces of a chess game called language, and they are amusing only if one does not preoccupy onesel..."
- Marcel Duchamp
"He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights.'White to play and mate in two moves.'Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. Whit..."
- George Orwell
"IF her life had taught her anything, it was that you never really knew what people had going on beneath the surface. People were shit. The only difference between them and animals was people felt the ..."
- Stacia Kane
"Our parting was like a stalemate….Neither of us won. Yet both of us lost.And worse still … that unshakable feeling that nothing was ever really finished."
- Ranata Suzuki
"Living together/ is one move closer/ to living apart"
- Kristi Maxwell
"No matter what the industry you choose to ultimately invest all your time and energy in, be sure you're the owner, founder, and CEO. Remember, if you don't own it, you can't control it nor can you dep..."
- Brandi L. Bates
"Whereas a novice makes moves until he gets checkmated (proof), a Grand Master realizes 20 moves in advance that it’s futile to continue playing (conceptualizing)."
- Bill Gaede
"It was going to be our job to annoy someone?” “I know—it’s a dream come true!"
- Joel N. Ross
"After an hour the score was: Quancita—34 Radiz—51 Sally—froglegs Perla—9 a"
"Did Cap’n Vidious leave that? He is such a cuddlebunny.” “Yeah,” I said, “that’s exactly how I’d describe him."