Quotations About Games

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. 
Henry Louis Mencken
The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.  
Stephen Sondheim
It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.  
Joseph de Maistre
Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time.  
George Bernard Shaw Egotism, n:  
Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen. 
Author Unknown
Do I rue a life wasted doing crosswords?  Yes, but I do know the three-letter-word for regret.  
Robert Brault
At my house, when a missing pawn shows up in the Scrabble tiles, it counts as an extra blank.  
Robert Brault
The perfect family board game is one that can be played each time with fewer pieces. 
Robert Brault
Whoever dreamed up Scrabble had an exaggerated idea of how many seven-letter words have five i's.  
Robert Brault

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