“I leave to children exclusively, but only for the life of their childhood, all and every the dandelions of the fields and the daisies thereof, with the right to play among them freely, according to the custom of children, warning them at the same time against the thistles. And I devise to children the yellow shores of creeks and the golden sands beneath the water thereof, with the dragon flies that skim the surface of said waters, and and the odors of the willows that dip into said waters, and the white clouds that float on high above the giant trees.” ChildrenSaidPlayWaterWhiteTreeChildhoodFieldsCloudsSurfaceGoldenGiantsSandDragonsCustomsShoreWarningYellowFloatsDipDaisiesOdorCreeksDandelionsThistlesWhite Clouds Author:Williston Fish
“We search the world for truth; we cull The good, the pure, the beautiful, From all old flower fields of the soul; And, weary seeker of the best, We come back laden from out quest, To find that all the sages said Is in the Book our mothers read.” WorldSaidBookSoulBeautifulMotherFieldsFlowerPureQuestsWearySageSeekers Book:The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier Source: The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier
“One day he [Wagner] was batting against a young pitcher who had just come into the league. The catcher was a kid, too . The pitcher threw Honus a curve ball, and he swung at it and missed and fell down. Looked helpless as a robin. I was kind of surprised, but the guy sitting next to me poked me in the ribs and said, 'Watch this next one.' Those kids figured they had the old man's weakness, you see, and served him up the same dish - as he knew they would. Well, Honus hit a line drive so hard the fence in left field went back and forth for five minutes.” MenWellsKindSaidHardKidsYoungGuyNextLeftLinesWatchesFiveMinutesFieldsOne DayWeaknessSittingBallsLeagueOld ManDishesHelplessFenceCurvesFive MinutesBack And ForthPitcherRobinsRibsBattingCatchersWagnerLeft Field Author:Burleigh Grimes
“My toils in the quotation field have led me to formulate two or three laws about the way people use and abuse quotations. My first law is: When in doubt, ascribe all quotations to Bernard Shaw - which I don't mean to be taken literally, but as a general observation of the habit people have of attaching remarks to the nearest obvious speaker. Churchill, Wilde, Orson Welles and Alexander Woollcott are other useful figures upon whom to father remarks when you don't know who really said them.” PeopleKnowsWayFirstsMeanSaidTwoUseLawThreeFatherTakenDoubtFiguresFieldsHabitAbuseObviousObservationSpeakersQuotationsToilRemarksWhen In DoubtWildeBernard ShawUse And Abuse Author:Nigel Rees
“After my last divorce, I said I was absolutely going to marry somebody in another field, an aid worker or something. Then I met Brad, everything I wasn't looking for, but the best man, the best father I could possibly wish for, you know? I don't see him as an actor. I see him very much as a dad, as somebody who loves travel and architecture more than being in movies.” KnowsMenSaidLastsActorsFatherWishFieldsDadMetsWorkersDivorceArchitectureAidsBradBest Father Author:Angelina Jolie
“From high Meonia's rocky shores I came, Of poor decsent, Acoetes is my name, My sire was measly born: no oxen ploughed, His fruitful fields, nor in his pastures lowed, His whole estate within the waters lay' With lines and hooks he caught the finny prey; His art was all his livelehood, which he Thus with his dying lips bequeathed to me: In streams, my boy, and rivers take thy chance; There swims', said he, Thy whole inheritance.” ArtSaidWholeNamesWaterBornLinesChancePoorBoysSeaDyingFieldsRiversLaysLipsCaughtFishesBoatStreamsLakesFishingSwimShoreEstatesHookInheritancePreyMy BoysPasturesOxen Author:Ovid
“I didn't understand art, until one day Tom Brady took me to the museum, and we looked at the Picasso, and he said, 'Rob, that's a touchdown.' We looked at the Rembrandt and Tom said, 'Rob, that's another touchdown.' We looked at the Vermeer and Tom said, 'Rob, that's another touchdown.' And I said, 'No, Tom, that's just a field goal.'” ArtSaidGoalFieldsOne DayMuseumsTomsBradyTouchdownsVermeer Author:Rob Gronkowski
“It seems plain and self-evident, yet it needs to be said: the isolated knowledge obtained by a group of specialists in a narrow field has in itself no value whatsoever, but only in its synthesis with all the rest of knowledge and only inasmuch as it really contributes in this synthesis toward answering the demand, "Who are we?"” NeedsSaidSelfSeemsValuesKnowledgeGroupsFieldsDemandIsolatedEvidentSpecialistsSynthesis Author:Erwin Schrodinger
“My father always used to say to me, it doesn’t matter what the profession is, but if they’re the best in their field, it will always be fascinating to watch.” IfsSaidMatterUsedFatherWatchesFieldsDadProfessionFascinatingPencils Author:Nicolas Cage
“I've always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music, I would have loved to had that break, but it never was offered to me, a job in that field, so naturally, I got lost on that other road.” IfsMadeSaidJobsLostBreakFieldsIf I CouldGospel Music Author:George Jones
“Tom Browkaw said it best. He said NBC could survive without him or the rest of the news division, but not Nancy Fields.” SaidFieldsNewsDivisionTomsNancyNbc Author:Willard Scott
