Quotes Tagged "game"

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?

Our love was a two-person game. At least until one of us died, and the other became a murderer.


What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists the fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colouring, sportmen the cover for the game. Though we may all look at the same things, it does not all follow that we should see them.

Everyone has the fire, but the champions know when to ignite the spark.

Oh, if only it were possible to find understanding,” Joseph exclaimed. “If only there were a dogma to believe in. Everything is contradictory, everything tangential; there are no certainties anywhere. Everything can be interpreted one way and then again interpreted in the opposite sense. The whole of world history can be explained as development and progress and can also be seen as nothing but decadence and meaninglessness. Isn’t there any truth? Is there no real and valid doctrine?” The master had never heard him speak so fervently. He walked on in silence for a little, then said: “There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for a perfect doctrine, my friend. Rather, you should long for the perfection of yourself. The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught. Be prepared for conflicts, Joseph Knecht - I can see that they already have begun.

For a game, you don’t need a teacher.

God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.

True love is not a hide and seek game: in true love, both lovers seek each other.

Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!

Your life is not a simulation; it's the real game. Play wisely.

I heard you were a player , okay , lets play a game. We'll flirt, play fights, talk 24/7, say goodmorning and goodnight every day, give each other nicknames, hang out, talk on the phone for hours, take cute pictures together, make promises to each other and hold each other. And whoever falls in love first, loses.

We were playing a game against an unknown and unforgiving opponent. The stakes were terrible—play well or die—but we didn’t even know the ground rules.

He could leave. I could leave. We could both end up heartbroken, sitting on the floor of our souls and trying to piece together our lives again. But, we could also find forever. We could take the next steps together—toward a year, five, or maybe, forever. And that was a game worth playing.

Every game against bigger opponents should be taken seriously. Every game against smaller opponents should be taken seriously; if they want it, they become it.

Elevate your inside game. A negative attitude is below the horizon...a place for lonesome hearts.

Do not hate the player, nor the game...rule it!

As long as no one gets tired From hiding behind one’s self, Let’s keep on playing this silly game of pretend That we no longer fear what tomorrow hides And That our Yesterdays left us no aches in our cores Nor chaos in our minds … Let’s just pretend