Quotes about Playing field

President Obama believes in a level playing field. Votes: 1

Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people. Votes: 1

If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity? Votes: 1

It obviously bothers people when Real Madrid win. It makes them jealous. There isn't a level playing field. Votes: 1

While I believe firmly in open markets and free trade, I also believe an open market needs a level playing field. Votes: 1

I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field. Votes: 1

If you talk to most athletes, the place you're most comfortable is your playing field. I'm not so comfortable at a podium or talking about events. Votes: 1

I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational atmosphere that is not always level! Votes: 1

The time given to athletic contests and the injuries incurred on the playing field are part of the price which the English-speaking race has paid for being world conquerors. Votes: 1

Personally, I would say the 'master' of this whole thing is fate... Whoever is on the playing field is fair game, and it's up to them to avoid being used. Votes: 1

In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time. Votes: 1

Life isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward. Votes: 1

Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream. Votes: 1

I just feel compelled to continue to be transparent. It just really levels the playing field and eradicates the shame that I have, or that one might have, about being human. So I'm going to just keep going. Votes: 1

Thomas Piketty assembles the facts to prove a central point about trickle-down economics: Doesn't work. Never did. He has cold, hard data showing how the rich keep getting richer and how the playing field is rigged against working families. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, the way in which he conducts himself on the playing field, or even over a game of chess or cards. Votes: 1

The Internet has become a remarkable fount of economic and social innovation largely because it's been an archetypal level playing field, on which even sites with little or no money behind them - blogs, say, or Wikipedia - can become influential. Votes: 1

Americans are fighters. We're tough, resourceful and creative, and if we have the chance to fight on a level playing field, where everyone pays a fair share and everyone has a real shot, then no one - no one can stop us. Votes: 1

The safety argument against steroids may be a good one, but let's be honest. It isn't the one that motivates most officials and fans to frown on steroids. Steroid use does not just seem risky or unnatural, it seems to disrupt the level playing field. Votes: 1

Are you ready to fight for good jobs and and a solid level playing field? Are you ready to prove to another generation of Americans that we can build a better country and a newer world? Joe Biden is ready. Barack Obama is ready. I am ready. You're ready. Votes: 1

Where the costs of entry are minimal, there is a wide avenue of opportunity for those with little or nothing, which is why football is just about the most democratic sport of all: African and Brazilian footballers compete on a level playing field with their rich white European counterparts. Votes: 1

Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind. Votes: 1

It's important that athletes can compete on a level playing field. And youngsters coming into the sport can know that if they are working hard and training hard, they'll see a true reflection of where they stand and what they can achieve worldwide and not be swayed by people who are cheating. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate. Votes: 1

The Internet has leveled the investment playing field. Votes: 0

On the Republican playing field, Republicans always win. Votes: 0

Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete. Votes: 0

A natural environment is far more complex than any playing field. Votes: 0

Violence is the way stupid people try to level the playing field. Votes: 0

My overall goal is to level the playing field for American businesses. Votes: 0

Those who willfully conceal assets overseas undermine the playing field for all taxpayers. Votes: 0

The Internet has definitely opened doors and leveled the playing field for musicians. Votes: 0

Man's strongest instinct is not sex or self-preservation. it's to level the playing field. Votes: 0

You don't want a character who sits on an even playing field the whole time. Votes: 0

Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people. Votes: 0

Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing. Votes: 0

I'm sure people think that I'm out in left field you know, playing by myself, Votes: 0

I'm sure people think that I'm out in left field you know, playing by myself. Votes: 0

Sometimes I think the playing field is certainly not even. You know, it's just not. Votes: 0

The job of an elected president is to overcome the past and change the playing field. Votes: 0

Humor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had. Votes: 0

We don't need a flat tax, but a flattening tax, to truly level the playing field. Votes: 0

It will level the playing field, ... It will give American workers choice, confidence and also control. Votes: 0

[Science is] a great game. It is inspiring and refreshing. The playing field is the universe itself. Votes: 0

I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in playing the field and all that stuff because frankly I'm not into frivolous relationships. Votes: 0

A chainsaw's God's way of evening out the playing field between you and everything, even the invisible stuff. Votes: 0

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs. Votes: 0

In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field. Votes: 0

In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field. Votes: 0

If you're going to equalize the academic playing field, you've got to get the kids in early childhood programs. Votes: 0

I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field. Votes: 0

If you narrow the playing field, the next generation has less to put out, to eat and regenerate from. Votes: 0

I grew up playing field hockey and lacrosse - prep school sport - and I was terrible at them. Votes: 0

[When asked how he's keeping his 12-year marriage to wife Jill fresh] Hookers, drugs. We're playing the field right now. Votes: 0

When I go out on the field, I just put it in my mind that I'm playing for my family. Votes: 0

In investing, just as in baseball, to put runs on the scoreboard, one must watch the playing field, not the scoreboard. Votes: 0

I am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood. Votes: 0

We want free trade but we want free trade that is good. We want free trade that levels the playing field. Votes: 0

Forcing free market plans to compete with these government-run programs would create an unlevel playing field and inevitably doom true competition... Votes: 0

