Games

Life is more fun if you play games. – Roald Dahl

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

It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans. – Robert Lynd

Whoever called snooker “chess with balls” was rude, but right. – Clive James

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

Games lubricate the body and the mind. – Benjamin Franklin

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution. – Stephen Sondheim

Do I rue a life wasted doing crosswords? Yes, but I do know the three-letter-word for regret. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Our whole life is solving puzzles. – Erno Rubik

No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward. – Amar Gopal Bose

As a game of mingled skill and chance, Billiards stands at the head of what may be called Indoor Athletics. Requiring far less mental exertion than Chess… it provides amusement for the mind, it also affords exercise for the body. – Captain Crawley (George Frederick Pardon, 1824–1884), The Billiard Book, 1

Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. – Indian Proverb

Video games ruined my life. (Good thing I have two more.) – Author Unknown

When I play too many video games I begin to feel chubby-minded, caffeinated, bad. – Tom Bissell

Things are falling into place like a well organised game of Tetris. – Jay Mullings

There are only three sports: mountain climbing, bull fighting, and motor racing. All the rest are merely games. – Ernest Hemingway

The perfect family board game is one that can be played each time with fewer pieces. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

At my house, when a missing pawn shows up in the Scrabble tiles, it counts as an extra blank. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com