Quotes About Game

In leaving Balbec, I had imagined that I was leaving Gomorrah, plucking Albertine from it; in reality, alas, Gomorrah was dispersed to all the ends of the earth. And partly out of jealousy, partly out of ignorance of such joys (a case which is rare indeed), I had arranged unawares this game of hide and seek in which Albertine was always to escape me.

In that great game of hide and seek which is played in our memory when we seek to recapture a name, there is not any series of gradual approximations. We see nothing, then suddenly the name appears in its exact form and very different from what we thought we could make out.

It really lasted the whole game, because I was really untouchable, unstoppable that game. But it was heightened on one particular play, and that was the longest run where everything completely slowed down. My awareness was so keen, it was so heightened, it was really amazing.

it'd be like looking for a needle in a burning haystack.' 'Oh, I've done that,' Mark said airily. 'It's a game we used to play, after we got rid of all our livestock and didn't need our hay no more. You throw a match into the haystack, give the fire a three-second head start, and begin looking. You can find the needle every time if you work quick

I have made myself exceptional. It is a wonderful game, is it not? Because I am exceptional, anything I achieve does not reflect on my own sex, for of course I am not like them. Strange, though, how that division seems to vanish when we are speaking instead of my shortcomings. Then I am a woman, like any other.

It's never about the lack of money or time or anything else. It's about your internal game, your commitment to do whatever it takes to be creative, get resourceful, and figure it out. To find or make a way ahead, no matter what.

Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.

Golf is a game of integrity. And golf is a game of forgiveness. I think the high standards of golf remind people of how lucky they are, or how fortunate they are, to be able to play the game.

I know you guys have some sort of weird thing going on, with that game you play and everything—" "It's called a friendship.

Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany always wins.

Golf's a funny game. You can be playing poorly and then go and win a tournament.

Hockey s a funny game. You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It's not up to anybody else. You have to take pride in yourself.

Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops.

The other day I went to the Huddle House. I wasnt hungry, I just wanted to call some plays.

Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if youre not good at them.

There are only two seasons - winter and baseball.

Blue punch buggie!

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.

If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race.

Hai s? credem tot ce spunem, E un joc foarte frumos. Tu s?-mi spui: "Te iubesc" ?i eu s? m? bucur copil?re?te.

Hai sa credem tot ce spunem, E un joc foarte frumos. Tu sa-mi spui: "Te iubesc" Si eu sa ma bucur copilareste, De parca mi-ai fi daruit un briceag Cu prasele de os.

It's not fair." "It's not. But then, that's the game. It makes life great. The fact that it ends when we don't want it to. The ending gives it meaning.

You create your own game in your mind based on your beliefs, intents, perception and rules.