And the young man Samuel grew in the presence of the LORD.

“And Samuel bought newspapers, and preachers, too. He gave them this simple lesson to teach, and they taught it well: Anybody who thought that…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I love watching Samuel L. Jackson do anything, but for me, Gary Oldman is the grandmaster of the game.

— Joel Kinnaman

I admire [Samuel] Beckett, but I am totally against him. He seeks no improvement.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“No one calls me Sammy. My mother occasionally throws a “Samuel”, but I am, and have always been, just Sam. Sammy is a name…

— Melissa Keil

The Romantic poets were the prototype ramblers, and I've often found myself following in their footsteps - although perhaps not all of their footsteps…

— Arthur Smith

“It's because I haven't courage,' said Samuel. 'I could never quite take the responsibility. When the Lord God did not call my name, I…

— John Steinbeck

My mother had heard the story of Hannah and Samuel, so she prayed that if God would give her a son, she would give…

— Stanley Hauerwas

“He never liked the name Samuel. He would have wanted it to be Sam.”

— Dustin Thao: You've Reached Sam

To go back and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope - all those people we had to read in…

— David McCullough

“Fewer people die when you are around. These are the facts. Being upset about them don't make them false.”

— Patricia Briggs

“Was she very beautiful, Samuel?" "To you she was because you built her. I don't think you ever saw her—only your own creation.”

— John Steinbeck

“What is the story in 1 Samuel 17?   Who are the two main characters?   I”

— Heidi Kreider

“Because my name is Samuel Clearwater, and I take orders from no one. Not even death.”

— T.M. Frazier

Samuel Johnson called it the vanity of human wishes, and Buddhists talk about the endless cycle of desire. Social psychologists say we get trapped…

— Alison Gopnik

“If God didn't make men equal, Samuel Colt did.”

— Colt