Checkmate Quotes

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate. (Isaac Asimov)
When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn. View quote
Howard Staunton
On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite. View quote
Emanuel Lasker
[Christian] ... he felt very much like an uninitiated chess-player who sees that the pieces are in a peculiar position on the board, and might open the way for him to give checkmate, if he only knew how. View quote
George Eliot
[I]s this not an advantage? Is it not a sign of immense progress that the masses should have "ideas," that is to say, should be cultured? By no means. The "ideas" of the average man are not genuine ideas, nor is their possession culture. An idea is a putting truth in checkmate. Whoever wishes to have ideas must first prepare himself to desire truth and to accept the rules of the game imposed by it. It is no use speaking of ideas when there is no acceptance of a higher authority to regulate them, a series of standards to which it is possible to appeal in a discussion. These standards are the principles on which culture rests. View quote
José Ortega y Gasset
They [Richter always works on a number of his abstract paintings at the same time] feed off one another.. .At the beginning, I feel totally free, and it's fun, like being a child. The paintings can look good for a day or an hour. Over time, they change. In the end, you become like a chess player. It takes me longer than some people to recognize their quality, their situation - to realize when they are finished. Finally, one day I enter the room and say, 'Checkmate.' Then sometimes I need a break, a quiet job, like a landscape. But I always need to paint abstracts again. I need that pleasure. View quote
Gerhard Richter
Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player. View quote
Max Euwe
Russia is playing chess, while we are playing Monopoly. The only question is whether they will checkmate us before we bankrupt them. View quote
Jeane Kirkpatrick
If religion makes a society happier, there's no data to show that. All we see is that on average countries that are well off are less religious and are happier; and that goes for U. S. states as well. Checkmate, religionists. View quote
Jerry Coyne
We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight. View quote
Isaac Bashevis Singer
If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being defeated. (Paul Williams)
If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like. View quote
Aung San Suu Kyi