“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.”

“Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.”

When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning.

If your brain is not engaged, you are not really playing a game; you are merely following the motions.

Board games are the ultimate social network.

A game is not won until it is lost.

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.

A child loves his play, not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard.

Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.