“And he calls it playing? Like, whatever happened to chess? Or cards? Or tag?”
“I don't know how to play chess, but to me, life is like a game of chess.”
“What is more likely? That tomorrow will be called 'Thursday' or that Maxine Waters will play the race card in her ethics investigation?”
“A conversation with Mabh was like playing tag with a grizzly bear.”
“Ralph... would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.”
“I like to play chess. I moved to a small town, and nobody played chess there, but one guy challenged me to checkers. I always thought it was kind of a simple game, but I accepted. And he beat me nine or ten games in a row. That’s sort of like living in a small town. It’s a simpler game, but it’s played to a higher level.”