Pawns Quotes

“When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“Humans who thought they were advancing around the chessboard of life as knights and bishops were actually among the multitude of pawns, advancing like fodder to their inevitable demise for the true kings residing behind the curtains, whose presence was invisible to virtually all the pieces on the chessboard.”
― Jasun Ether, The Beasts of Success

“What separates us into engineers and robots, puppeteers and puppets, kings and pawns, is not the status we hold at any given time among others - status is irrelevant; it is the level of ever-present awareness we have of a grey-matter tailor's tools [of flattery, persuasion, and cunning.]”
― A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

“The closer we get—the more I let you in…the more dangerous this gets. We’re just pawns in this game, and I wasn’t playing before. I was just a piece to move about the board, but I am playing now. Don’t you get it? You’re what everyone wants! But I’m not going to let them win.”
― Cassandra Giovanni, In Between Seasons

“Life is short, precious, and should not be wasted.
Everyone has a chance at it. We’re equals after all.
There are no pawns, no kings, and no queens.
We’re all humans and we all have the same value.”
― Cristelle Comby, Blind Chess

“Self-doubt and Depression are the real killers. The other are just pawns.”
― Deyth Banger

“On the path to Conquer the throne,
some of your pawns must die...

If your eyes aim the big kill,
you must learn to eat humble pie.”
― Aamir Sarfraz (aamir rajput khan)

“We are pawns of life, in dreams,
Queens and kings of fate, it seems -
In our earthly realm we dare to think,
But instead of reigning, we fall to sleep.”
― D.C. Thomas, Her Suns And Their Daughters: Daughters Of The Universe Seen

“God has made us as pawns... when he is bored of playing with us on the playground he just remove us... so what we to do now???
To move less, to move more???
- What??”
― Deyth Banger

“What are any of us but pawns in the schemes of the great?”
― C.J. Sansom, Dark Fire

“nobody stopped playing checkers just because the pieces included her children”
― Toni Morrison