“Renewable energy fits well into the conservative mindset by allowing competition into the energy markets so that consumers have choice. The system as it is, with big utilities monopolizing the energy playing field or fossil fuel energy being given massive subsidies so that they are on a kind of corporate welfare, is the antithesis of conservative principles.” WellsKindBigsChoicesEnergyGivenPrinciplesFieldsFitCompetitionConservativeMindsetConsumersCorporateWelfareFuelMassiveAllowingFossilsUtilityFossil FuelRenewable EnergyPlaying FieldsSubsidiesAntithesisMonopolizing Author:Mark Ruffalo
“The reformers' preferred metaphor is "leveling the playing field." They should listen to the logic of their language: fields are leveled by bulldozers.” ShouldLanguageFieldsLogicMetaphorReformersPlaying FieldsBulldozers Book:With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002 Source: With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002
“Once you get on the playing field it's not about whether you're liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That's what it's about.” MatterPlayHelpingWinningLevelsTeamFieldsHigh LevelWhatever It TakesPlaying FieldsInspirational Team Author:LeBron James
“We conservatives can win the ideological battles on a level playing field. Our ideas are better. Given fair elections based on contributions from regular voters, instead of $100,000 checks from business-as-usual special interests, we will prevail.” IdeasWinningGivenInterestLevelsSpecialFieldsBattleFairsElectionChecksContributionVotersUsualIdeologicalSpecial InterestsPlaying FieldsLevel Playing Field Author:John McCain
“I need people to know that there is a group of people who are part of the leadership of the DNC, and I will make damn sure as a vice chair, and so will others, that we do everything humanly possible to have a level playing field.” PeopleKnowsNeedsLevelsGroupsFieldsVicesDamnChairsPlaying FieldsLevel Playing Field Author:Hillary Clinton
“If you narrow the playing field, the next generation has less to put out, to eat and regenerate from.” IfsNextGenerationsFieldsNext GenerationPlaying Fields Author:M.I.A.
“Environmentally, business in America in 1970 was very similar to business in China today. Even if a CEO wanted to be a responsible corporate citizen, he (and they were all "he's" then) simply couldn't invest a billion dollars in pollution controls to produce a product that was indistinguishable from those of his competitors. His products would be priced out of the market. Passing laws that created a clean, level playing field for whole industries had to be a core focus of the 1970s.” IfsWholeWould BeTodayWantedAmericaLawLevelsFocusFieldsProduceProductsIndustryCitizensResponsibleDollarsCleanChinaBillionsCorePassingPassingsCorporatePollutionCeoCompetitorsPlaying FieldsLevel Playing FieldPollution ControlPassing Laws Author:Denis Hayes
“The National Security Adviser is supposed to be an arbiter of policy and open minded in internal debates. But the playing field was never balanced. It was always tilted toward Rumsfeld's position, which is obviously the same as Bush's.” SecurityPolicyFieldsPositionDebateSupposed To BeInternalsBalancedNational SecurityOpen MindOpen MindedAdviserPlaying FieldsArbiter Author:Seymour Hersh
“Often we need to use policy to level the playing field, or to be sure that a technology is managed in a responsible way.” WayNeedsUseLevelsTechnologyPolicyFieldsResponsiblePlaying Fields Author:Ramez Naam
“You need an immense amount of luck and perseverance to even be on the playing field for success on a grand scale.” NeedsFieldsAmountLuckPerseveranceScalesImmensePlaying Fields Author:Chris Gethard
“Amazon, being a provider - not just on the playing field - is, of course, opening up a whole new set of possibilities. At the same time, Amazon also understands platforms. For them, theatrical is an extremely important event. I also believe it's the best way of seeing a movie.” WayBelieveImportantWholeCoursesSeeingEventsFieldsPossibilityBest WayOpeningPlatformsTheatricalAmazonOpening UpPlaying FieldsProvidersImportant Events Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“The digital revolution is forever. They put importance on that option as well. With Amazon, you're getting the best of both worlds, with a whole new playing field.” WorldWellsWholeForeverFieldsRevolutionImportanceDigitalAmazonPlaying FieldsBest Of Both WorldsDigital Revolution Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I don't know whether we'll have another Michael Jackson or Elvis, because the world's too quick to level the playing field in that regard. For example, if Michael Jackson did the moonwalk for the first time now, and it debuted on Twitter, the third comment would probably be: "He's just walking backwards."” IfsKnowsWorldFirstsLevelsExampleFieldsWalkingFirst TimeThirdsRegardCommentBackwardsPlaying FieldsWalking Backwards Author:Matthew Healy
“I believe that what I've worked for - women and children, civil rights against poverty, trying to level the playing field for people to have a better chance - is what I still believe is important and what I'm trying to do today.” PeopleTryingBelieveChildrenStillsImportantTodayI BelieveChanceLevelsPovertyRightsFieldsCivil RightsChances AreI Still BelievePlaying Fields Author:Hillary Clinton
