“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.”
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
“Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn’t be more simple, nor the stakes higher.”
— Yann Martel, book Life of Pi
Source: Life of Pi
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Canadian author best known for the book Life of Pi 1963Related quotes
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Source: 1960s, "The Use and Misuse of Game Theory," 1962, p. 108
