Home / Topics / Pieces Quotes

Pieces Quotes

Browse 5667 quotes about Pieces.

Pieces Quotes

“Be cautious of playing your Queen in front of your King and in subjecting yourself to a discovered check. It is better when check is given to your King to interpose a man that attacks the checking Piece than with one that does not.”

Men Doe Given Pieces Fronts Kings Checks Queens Cautious Be Cautious

Book:The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams of Original and Remarkable Positions

Source: The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams of Original and Remarkable Positions

“It's very important for any artist, in any field, to take their own temperature and check out their own energy, and see what it is they ought to be doing to keep the energy up. Because if your energy is not up, you're going to come up with some really dreary piece of work that no one's going to enjoy.”

Ifs Important Artist Energy Enjoy Pieces Fields Ought Come Up Checks Temperature Dreary

Author:Steve Reich

“But compared with the task of selecting a piece of French pastry held by an impatient waiter a move in chess is like reaching for a salary check in its demand on the contemplative faculties.”

Moving Pieces Demand Tasks Chess Checks Reaching Faculty Salary Impatient Waiter Contemplative Pastries

Book:Chips Off the Old Benchley

Source: Chips Off the Old Benchley

“Particularly, the actors, to have analyzed the script in great detail from the point of view of their specific character. So that they have a handle on exactly where the character is in the chronology of things. In that sense the actors become your best check on the logic of the piece, and the way in which it all fits together. They become essential collaborators. The main thing is you have to work with very smart actors.”

Way Character Together Actors Views Pieces Fit Essentials Smart Logic Scripts Details Point Of View Handle Checks Very Smart Collaborators Chronology

Author:Christopher Nolan

“When you live from freelance check to freelance check, your mind is always on "What's the next piece I'm going to write, or draw, that'll pay this month's rent?" And so going out to play ball with my kids was a low priority.”

Writing Mind Play Kids Next Pay Pieces Months Lows Draws Balls Priorities Checks Going Out

Author:Al Jaffee

Pieces Quotes

Related topics

Pieces Quotes