“If somebody had told me that you have a choice of being a rock star or playing left field for the Tigers, there would not have been a choice at all. I would have said, 'Where's my locker?'” IfsHas BeensSaidChoicesLeftStarsRocksFieldsTigersRock StarLockersLeft Field Author:Alice Cooper
“He said I couldn't do (off the field) what I did when I was 23 or 24, and I paid attention to him. Damn it, I got a trainer and went to spring training in the best shape of my career and in 1985 had the best season I ever had and we won the World Series. Before that, I didn't know how long I was going to play. That talk with Mr. Fogelman was the most inspiring talk I ever had with anyone.” KnowsWorldLongSaidPlayAttentionCareersKnow HowFieldsShapesSpringTrainingSeasonsPaidSeriesDamnTrainersWorld SeriesSpring TrainingMost Inspiring Author:George Brett
“My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The first pitch I threw was to third baseman Bob Bailey. It was a fastball, low and away. He ripped it for a home run down the left field line. I said, 'Damn, that was a pretty good pitch.” FirstsSaidHomeRunningLeftLinesFieldsMajorsLowsThirdsDamnLeagueBobAvenuesPirateStadiumsRippedHome RunDebutMajor LeaguePittsburghFastballsLeft Field Author:Steve Carlton
“He always said she was smart, but their conversations were a mined field in which at any moment she might make the wrong verbal move and find her ignorance exploding in her face.” SaidMomentsMightFacesMovingWomenFieldsIgnoranceConversationSmartExploding Author:Judith Perelman Rossner
“I always wanted to be the strongest man on the field. Most of the time, they said I was lifting too much but I didn't believe in that at all.” MenBelieveSaidWantedToo MuchFieldsStrongestThey SaidLifting Author:Frank Thomas
“In Iraq, [American administration] said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction endangering mankind. With this pretext, the U.S. intervened militarily, and all they did is take control over oil fields, and oil wells.” WellsSaidMankindFieldsWeaponsMassDestructionIraqOilAdministrationSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionPretextTake ControlOil Field Author:Evo Morales
“Thanh Hoa itself is a rich agricultural province. Rice fields, a pattern of many shades of green, stretch far into the distance along the road, which also winds through foothills and the fringes of heavy jungle where tigers are said to roam. The vegetation, wild or cultivated, is lush.” SaidRichFieldsWindGreenDistancePatternsHeavyShadeTigersJungleFringeRiceProvincesLushVegetation Book:At War with Asia Source: At War with Asia
“At the end of the day, when all is said and done playing this game ... it doesn't matter what you did in the field, it's what you do off the field and the lives that you touch off the field.” SaidEndsMatterDoneGamesFieldsThe End Of The DaySaid And Done Author:Albert Pujols
“My first baseman is George "Catfish" Metkovich from our 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates team, which lost 112 games. After a terrible series against the New York Giants, in which our center fielder made three throwing errors and let two balls get through his legs, manager Billy Meyer pleaded, "Can somebody think of something to help us win a game?" "I'd like to make a suggestion," Metkovich said. "On any ball hit to center field, let's just let it roll to see if it might go foul."” IfsThinkingFirstsMadeSaidTwoHelpingMightThreeGamesWinningLostTeamNew YorkFieldsTerribleBallsErrorsSeriesLegsManagersGiantsThrowingSuggestionsFoulPiratePittsburghCatfishCenter FieldersCenter Field Author:Joe Garagiola
“They call it football, but the object of the game is to bash the other guy so hard that he's eventually carried off the field on a stretcher. I can't watch football anymore. My psychiatrist said it's better that way. I used to watch a game, see the players in a huddle - and think they were talking about me.” ThinkingWaySaidI CanHardUsedGuyGamesTalkingWatchesPlayerFieldsObjectsFootballPsychiatristOther GuysBashTalking About Me Author:Jackie Mason
“I work in lockstep, hand in glove, with the prime minister on these issues, and as we are supportive to the Eurozone so they can sort their problems out, in return they introduce safeguards to ensure precisely what I said: that the single market is not fragmented and that important industries like the financial services industry are treated fairly. Not exceptional treatment, but are just simply treated fairly, on a level playing field within Europe.” SaidImportantProblemHandsLevelsIssuesFieldsIndustryReturnEuropeFinancialTreatedMinistersTreatmentPrimeIntroducingPrime MinisterSupportiveExceptionalGlovesPlaying FieldsFragmentedLevel Playing FieldEurozoneFinancial ServicesService Industry Author:Nick Clegg
“The [Hillary] Clinton campaign posted a pretty clever online quiz that makes a similar point with the Republican presidential field. Who said it? Donald Trump or not Donald Trump? For example, quote, "I mean you can prove you are a Christian. You can`t prove it, then you err on the side of caution." That was not Donald Trump. It was this guy, who strongly denounced Trump`s proposed Muslim ban but supports a religious test for refugees.” MeanSaidChristianGuySidesReligiousSupportExampleFieldsTrumpRepublicanProveTestsClintonCampaignsCleverPresidentialOnlineRefugeeThis GuyCautionBansProve ItQuiz Author:Chris Hayes
