Board Games Quotes

• People became more interested in my love life than in me, and that has a certain effect. You start to feel very empty and worth nothing, you start to become a piece in a board game you never wanted to play.

  Anna Friel

  Love Life, Games, Play

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children's book and the board game.

  Brian K. Vaughan

  Art, Children, Book

  Brian K. Vaughan (2014). “Saga, Vol. 3”, p.50, Image Comics

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• The perfect family board game is one that can be played each time with fewer pieces.

  Robert Breault

  Games, Perfect, Boards

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• Maybe life is a board game, but I never get to roll the dice.

  Tim Wynne-Jones

  Games, Boards, Dice

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• I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Thinking

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  Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

  Anatoly Karpov

  Sports, Art, Playing Chess

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• Not all activities are equal... Those that involve genuine concentration - studying a musical instrument, playing board games, reading, and dancing - are associated with a lower risk for dementia.

  Norman Doidge

  Reading, Health, Games

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• I never go easy on kids when I play board games. The sooner they learn what the consequence of entering a competition is, the better. If they win, I punch them in the face like any adult.

  Zach Braff

  Kids, Winning, Games

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• If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Baseball

  FaceBook post by Derek Jeter from Aug 29, 2012

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• I love card games, and I've always loved board games and stuff like that as a kid, and I think it's that part of your brain that's engaged in con movies. It's like this 'Who's outsmarting whom?'

  John C. Reilly

  Kids, Thinking, Games

  "John C. Reilly for “Criminal”". Interview with Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. September 7, 2004.

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• It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said "Mate!" in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious.

  A. A. Milne

  Winning, Men, Games

  1919 Not That It Matters.

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• The amount of times my wife has rolled her eyes at board games is impossible to count.

  Rich Sommer

  Eye, Games, Wife

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• When a sculptor creates a sculpture, a writer writes a novel, or a painter paints a motif on a canvas, he needs talent and expertise. But to be successful in his endeavor, he also needs to have the passionate feeling that he wants, at all costs, to create a work of art which, in his head, constantly demands to be accomplished. The same also applies to developing board games or card games.

  Klaus Teuber

  Art, Writing, Successful

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• Oftentimes, even as a little kid, I would get up before anyone else. My brother would still be sleeping, my mom would still be sleeping, so I would literally play 'Monopoly' by myself. I would play board games; I would do things by myself.

  Will Ferrell

  Mom, Brother, Sleep

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. May 12, 2011.

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• You have to start over. That's what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really "starting over." More like "continuing without.

  Mitch Albom

  Losing A Loved One, Games, Starting Over

  Mitch Albom (2013). “The First Phone Call From Heaven: A Novel”, p.11, Harper Collins

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• Making a movie in Hollywood is a bit like playing a board game, where you have to throw a six to start.

  Nigel Cole

  Games, Hollywood, Boards

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• I do really well in the traditional board games: Backgammon, Checkers.

  Chelsea Clinton

  Games, Boards, Checkers

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• Most innovative little board game since Chess.

  Michael A. Stackpole

  Games, Boards, Littles

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• Maybe I had three children in the first place so I wouldn't ever have to play board games. In my religion, martyrs die.

  Anna Quindlen

  Children, Games, Play

  Anna Quindlen (2012). “Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir of a Woman's Life”, p.121, Random House

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• The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient

  Aron Nimzowitsch

  Keys, Police, Criminals

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• Sure, I like to win when I play basketball or board games or video games, but my day isnt ruined if I lose. Im always up for a rematch. In all seriousness, thats something thats nice about maturing.

  Aaron Staton

  Basketball, Nice, Winning

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• Trivial Pursuit means that you've got nothing going on in your life. Trivial Pursuit is more than a board game. It is the way most people live. Their lives are trivial pursuits.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Mean, Buddhism

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• You don't have to be really good anymore to get good results. What's happening with Chess is that it's gradually losing its place as the par excellence of intellectual activity. Smart people in search of a challenging board game might try a game called Go.

  Hans Berliner

  Smart, Games, People

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• I'm one of six children. I'd love to sound educated and say I dive into a good book when I'm there, but in truth, I spend time with the kids playing cards, ping-pong, and board games.

  Kate Spade

  Children, Book, Kids

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• I spent the day today at Brighton Beach, walking around. It's a Russian/Jewish neighborhood. And I was in a store and I saw a board game called 'Let My People Go,' based on the Jews' exodus from Egypt. I was like, 'Too soon.

  Eugene Mirman

  Beach, Games, Egypt

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