The Game Of Kings Quotes

#1. Scarlett O'Hara's father, Thomas, is an Irish immigrant who names his plantation Tara, after the home of the High Kings in Ireland. In an appealing nod to the "luck of the Irish," we read that Thomas O'Hara won his lands in a card game!

Rashers Tierney

#2. I am like the Jack Nicholson of the Kings - every single game. If there was a game tonight I wouldn't be here. I used to play hockey. That was my original thing. My first thing, I wanted to play professional hockey.

Rob Zombie

#3. I am not without mercy, thundered he who was notoriously without mercy.

George R R Martin

#4. War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.

William Cowper

#5. I just take this job very seriously. It's almost like you play a kid's game for a king's ransom. And if you don't take it serious enough, eventually, one day, you're going to say, 'Oh, I could have done this, I could have done that.'

Sean Taylor

#6. War may be the game of kings, but, like the games at ancient Rome, it is generally exhibited to please and pacify the people.

Arthur Helps

#7. Haven't I been worth five years' excellent gossip to you? Are you not all waiting agog to see me seize my sister-in-law by the hair? When I think of it, damn it, I'm a public benefactor.

Dorothy Dunnett

#8. Well, (Michael) Jordan was definitely one of the kings of the game. There's no question that he was one of the more dominant figures. If you look at the top ten players of all time, he was certainly one of the most dominant guys.

Dominique Wilkins

#9. Maybe I am the eye candy on the team, but the only mouth I plan on melting in is hers.

Collette West

#10. If your opponent has an exposed king it is frequently worth sacrificing a pawn to be able to bring your rooks into the game, especially if your opponent's rooks are languishing in the corner. Kasparov has made a career out of such sacrifices.

Neil McDonald

#11. Lymond said gently, Let us bathe in moral philosophy, as in a living river. Double-dealing is my business.

Dorothy Dunnett

#12. Bran knew that men slept on top of women when they shared a bed. Sleeping under Lord Manderly would be like sleeping under a fallen horse, he imagined.

George R R Martin

#13. I told you. I don't do soft and gentle.

Collette West

#14. The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.

Wilhelm Steinitz

#15. We call Chess the game of Kings, because through chess, we learn how to rule kings

Rick Yancey

#16. I will say, I think it odd that I am loved by one for a kindness I never did, and reviled by so many for my finest act.

George R R Martin

#17. My dad started taking me to Winnipeg games when I was 3 or 4. As a kid, I loved Wayne Gretzky, and I remember the first game I got to see him play against the Jets. The Kings beat the Jets, and I was happy that they did. Gretzky left the game after the first period, and I was upset about that.

Jonathan Toews

#18. The correct way to play chess is to develop each and every piece (chess is a team game!), get your King safely castled, and only then begin more aggressive maneuvers.

Jeremy Silman

#19. I don't think the world of football is so serious. It's important to have distance about things and about yourself. If we believe we are kings or gods, we become crazy. We all know it's a game and we all enjoy it together.

Eric Cantona

#20. But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings should not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief, and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world.

William Cowper

#21. Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game

Wilhelm Steinitz

#22. It was one thing to go into battle with friends, and another to perish alone and despised.

George R R Martin

#23. Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the queen. They had repaid that love and trust with her father's head. Sansa would never make that mistake again.

George R R Martin

#24. ...seeing everything, yet a part of nothing.

George R R Martin

#25. The singers make much of kings who die valiantly in battle, but your life is worth more than a song.

George R R Martin

#26. Whether you're a history buff or a fantasy fan, Druon's epic will keep you turning pages. This was the original game of thrones. If you like 'A Song of Ice and Fire', you will love 'The Accursed Kings'.

George R R Martin

#27. Leave the fishing-rod, Great General, to us sovereigns of Pharos and Canopus. Your game is cities and kings and continents.

Cleopatra

#28. Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

Heraclitus

#29. As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In its absense the game to me is lifeless and void. The vitalizing factor is missing, and I can devise no plan of attack.

Siegbert Tarrasch

#30. If I see another game that involves a kidnapped princess, queen, king or other royal family member, I'll scream. In the same vein, I think the karate genre has been done to death.

Andy Eddy

#31. Many called her beautiful. She was not beautiful. She was red, and terrible, and red.

George R R Martin

#32. To see Good Tennis! What divine joy Can fill our leisure, or our minds employ? Let other people play at other things; The King of Games is still the Game of Kings.

James Kenneth Stephen