#game

Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies. ↗

— Sara Shepard

#friends #lies #the-lying-game #enemy

Then he smiles as if he'd be happy to lie there and gaze at me forever. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#lie

Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side? ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#a-song-of-ice-and-fire #curiosity #george-r-r-martin #tyrion-lannister #wall

Thus we have on stage two men, each of whom knows nothing of what he believes the other knows, and to deceive each other reciprocally both speak in allusions, each of the two hoping (in vain) that the other holds the key to his puzzle. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#games #knowledge #truth #men

There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#acting #artifice #falsehood #game #games

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it. ↗

— John Wooden

#game #important #starts #who

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#games #intelligence #talent #teamwork #wins

There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day, totally in the zone, and you don't even know where you are on the field, everything is just totally blocked out. ↗

— Lawrence Taylor

#all day #blocked #career #could #day

Donning a glove for a backyard toss, or watching a ball game, or just reflecting upon our baseball days, we are players again, forever young. ↗

— John Thorn

#backyard #ball #ball game #baseball #days

Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail. ↗

— John Thorn

#baseball #before #carnage #condemned #falling