Wilers Quotes & Sayings

The icon of the Bible as God's textbook for the world is as bankrupt as the idea that it stands for, of religious faith as absolute black-and-white certainty. Just as the cultural icon of the flag often becomes a substitute for patriotism, and just as the cultural icon of the four-wheel-drive truck often becomes a substitute for manly independence and self-confidence, so the cultural icon of the Bible often becomes a substitute for a vital life of faith, which calls not for obedient adherence to clear answers but thoughtful engagement with ultimate questions. The Bible itself invites that kind of engagement. The iconic image of it as a book of answers discourages it. — Timothy Beal

Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time. — George R R Martin

It is what you think of this situation that governs you and not the situation itself. Causation is always in mind and not in things. — Ervin Seale

I think I live inside the plane! I never have time to unpack; I'm always leaving in two days again. I travel a lot, and at the beginning it was really fun. The first time I went inside a plane, I was 15 years old and I had so much fun. I like to travel all over the world and learn [about] new cultures. Not that many people have the opportunity to do that. — Adriana Lima

Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well. — George R R Martin

Remember that life is not measured in hours but in accomplishments. — James Pike

I love you, Jonathan," she whispered.
A long arm snaked around her, and he pulled her against his side.
"I know," he said. "I just wanted to be sure you knew it, too. — Tamora Pierce

[Death] is a safety-device because, once Man has fallen, natural immortality would be the one utterly hopeless destiny for him. — C.S. Lewis

Forgive yourself and you will be happy. Forgive everything and you will be happiest. — Debasish Mridha

I've never been part of a tie. You didn't lose, but you didn't win. — Andy Dalton

The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings. — Buffy Sainte-Marie

I know for a fact that a lot of my Christian friends have thoughtful reasons for interpreting the Bible the way they do and that the phrase "pick and choose" sounds far too arbitrary to describe the attentiveness and concern with which they approach the text. — Rachel Held Evans

Right when I started in show ... Milton Berle was my first idol. When I was a kid, I went to see Milton at Lowe's State, and I never laughed so much, and I said, 'That's who I want to be; that's what I want to be.' — Alan King