“Chess, which exists predominantly in two dimensions, is one of the world's most difficult games. Three-dimensional chess is an invitation to insanity. But human relationships, even of the simplest order, are like a kind of four-dimensional chess, a game whose pieces and positions change subtly and inexorably between moves, whose players stare dumbly while their powerful positions deteriorate into hopeless predicaments and while improbable combinations suddenly become inevitable. To make matters worse, some games are open to any number of players, and all sides are expected to win.” WorldHumansKindTwoMatterMovingOrderThreeGamesWinningDifficultSidesPowerfulNumbersPiecesFourPlayerPositionExpectedChessInevitableCombinationStaringInsanityDimensionsHopelessSimplestInvitationsHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsImprobablePredicaments Book:Time and the Art of Living Source: Time and the Art of Living
“Men will gamble and plot and fight and fall, all for the winning of a trophy. A woman's heart, a piece of land, a kingdom, a lordship, a contract, a ship, an egg -- it hardly matters the which or the what, as soon as it is seen to be desired by one, another will make a prize of it.” MenHeartMatterDesireFallFightingWinningPiecesLandKingdomsShipsPlotPrizeEggsContractsGambleTrophiesLordship Author:Jeanette Winterson
“The individual, by means of the discipline imposed on him by sport, not only plays and finds relaxation from the various compulsions to which he is subjected, but without knowing it trains himself for new compulsions. ... Training in sports makes of the individual an efficient piece of apparatus which is henceforth unacquainted with anything but the harsh joys of exploiting his body and winning.” MeanPlayBodyJoyWinningIndividualSportsKnowingPiecesDisciplineTrainingTrainVariousEfficientHarshRelaxationCompulsion Author:Jacques Ellul
“Liverpool can play for only five minutes and win the game, that is the way they are. They pump the ball into the box and with good set-piece delivery they keep you under pressure.” WayPlayGamesWinningFivePiecesMinutesFootballBallsPressureBoxesManagersSoccerFive MinutesChairmanDeliveryLiverpoolPumpsUnder Pressure Author:Alex Ferguson
“Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win - preferably a knight rather than a king or queen.” SometimesGamesWinningPiecesSacrificeKingsChessQueensKnightsChess Pieces Author:John Rhys-Davies
“The making of miracles to edification was as ardently admired by pious Victorians as it was sternly discouraged by Jesus of Nazareth. Not that the Victorians were unique in this respect. Modern writers also indulge in edifying miracles though they generally prefer to use them to procure unhappy endings, by which piece of thaumaturgy they win the title of realists.” UseJesusWinningPiecesModernUniqueMiracleUnhappyTitlesDiscouragedIndulgeHappy EndingsRealistPiousIndulge InNazarethEdificationUnhappy Endings Book:The Mind of the Maker Source: The Mind of the Maker
“To this day I am not convinced of having brought together with me in Germany the technically best players that could have been. But I was firmly convinced I called the ones that could create a team, and they could play with one another to the best of their possibility. In this day and age you win if you become a team. It doesn't necessarily mean that you've got to have the best football players in the country. It's possible that the best, all together, don't become a team. It's like a mosaic, you have to put all the pieces together.” IfsMeanHas BeensCountryPlayAgeTogetherWinningPiecesPlayerTeamPossibilityFootballConvincedGermanyThis DayCould Have BeenBest PlayersBest FootballFootball PlayerMosaics Author:Marcello Lippi
“Building intelligent machines can teach us about our minds - about who we are - and those lessons will make our world a better place. To win that knowledge, though, our species will have to trade in another piece of its vanity.” WorldMindScienceWinningTeachPiecesBuildingLessonsMachinesIntelligentMathematicsTradeSpeciesVanityWho We AreOur WorldBetter PlaceIntelligent Machines Author:Astro Teller
“Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of each of us would some day depend upon our winning or losing a game of chess. Do you not think that we should all consider it to be our primary duty to learn at least the names of the pieces and how to position them on the chessboard?” ThinkingShouldCertainGamesWinningNamesPiecesPositionDutyDependsLosingFortuneChessPrimariesWin Or LoseLosing A Game Author:Aldous Huxley
“Today Monopoly added a new game piece: the cat. The new piece was chosen after weeks of online voting. Is that a surprise? Whenever there's a vote for something on the Internet, the cat always wins.” TodayGamesWinningPiecesWeekInternetCatVoteSurpriseChosenVotingOnlineMonopoly Author:Craig Ferguson