Pawns Quotes

• Pawns: they are the soul of this game, they alone form the attack and defense

  Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

  Games, Soul, Defense

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• Don't get into this false sense that you are an individual when you're on Facebook. No. You're Not. You're a pawn in their scheme.

  Matt Drudge

  Individual, Schemes

  Source: noworldorder.com

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• The citizen is becoming a pawn in a game where nobody knows the rules, where everybody consequently doubts that there are rules at all, and where the vocabulary has been diminished to such an extent that nobody is even sure what the game is all about.

  Andrew Eldritch

  Vocabulary, Games, Doubt

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• Don't be a pawn in somebody's game. Find the attitude which gives you the maximum strength and the maximum dignity, no matter what else is going on

  Anne Rice

  Attitude, Games, Giving

  Anne Rice (2013). “The Mayfair Witches Series 3-Book Bundle: Witching Hour, Lasher, Taltos”, p.945, Ballantine Books

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• The Pawns are the soul of the game

  Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

  Games, Chess Game, Chess Pieces

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• Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.

  Adrian Rogers

  Games, Viewpoints, Chess

  Adrian Rogers (2002). “The Incredible Power of Kingdom Authority: Getting an Upper Hand on the Underworld”, p.3, B&H Publishing Group

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• Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Freedom, Military, Stupid

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• We are either kings or pawns of men

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Kings, Men

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• Were born to be players, not pawns.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Life, Motivational, Moving

  Daniel H. Pink (2011). “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us”, p.106, Penguin

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• Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position

  Anatoly Karpov

  Soil, Foundation, Chess

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• A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.

  Jose Raul Capablanca

  Chess Pieces, Numbers, Boards

  José Raúl Capablanca (1921). “Chess Fundamentals”, Harcourt

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• The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard

  Aron Nimzowitsch

  Chess, Casts, Isolated

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• I realized that it's my own fault that people take advantage of me. I should be around people who cherish my talents, my health, my time. I'm not a pawn for anyone's future business. I'm an artist. I deserve better than to be loyal to people who only believe in me because I make money.

  Lady Gaga

  Believe, Artist, People

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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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• Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf

  Cecil Purdy

  Golf, Chess, Chess Pawns

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• The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game.

  Jose Raul Capablanca

  Mean, Winning, Player

  José Raúl Capablanca (1921). “Chess Fundamentals”, Harcourt

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• In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.

  Bob Dylan

  Resentment, Grudge, Ceremony

  Song: Love Minus Zero, Album: Bringing All Back Home

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• We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Past, Historical, Shapes

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• In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.

  James MacGregor Burns

  Relationship, Leadership, Attitude

  James MacGregor Burns (2012). “Leadership”, p.770, Open Road Media

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• Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown us the earthly way of suffering in darkness and permanent shortage of time. Like in chess, we encounter all kinds of traps, mistakes, settlements, sacrifices, kings, and queens, doubled pawns, and extraordinary moves while we are on the board ourselves.

  Pope John Paul II

  Queens, Kings, Mistake

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• It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

  Siegbert Tarrasch

  Kings, Important, Roles

  Siegbert Tarrasch (2012). “The Game of Chess”, p.68, Courier Corporation

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• When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured.

  Howard Staunton

  Taken, Play, Enemy

  Howard Staunton (1847). “The chess-player's handbook ...: with frontispiece”, p.21

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• First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns.

  Mikhail Tal

  Queens, Knights, Bishops

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• But the enemy has the move, and he is about to open his full game. And pawns are as likely to see as much of it as any. Sharpen your blade!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Moving, Games, Enemy

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.743, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.

  Alberto Giacometti

  Solitude, Listening, Age

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