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Quotes About Games

That feeling of being rewarded for your curiosity is huge. It's why I play games, this idea of truly existing in a world.
~ Cory Barlog
My first 10-day contract in Dallas. It was long because we had five games in 10 days. Players get called up on a 10-day and their team might only have a schedule of three games. So I got to play in five games and I was fortunate for that.
~ Quinn Cook
Systems, coaches, and directors or club presidents do not win games - players do, they are the only people who can make a significant difference once that game starts.
~ Diego Forlan
I think anybody confusing a system with a reason for success is making a huge mistake. Systems don't win games. Players do.
~ Jeff Van Gundy
I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it's a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.
~ Taylor Swift
My idea of childcare at festivals is to sit at a trestle table with an ale while the kids run around and make up their own games.
~ Tom Hodgkinson
We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.
~ Steve Yzerman
We need to discuss what our own standards are for games writing that falls outside of journalism, and support experimental formats and routes of production that may be more tailored to them than the status quo, because the public at large seems to still think that the only games writing that exists are reviews and news.
~ Zoe Quinn
People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.
~ Warren Spector
When I got to Activision, it was like a carnival. They had a recycling container filled with cans and a sign over it that said 'Activision Takeover Defense Fund.' Activision was making games based on passion and gut instinct. We needed to develop games based on P&L statements and what was going to sell.
~ Bobby Kotick
English football is evolving. It's no longer the game it used to be. Apart from the larger quantities of money which make it more attractive to foreign stars, the mentality is also different - everybody looks to win games no matter what, even if it means taking risks.
~ Gianfranco Zola
I absolutely knew that I wanted to play role-playing games when I saw a friend of mine playing 'Bard's Tale 2' on his Commodore 64.
~ Chris Avellone
The World University Games Gold medal was a great confidence booster for me. It highlighted my talents, my performance and dedication.
~ Dutee Chand
'Lost Vikings' and 'Rock 'n' Roll Racing' were pretty critical games to us. We got some acclaim as a result, some video gaming awards. Those are the games that impressed Davidson and Associates and led to the merger talks.
~ Michael Morhaime
The other type of politician tends to be manipulative, selfish, and have unhealthy needs to be the center of attention. These people play games, start rumors, get little done but take credit for others' work, and jockey to been seen as indispensable to their leaders. Leaders who fall under this type of politician's spell often have teams with poor morale and performance. Partners
~ Richard L. Hughes
Since when do we even play games?" "Since when don't we play games? Games of life, games of death. Games of love, of hope, of chance, of despair, and of all the myriad wonders in between." I rolled my eyes at the newcomer. "Hello, Carter.
~ Richelle Mead
I don't think most people take honest well. They prefer the games. They want to believe the pretty lies.
~ Richelle Mead
Most of the occult literature of the world — aside from the 95% of it that is sheer rubbish — consists of tricks, gimmicks and games (which the Hindus call upaya, "clever ways") to trigger metaprogramming consciousness. This generally means leading the student "all around Robin Hood's barn" as many times as are necessary, until the poor victim discovers that he has created the barn himself.
~ Robert Anton Wilson
In games there are rules, but in life the rules keep changing. You could put your bishop out there to mate the other guy's king, and he could lean down and whisper in your bishop's ear, and suddenly it's playing for him, and moving like a rook. And you're fucked.
~ Kim Stanley Robinson
I don't have the time or patience for games. Now, tell me, why do you...glow ? I touched a radioactive alien cock once.
~ Kresley Cole
Chase:"I don't have the time or patience for games. Now, tell me, why do you … glow?" Regin:"I touched a radioactive alien cock once.
~ Kresley Cole
There are two things you should know about me, Victoria. One, I will play games with you." Warmth flooded my body, centering between my thighs. I swallowed. "What's the other thing, big guy?" He palmed the back of my head, drawing me close. Yet then he hesitated, as if relishing that he was about to kiss me. "You will like my games.
~ Kresley Cole
It's a happy relationship when it's easy and when there's that trust and love and no jealousy or games or anything.
~ Lindsay Ellingson
Life exists without rules; games cannot exist without rules. So real religion is always without rules; only false religion has rules, because false religion is a game.
~ Rajneesh