“Imagine if for years your habit is to use the phone when you're having a massage on the bed, even one minute before going out to train? For 25 days I accepted this, because my first priority was to work on the field. However, I've said that from now if someone comes inside with a mobile phone, even in their bag, I'll throw it in the North Sea. They're banned.” IfsYearsFirstsSaidUseImagineSeaMinutesFieldsHabitBedTrainPhonesAcceptedPrioritiesBagsGoing OutMobileBannedMassageOne MinuteMobile PhonesNorth Sea Author:Paolo Di Canio
“The best that can be said for those like Senators Nelson and Landrieu is that they held out until Obama and Reid met their price. By now, I can't even recall what it took to make Joe Lieberman say 'Uncle!' But it just goes to prove that when politicians like these three refer to themselves as moderate Democrats, we should recognize that it's similar to the distinction made in a related field when call girls insist they're not streetwalkers. It's the same profession; only the prices differ.” ShouldMadeSaidI CanGirlThreeFieldsPoliticianMetsProveDemocratProfessionRelatedDistinctionRecallsSenatorsUnclesModeratesNelson Author:Burt Prelutsky
“My mother always said that the strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell. That which doesn't kill us doesn't have to make us bitter, unless we let it. Those fires show us what we can survive and clear the field for new growth. For a better harvest.” SaidShowsMotherGrowthHellClearFireFieldsBitterStrongestSteelHarvestForgedNew Growth Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“I was so mad I wasn't sitting at the stadium watching it [Prince' 2007 Super Bowl performance] in person. So when Prince came back to the box where I would have been after he performed, he said to my makeup artist, "Where's Stevie?" She said, "She's sick, and she was told by our manager that she would have to walk across the football field when the game was over in the mud and try to find a limo, so she made the decision that she couldn't do that." He was not happy that I wasn't there, and now today I'm not happy about it because I should have gone and I should have walked in that mud for him.” ShouldTryingPersonsHas BeensMadeSaidTodayArtistGamesDecisionWalksGoneFieldsFootballSittingShould HaveSickMadBoxesManagersMakeupMudStadiumsNot HappyFootball FieldMakeup ArtistLimos Author:Stevie Nicks
“We can summarize electricity, magnetism and gravity into equations one inch long, and that's the power of field theory. And so I said to myself: I will create a field theory of strings. And when I did it one day, it was incredible, realizing that on a sheet of paper I can write down an equation which summarized almost all physical knowledge.” WritingLongSaidI CanRealizingFieldsTheoryOne DayPaperIncrediblesStringsGravityInchesElectricitySheetsEquationsMagnetismElectricity And Magnetism Author:Michio Kaku
“You go to towns in Massachusetts, Greenfield, first settled in 1686. Wouldn’t it be cool if it said, “Greenfield. First settled c. 13,000 B.P. or approximately 13,000 Before the Present. Resettled.” Maybe we could say even, “Resettled by whites,” Or, “Resettled anyway, 1686.” It would have a different impact. And of course it would help explain why the town is called Greenfield, because it was a green field and the fields were left by Native people who had already been farming them.” PeopleIfsFirstsSaidDifferentHelpingCoursesLeftFieldsTownsGreenImpactNativeFarmingBeing CoolMassachusettsGreen Fields Author:James W. Loewen
“Baseball as I have said before to many... many parents it's not about wins and losses. It's about the life lessons that are learned on that baseball field. The perseverance, the hard work that it takes, dealing with failure.” SaidHardWinningParentLossFieldsHard WorkLessonsBaseballPerseveranceLife LessonWins And LossesBaseball Field Author:Goose Gossage
“The great French Impressionist painter Renoir, right at the end of his very long life, said to a friend, "I am just now learning to paint." Renoir carried his gift with a humility which realized how much he still had to learn. Anyone who goes deeply into a field in life and realizes this, gains a sense of proportion that can only make you humble.” LongSaidStillsEndsRealizingFieldsHumilityGainsPaintHumblePainterProportionLong LifeImpressionistsRenoirGreat French Author:Roger Housden
“The other slaves in the field never let that house slave knew - know what they were really thinking. If the house slave said, well one of these days all of us will live in the plantation, they said, uh huh. They went along with him. But if you came up to them and said, let's go, they would be gone just like that.And in, in America you have the same situation.You have the vast masses who are still slaves.” IfsThinkingKnowsWellsSaidStillsWould BeAmericaHouseSituationGoneFieldsMassSlaveThese DaysThey SaidPlantations Author:Malcolm X
“A number of African countries came to us and said, we request that South Africa should not field a candidate, because so many other African countries wanted to, and, in any case, South Africa would continue to play a role in terms of building the African Union, and so on. And they actually said, please don't field a candidate, and we didn't. As I have said, it is not because we didn't have people who are competent to serve in these positions.” PeopleShouldSaidCountryPlayWantedTermNumbersRolesCasesFieldsPositionBuildingPleaseUnionsSouthCandidatesSouth AfricaRequestCompetentAfrican Union Author:Thabo Mbeki