Wilen Direct Quotes

#1. Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises.

Ambrose Bierce

#2. Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.

Phyllis Bottome

#3. What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms ... or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.

George R R Martin

#4. Knowing what to overlook is one way older adults are typically wiser than young adults. With age comes what is known as "positivity effect". We become more interested in positive information, and our brains react less strongly to what negative information we do encounter.

Meg Jay

#5. I just show up to the yard, work hard, and play as hard as I can.

Dustin Pedroia

#6. You must show him your monkey: I am sure he will like that.

Elizabeth Bowen

#7. Let's recognize that success in life is a reflection not only of enterprise and willpower but also of chance and early upbringing, and that compassion isn't a sign of weakness but a mark of civilization.

Nicholas D. Kristof