Athletic Field

Famous quotes containing the words athletic and/or field:

“The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.”
—Douglas Jerrold (1803–1857)

“Better risk loss of truth than chance of error—that is your faith-vetoer’s exact position. He is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.”
—William James (1842–1910)