“In general, I'm in support of promoting art and science in public schools. I think music and science are probably the most important factors for the human brain developing. Even more so than any other fields, because music covers mathematics, cognitive reasoning, motor skills, coordination, like, it's kind of everything.” ThinkingHumansKindArtImportantSchoolBrainSupportFieldsSkillsMathematicsFactorsDevelopingReasoningPromotingPublic SchoolMotorCognitiveHuman BrainArt And ScienceCoordination Author:Reggie Watts
“The part of football you don't see with all the buddies I ever had, we might have gone out and thrown some passes, but we never went out to knock the hell out of each other just to do it. You do that when the time comes to push the ball downfield or keep it from going down the field. That's why I think football has a great place.” ThinkingMightGoneHellFieldsFootballBallsThrownBuddy Author:Jerry Jones
“Russia will not take part in any field operations on the territory of Syria or in other states; at least, we do not plan it for now. But we are thinking of how to intensify our work both with President al-Assad and our partners in other countries.” ThinkingCountryStatesPresidentPlansFieldsPartnersRussiaOperationsAlsTerritoryOther CountriesSyriaAssad Author:Vladimir Putin
“I think this is our ninth one-goal game this year. We lost three by one and this is our sixth win by one. Unfortunately, the guys are used to being in these kinds of situations and made some pretty good adjustments down the stretch to win the game. I thought our defense played great all game long. While we didn't have it at one half, we picked it up on the other side of the field. I'm proud of the guys. Any win this time of year is a great win.” ThinkingYearsKindLongMadeUsedGuyThreeGamesWinningLostSidesGoalHalfSituationFieldsProudDefenseAdjustmentOne HalfLacrosse Author:John Desko
“You're always struggling because you're not playing on a 53-and-a-third by a 120-yard field. You're not playing on a baseball diamond. With golf, every field is different and every atmosphere is different. The grass is different. The weather is different. You're outside. You're not in a stadium. There are so many different variables, so you never master golf. So, I think good athletes like a challenge.” ThinkingDifferentChallengesStruggleFieldsMastersBaseballThirdsGolfAthleteWeatherAtmosphereGrassDiamondYardsStadiumsVariablesGood Athlete Author:Jack Nicklaus
“You may want to prove that you're worthy of other kids or neighbors who were wealthier than you and teased you. You may want to prove that you're worthy of high expectations. But I do think that there is a youthful ambition that very much has to do with making your mark in the world. And I think that cuts across the experiences of a lot of people who end up achieving something significant in their field.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantMayEndsKidsCuttingAchieveFieldsProveAmbitionExpectationsMarkWorthyNeighborSignificantHigh Expectations Author:Barack Obama
“There are institutional obligations I have to carry out that are important for a president of the United States to carry out, but may not always align with what I think would move the ball down the field on the issues that I care most deeply about.” ThinkingMayImportantStatesCareMovingPresidentUnitedUnited StatesIssuesFieldsBallsObligationI Care Author:Barack Obama
“[Julian Albert] is a CSI investigator; a forensic expert with similar skills to Barry, which gives them a different relationship to, I think, anyone else that he works with, because they're sort of treading on each other's toes in their field of expertise.” ThinkingGivingDifferentFieldsSkillsExpertsToesExpertiseInvestigatorsTreadingForensicsCsiDifferent Relationships Author:Tom Felton
“I think baseball has moved on in many ways and the focus on the competitions on the field is really what the game is all about. It seems to be healthy. It seems more people are watching it.” PeopleThinkingWaySeemsGamesFocusFieldsHealthyBaseballMovedCompetitionMoved On Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.
“I think mainly it's an optics thing: to be able to visualize a woman in a position of power. It's going to be wonderful for all of us in every field.” ThinkingAbleWonderfulFieldsPositionPosition Of PowerOptics Author:Natalie Portman
“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
“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
“When I think about the auto-industry and how it was one of the industries that brought all of these black men from the South to Michigan and other places to make more money than they could ever make in the cotton fields or the agricultural world of the South... what's happening now is all of that is closing down, and we know that it's going to reopen in Southern places, focusing on Mexican and other migrant workers to come and work cheaply and get none of the benefits.” ThinkingKnowsMenWorldBlackFieldsIndustryBenefitsHappeningsDown AndSouthWorkersSouthernMore MoneyMexicanClosingCottonMichiganMigrantsAuto IndustryClosing DownCotton FieldsMigrant Workers Author:Bell Hooks
“There's some things that you wouldn't tackle in a children's book because it would be beyond, not the mental capabilities, but the experience of someone under the age of say ten or eleven to encompass. But that field is smaller than you might think. They can easily cope with death and things like that; they know about it and it's a subject that often preoccupies them.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenBookMightWould BeAgeSubjectsFieldsTenCapabilityElevenChildren's Books Author:Terry Pratchett
“This is true in other fields, too, that a legal aid lawyer gets a whole lot less money than a Hollywood lawyer who handles the estates of celebrities. Maybe the legal aid lawyer is doing something better, though, and maybe they're happier. It's not a completely unheard of idea, but I do think we have to remind ourselves at times to look for satisfaction in other ways.” ThinkingWayLooksIdeasWholeFieldsHollywoodSatisfactionAidsLawyerHandleEstatesSomething BetterUnheard Author:Alice Mattison
“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
“I think that there is always room for improvement so I am seeking to reach as far as I can in my field of art, film and animation.” ThinkingArtI CanFilmRoomsFieldsSeekingImprovementAnimationAlways Room For ImprovementRoom For ImprovementArt Films Author:St. Lucia
“Just because of [Albert Camus] way of sensing before thinking. He's in a field that he often feels like escaping from. In any case, you have to learn what blood is. It all has to be rationalised. In that he feels exiled, solitary.” ThinkingWayFeelsCasesBloodFieldsSolitaryEscapingSensing Author:Catherine Camus
“I had more trouble than I had a sense of utility or satisfaction. But it served to occupy me and to keep me occupied in a field that I love - which was cinema - while I was waiting to realize the film that I wanted to do, which was Once Upon a Time in America, which took ten years of thinking and working to realize.” ThinkingYearsWantedAmericaFilmWaitingRealizingTroubleFieldsTenSatisfactionCinemaUtilityOnce Upon A Time Author:Sergio Leone
“I think everybody knows that you know it's a stretch, but the good part of that though is since it's such a popular show [CSI: Miami] - all these CSIs - I have had a lot of people come up to me and say that they were going to go into that field.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShowsFieldsCome UpMiamiCsiCsi Miami Author:Boti Bliss
“I think people face that in any artistic field, this idea of: oh, I could do that, if I had the time.” PeopleIfsThinkingIdeasFacesFieldsArtistic Author:Danielle Steel
“If I'm a pitcher, my only point would be that if I'm a relief pitcher, I think I like the idea of warming up on the field.” IfsThinkingIdeasWould BeFieldsReliefPitcherWarming Up Author:Joe Maddon