Chess

I was about ten years old when I played my first game of chess. I love the game but have never been very good at it. My favorite piece is the knight.. I love how it moves so different than all of the other pieces. In remembrance of my chess game (or lack of it) I give you a few quotes that speak to the game and to life:

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate. -Isaac Asimov

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. -Emo Philips

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas. -Stanley Kubrick

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.” -Woody Allen

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. -Dave Barry

In life, as in chess, forethought wins. -Charles Buxton

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved. -Soren Kierkegaard

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