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Fields Quotes

Fields can mean farmland, a discipline of study, or professional territory, and these quotes move between all three. One is a wry epitaph preferring another city entirely, another compares proverbs to gems gathered from thought itself, and a further voice grows weary of theological study.

Fields quotes touch on the many senses of the word, from literal landscape to areas of intellectual pursuit. For a related idea, see Mind quotes.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

Quotes by William R. Alger

All theological lore is growing distasteful to me. All my recent excursions into such fields proves it to be a shifting, hypothetical, doubt-fostering, dusty, and unprofitable study.

Quotes by Wilfred Owen

Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia.

Quotes by W. C. Fields

I thought as an actor I have always tried different fields and I've done emotional films before too.

Quotes by Upasana Singh

Able Quotes

Iran has attacked oil fields and shot down a U.S. drone - all while we stood by.

Quotes by Trish Regan

After forty years in the lab, I was asked in 1991 to become president of The Rockefeller University. Unlike a working scientist, being president for seven years provided an opportunity to interact with scientists in many different fields and broadened...

Quotes by Torsten Wiesel

I'm also a blues musician, and all blues artists can trace their pain to the slavery fields of the Mississippi Delta.

Quotes by Tony Todd

Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap - it is all in the mind.

Quotes by Stephen Hawking

Russia's oil fields are mature and require capital and Western technology even to keep production flat.

Quotes by Roger Altman

Always Quotes

My childhood home backed onto wheat and cotton fields.

Quotes by Robert B. Laughlin

The agricultural fields throughout the Southwest, those jobs needed to be filled, and who were the ones to do it? It was the Mexicans.

Quotes by Richard Cabral

I wanted to go out and experience the fields.

Quotes by Rhona Mitra

The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.

Quotes by Ovid

I fought for years in South Sudan for the unity of Sudan. I was a commander in the fields, fighting for the unity of Sudan.

Quotes by Omar al-Bashir

Being Quotes

I grew up in a town of 5,000, surrounded by cows and oil fields, but there was a lot of opportunity in my tiny little town.

Quotes by Michael Lomenda

Forensic techniques are enormously useful in a wide range of fields outside the criminal justice system.

Quotes by Mark Walport

Female physicists, astronomers and mathematicians are up against more than 2,000 years of convention that has long portrayed these fields as inherently male.

Quotes by Margaret Wertheim

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

Quotes by Marcus Terentius Varro

On great fields something stays.

Quotes by Joseph Chamberlain

Mind Quotes

Political pandering comes in all shapes and sizes, but every four years the presidential primary bring us in contact with its purest form - praising ethanol subsidies amid the corn fields of Iowa.

Quotes by John Sununu

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of 'fields' show up here?
The word spans literal farmland, professional or creative territory, and academic subject areas, giving the topic a broad range.
Is there a humorous quote in this set?
Yes, one is a wry epitaph joking about preferring another city over the current resting place, a classic bit of dry wit.
Do any quotes describe trying multiple fields professionally?
One actor mentions attempting different creative territory and emotional work rather than staying in one lane.
Is there skepticism about academic fields in this topic?
Yes, one reflection grows weary of theological study, describing it as increasingly uncertain and unrewarding over time.
What topic pairs well with Fields quotes?
Our Mind quotes complement this well, since several reflections here treat fields as territory for thought as much as land.

Several quotes reflect an actor's willingness to try different creative territory as well as more serious academic doubt. Continue with Able quotes or Being quotes.