[Quotation Index]
Quotations about Games
You don't have to be a beer drinker to play darts, but it helps. ~Author Unknown
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, Not That It Matters, 1919
One of the advantages bowling has over golf is that you seldom lose a bowling ball. ~Don Carter
Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right. ~Clive James
Life's too short for chess. ~Henry James Byron, Our Boys, 1874
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. ~Henry Louis Mencken
Cards are war, in disguise of a sport. ~Charles Lamb
The bowling alley is the poor man's country club. ~Sanford Hansell
Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
I haven't had sex in eight months. To be honest, I now prefer to go bowling. ~Kimberly Jones
Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time. ~George Bernard Shaw
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