Tuesday's victory was big. But it did nothing more than level the playing field and give you a shot. Take it. Votes: 0

I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries. Votes: 0

Some white people are so accustomed to operating at a competitive advantage that when the playing field is level, they feel handicapped. Votes: 0

You've got to remember what your priorities are. When you're playing, what u do on the field is the most important thing. Votes: 0

It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into the stands. Votes: 0

You need an immense amount of luck and perseverance to even be on the playing field for success on a grand scale. Votes: 0

I'm a huge fan of home recording. I think it levels the playing field. You don't need $100,000 to record a studio CD. Votes: 0

Effort is fully replenishable. There is no need to save any of it. Leave every bit you have on the playing field Votes: 0

Games are won by players who focus on the playing field -- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard. Votes: 0

It is not the role of government to use the taxation and welfare system as a tool to level the playing field. Votes: 0

The reformers' preferred metaphor is "leveling the playing field." They should listen to the logic of their language: fields are leveled by bulldozers. Votes: 0

Fashion is such an insider's club, but slowly, the playing field is evening out. Through social media, everyone can have a front-row seat. Votes: 0

We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained. Votes: 0

The amount of data and analysis available for free is a true example of information explosion has leveled the playing field for individual investors. Votes: 0

I like to have a good time. I'm playing a great game, so why should I stop smiling when I get on the field? Votes: 0

Often we need to use policy to level the playing field, or to be sure that a technology is managed in a responsible way. Votes: 0

We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn't pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone. Votes: 0

Over the last few years, the world has become a smaller and more integrated place with technology that is leveling the playing field like never before. Votes: 0

I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready. Votes: 0

As all Americans head forward into the new reality globalization has created, they want leaders who will level with them and help level the playing field. Votes: 0

I want to level the playing field for people who want to purchase health insurance as individuals, and that means eliminating the exemption for employer-sponsored health care. Votes: 0

Business is a game, and as with all games, the team that puts the best people on the field and gets them playing together wins. It's that simple. Votes: 0

Even though our society is increasingly pluralistic, we must ensure an equal playing field rather than a religiously cleansed arena where people of faith are no longer welcome. Votes: 0

It's such a huge playing field, especially with the wind and shifting tides and only three women out. It's almost like you are fending for yourself out there. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Education today does not impart to the students the capacity or grit to face the challenges of daily life. The educational field has become the playing ground of ignorance. Votes: 0

Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' Guild is filled with many, many, many, many people and vastly different careers. Votes: 0

Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm kind of a builder of institutions. I think I've got some ability to look at what's out here, look at a playing field, and identify gaps and niches. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant? Votes: 0

Thats what I love about serving God. In His eyes, there are no little people...because there are no big people. We are all on the same playing field Votes: 0

All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speech. We now have, I think, the most free and open system we've had in modern times. Votes: 0

The values learned on the playing field-how to set goals, endure, take criticism and risks, become team players, use our beliefs, stay healthy and deal with stress-prepare us for life. Votes: 0

I just didn’t want to be pigeonholed as an 'ethnic comic' or an 'Asian comic.' I just wanted to be on the same playing field as everyone else. Votes: 0

With Net Neutrality, the level playing field that gave us Google, YouTube and eBay when they were start-ups would suddenly start to tilt in favor of the big, established players. Votes: 0

Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary. Votes: 0

The net has provided a level playing field for criticism and comment - anyone and everyone is entitled to their opinion - and that is one of its greatest strengths. Votes: 0

When the small independent film, which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member, is now denied access, the playing field becomes unfair and uneven. Votes: 0

I don't think that a company should own a studio and the network, and program for their own network. It hurts the creativity - it is not a level playing field. Votes: 0

I don't think that a company should own a studio and the network, and program for their own network. It hurts the creativity - it is not a level playing field Votes: 0

Our enemies and our would-be enemies are working very hard at cyberterrorism... They're trying to level the playing field because they know they can't beat us tank for tank, plane for plane. Votes: 0

Political correctness sometimes does great work when it helps equalize the playing field when it comes to language, but it does a great disservice when it tries to silence a person of color. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I don't think healthcare's a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an even playing field and work, and then purchase health insurance, or whatever it is. Votes: 0

If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. Votes: 0

If the CEO doesn't see the playing field, nobody else can. The team may need to see it too, but the CEO really needs to be able to see the entire competitive space. Votes: 0

Countries like Jamaica do not have a random program, so they can go months without being tested. I'm not saying anyone is on anything, but everyone needs to be on a level playing field. Votes: 0

Several technological and political forces have converged, and that has produced a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration without regard to geography or distance - or soon, even language. Votes: 0

I learned pretty quickly that it's your WORK ETHIC that LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD. Education helps, but I've met failures who have Ph.D.s. I believe the hardest worker is always going to win. Votes: 0

What American people and what the markets want is a fair and level playing-field, where the rules are clearly elucidated, where the referees are competent, and where we know that the game is not rigged. Votes: 0

Religious expression must at least be afforded an equal playing field. Currently, the playing field is not level. Religious expression and practices are treated as second class forms of speech and singled out for discrimination. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0