The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the end of a game she is hardly so valuable as two Rooks.
Howard Staunton

There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.
Lakhdar Brahimi

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.
Reinhold Niebuhr

There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people.
Heinz Guderian

There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.
Clare Boothe Luce

There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don't make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life.
Russell Hoban

There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.
George Oppen

There were some situations where I was giving up everything I had for the band and I just expected everybody else to feel the same way. I realized I was just kidding myself.
Jerry Only

There's a certain gravity in Stokes, due to the situations I have to handle.
Thayer David

These are my friends, my family. It would be hell on earth to spend the rest of my life leading them into situations where some of them are going to get killed... but it would be worse watching someone well-meaning but incompetent or untrained double those deaths.
Mercedes Lackey

These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. It's like meeting old friends. I hope readers feel the same way.
Jonathan Kellerman

They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person's life.
Daryl Gates

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
Peter McWilliams

To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell.
Thomas Merton

To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives.
Debra Messing

Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react.
Derek Jacobi

Umpires, like players, are expected to show constant improvement each season and at each level. Inconsistent plate work and the inability to handle situations are probably the two biggest problems that minor league umpires face.
Jim Evans

Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.
Serena Williams

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
Charles R. Swindoll

We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy.
Dylan Moran