“My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology.” WayFirstsPsychologyFieldsEconomicsExperimentsUndertakings Book:The reminiscences of an astronomer Source: The reminiscences of an astronomer
“Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'independent operators.' I think people who are technically 'employees' have to think this way as well. The company is not looking out for you.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingWellsArtistCompanyCreativeFieldsSucceedPicksIndependentEntrepreneurMedicalEmployeePaychecksOperatorsMedical Insurance Author:Steven Pressfield
“There are primarily two ways people can drain your energy. They can get you to want them or what they have or they can get you to fear them. In order to drain you they must get into your attention field.” PeopleWayWantTwoOrderEnergyAttentionFieldsTwo WaysDrains Author:Frederick Lenz
“Life is invisible. The illusion is that what we perceive is in some way not a reflection of self. Life reflects the field of attention that we're in.” WaySelfLife IsAttentionAwarenessFieldsBuddhismIllusionReflectionInvisiblePerceive Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you get it out into the urban field it's going to be used or misused but it'll also probably provide a way of people acknowledging what the aesthetic is about because people have to confront it every day.” PeopleIfsWayUsedFieldsAestheticUrbanMisused Author:Richard Serra
“People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.” PeopleWayWantChildrenCharacterParentRolesWrittenFieldsSouthEntertainmentAsianLament Author:Aasif Mandvi
“Fellini, Kurosawa, and Bunuel move in the same field as Tarkovsky. Antonioni was on his way, but expired, suffocated by his own tediousness.” WayMovingFieldsExpiredKurosawa Author:Ingmar Bergman
“I think one's character on the athletic field does not have to have anything to do with the way they are in real life.” ThinkingWayDoeRealCharacterFieldsReal LifeAthletic Author:Peter M. Brant
“MLB has become overly active, actively involved in the game, the on-the-field game. They're trying to run the game the way they want to and you just have to play along with it, deal with it.” WayWantTryingPlayRunningGamesDealsFieldsInvolvedActiveMlb Author:Paul Quantrill
“Why should you worry whether God wants you to reach the heavenly home by way of the desert or by the fields, when by the one as well as by the other one arrives all the same at a Blessed Eternity? Keep far from you excessive preoccupation which arises from the trials which the good God wishes to visit upon you.” WayWantShouldWellsHomeSufferingWishWorryFieldsEternityBlessedTrialsAriseDesertHeavenlyPreoccupationGood GodHeavenly Home Author:Pio of Pietrelcina
“Good and bad karma are just ways of evaluating causal experience. What you do affects your attention field.” WayAttentionFieldsKarmaGood And BadBad Karma Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you die in this life, you might be experiencing pain, but the structure of your perceptual field will determine your next lifetime. That structure has been determined by the way you have led this life.” WayHas BeensMightPainDiesNextFieldsStructureLifetimeDetermineDeterminedThis LifeRebirthNext Lifetime Author:Frederick Lenz
“The sport has changed so much since 2004, it's incredible. If you look even at me, the way I'm fencing now compared to 2004, it's a completely different sport. They've changed so many things just with what [the referees] are calling, they've changed the timing of the [scoring] lights. You always have to be evolving as a fencer. The Olympics is interesting because it's such a small field compared to what we're used to. This world championships, I think we had a hundred and something [athletes]. The Olympics is going to be less than 32.” IfsThinkingWorldWayLooksDifferentLightUsedSportsInterestingFieldsThis WorldChangedCallingHundredIncrediblesAthleteEvolveTimingOlympicsChampionshipRefereeFencing Author:Mariel Zagunis