“Those of us who grew up in the '50s and '60s, we had the dream that this could be turned around, and the earth could be back in balance, and that we could level the playing field with men and women and pay, and you know, minority groups having equal opportunity. We just magically thought this was all going to happen: we were going to have clean food, and organic this, and conscious that, and it just didn't happen.” KnowsMenDreamHappensEarthOpportunityLevelsPayGroupsFieldsGrewBalanceEqualGrew UpConsciousMen And WomenCleanMinoritiesEqual OpportunityPlaying FieldsMinority Groups Author:Bonnie Raitt
“We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.” IfsWorldOpportunityGamesGivenSportsFieldsPossibilityTaughtEqualRacismEndlessDiscriminationHopefullyBridgesGapsSexismTaught UsOlympic GamesPlaying Fields Author:Jackie Joyner-Kersee
“More than 60 percent of small businesses face payment delays. That can cause a serious cash flow crisis. So, as president, I will explore new ways to arm small businesses with the tools to fight back and level the playing field.” WayFacesFightingCausesPresidentLevelsFieldsSeriousArmsPercentFlowToolsCrisisCashNew WaysDelaySmall BusinessPaymentPlaying FieldsCash Flow Author:Hillary Clinton
“That is again a romantic notion: the hero. I think people enjoy a much more levelled playing field where you have the ability for many people to become heroes.” PeopleThinkingEnjoyAbilityFieldsHeroNotionPlaying Fields Author:Martin Sorrell
“Businesses will have to lead the charge - demanding uniform, national, predictable rules to govern this transition, so that there is a level and rational playing field on which they can compete to make the next fortunes.” NextLevelsFieldsFortuneRationalTransitionUniformsPredictablePlaying Fields Author:Van Jones
“Net neutrality is the principle that the service providers who control or access, who own the pipes, should not favor some content over another. It's, you know, an even playing field for stuff on the Internet, and, you know, I think it's very important to the medium that it have a rough quality among contents. Everyone has their shot.” ThinkingKnowsShouldImportantStuffQualityPrinciplesFieldsInternetShotsAccessFavorsMediumsRoughPipeNeutralityPlaying FieldsProvidersService ProvidersNet Neutrality Author:Tim Wu
“Right now it is illegal for a service provider to censor or block a site because they don't like it or to privilege someone who pays them extra money. So it's basically a level playing field. I think it was a great victory. It doesn't solve all the problems of our time, but I think we've gotten a much better place.” ThinkingProblemLevelsPayFieldsVictoryRight NowPrivilegeSolveBlockOur TimeExtrasIllegalSiteBetter PlacePlaying FieldsProvidersGreat VictoryService ProvidersLevel Playing Field Author:Tim Wu
“If our brands are going to be in print and on mobile handsets and in video and events, we have to acknowledge that the playing fields are going to be different than a print-only product or a print product with extensions to it.” IfsDifferentEventsFieldsProductsVideoBrandsAcknowledgePrintExtensionsMobilePlaying Fields Author:Norman Pearlstine
“The government is supposed to provide a level playing field where people can compete fairly. It's not supposed to cut deals with one company or another to do so.” PeopleGovernmentLevelsDealsCompanyCuttingFieldsPlaying FieldsLevel Playing Field Author:David Brooks
“You cover 50 yards on the playing field of faith with a story that downplays your success. You cover 3 yards, or you may even end up backward, with anything that up-plays or promotes you.” MayEndsPlayStoriesFieldsYardsPlaying Fields Author:Max Lucado
“If we want growth today to be more innovation-driven, more inclusive and more sustainable, then we need a more active state, not a less active one. Yet we still hear the dogma that we should just fix market failure by focusing on science and infrastructure, and to "level the playing field."” IfsWantNeedsShouldStillsStatesTodayGrowthLevelsFieldsInnovationActiveDrivenDogmaInfrastructurePlaying FieldsMarket Failure Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“Fixing markets isn't enough. We have to actively shape and create them and tilt the playing field in the direction of the growth we want.” WantEnoughGrowthFieldsShapesFixingPlaying FieldsTilt Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“It's critical to level the playing field, to make prices and risks clear up front, so when someone signs on for a student loan or a mortgage or a credit card, they know the tricks and traps hidden in the fine print. That's why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been working on a new financial aid shopping sheet. A shorter, two-page credit card agreement, a simpler mortgage disclosure form. All those are aimed toward helping people understand the basic bargain.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensTwoHelpingFormLevelsClearRiskFrontsFieldsStudentsFinePagesFinancialCreditCriticalProtectionAidsTricksCardsConsumersAgreementPrintShoppingTrapsSheetsLoanHelping PeopleBargainsMortgageCredit CardPlaying FieldsDisclosureStudent LoanFine PrintFinancial Aid Author:Elizabeth Warren
“Society always needs a level playing field. In order to do that, you have to have opportunity, and providing that opportunity begins with 'how do we bridge that gap,' that so-called Digital Divide? How can we get internet into every home possible?” NeedsHomeOrderOpportunityLevelsFieldsInternetBridgesDigitalGapsDividesProvidingPlaying FieldsLevel Playing FieldDigital Divide Author:Jackie Joyner-Kersee