{"quotes":[{"text":"The love and war in the previous injunctions are of the nature of sport, where one respects, and learns from the opponent, but never interferes with him, outside the actual game. To seek to dominate or influence another is to seek to deform or destroy him; and he is a necessary part of one's own Universe, that is, of one's self.","author":"Aleister Crowley","tags":["aleister-crowley","death","games","philosophy","psychology","truth","war","wisdom"],"id":773,"author_id":"Aleister+Crowley"},{"text":"It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye,' Ferbus said too loudly. 'Then it's one-eyed fun.","author":"Gina Damico","tags":["fun","games","humor","one-eye"],"id":3221,"author_id":"Gina+Damico"},{"text":"No wrong in aiming or applauding the win but always agnize one's efforts.","author":"Mohith Agadi","tags":["athlete","athletes","athletics","games","inspiration","inspirational","motivation","motivational","olympic","olympics","quote","quotes","by-mohith","sportive","sports","sports"],"id":4033,"author_id":"Mohith+Agadi"},{"text":"Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.And the magical things you can do with that ballwill make you the winning-est winner of all.Fame! You'll be as famous as famous can be,with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.Except when they don'tBecause, sometimes they won't.I'm afraid that some timesyou'll play lonely games too.Games you can't win'cause you'll play against you.","author":"Dr. Seuss","tags":["fame","games","loneliness","lonely"],"id":7621,"author_id":"Dr.+Seuss"},{"text":"Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities.","author":"Daniel Suarez","tags":["games","human","mammals","nature","play"],"id":12113,"author_id":"Daniel+Suarez"},{"text":"Every game is winnable if you change your mind about what the prize should be and your perspective about the players at the table.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["altruism","choices","decisions","experiences","following-christ","games","helping-others","inspiration","life-lessons","life-missions","motivation","perspective","service","stories","success","winning"],"id":12430,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"(about organizing books in his home library, and putting a book in the 'Arts and Lit non-fiction section)I personally find that for domestic purposes, the Trivial Pursuit system works better than Dewey.","author":"Nick Hornby","tags":["games","home","libraries","organization"],"id":14900,"author_id":"Nick+Hornby"},{"text":"When they play MARRY/FUCK/KILL, you'll never be KILL again!","author":"Kelly Sue DeConnick","tags":["feminism","games"],"id":15537,"author_id":"Kelly+Sue+DeConnick"},{"text":"A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever.","author":"Shigeru Miyamoto","tags":["bad","delay","delayed","delays","game","games","good","late","miyamoto","nintendo","shigeru","video","videos"],"id":15652,"author_id":"Shigeru+Miyamoto"},{"text":"All other trades are contained in that of war.Is that why war endures?No. It endures because young men love it and old men love it in them. Those that fought, those that did not.That's your notion.The judge smiled. Men are born for games. Nothing else. Every child knows that play is nobler than work. He knows too that the worth or merit of a game is not inherent in the game itself but rather in the value of that which is put at hazard. Games of chance require a wager to have meaning at all. Games of sport involve the skill and strength of the opponents and the humiliation of defeat and the pride of victory are in themselves sufficient stake because they inhere in the worth of the principals and define them. But trial of chance or trial of worth all games aspire to the condition of war for here that which is wagered swallows up game, player, all.","author":"Cormac McCarthy","tags":["249","games","war"],"id":17265,"author_id":"Cormac+McCarthy"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":237,"pages":24,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}