He saw a lawyer killing a viper on a dunghill hard by his…

The mark of Cain is stamped upon our foreheads. Across the centuries, our brother Abel was lain in blood which we drew, and shed…

— Pope John XXIII

On the whole, we're a murderous race. According to Genesis, it took as few as four people to make the planet too crowded to…

— Jim Butcher

My interpretation is different. God asks Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" [Genesis 4:9] And Cain answers "Lo yadati, "I don't know" or "I…

— Elie Wiesel

“perfect—Cain rose up and slew his brother Abel. For Abel’s sacrifice, an innocent lamb, had found favor with Jehovah. This, Noah said, showed that…

— Vaughn Heppner

I'll kill you with my own hands rather than let you put the mark of Cain on my brother!

— Abraham Polonsky

American life is builded ... upon that fundamental philosophy announced by the Savior nineteen centuries ago ... [It] can not survive with the defense…

— Herbert Hoover

Let's be honest, the cards' on the table: Jealousy's a sin, Cain killed Abel. Backstabber...Caesar had Brutus. It's hard to weed 'em out, even…

— Pusha T

“No one can ever say the name Abel without saying Cain first.”

— Kimberley Troutte

Abel has left mathematicians something to keep them busy for five hundred years.

— Charles Hermite

There are very few theorems in advanced analysis which have been demonstrated in a logically tenable manner. Everywhere one finds this miserable way of…

— Niels Henrik Abel

Until now the theory of infinite series in general has been very badly grounded. One applies all the operations to infinite series as if…

— Niels Henrik Abel

This is a very violent place to live, the Earth, and we're a very violent species. Cain is still killing Abel. We see that…

— Anne Lamott

“Abel flared his Grace and allowed the power to spark behind his eyes. “That is the second minor insult you’ve tossed my way. One…

— Tricia Skinner

Abel's sacrifice was accepted by God because it was made according to God's instructions. Cain, however, tried to approach God in his own way…

— Robert Jeffress

Take the story of Cain and Abel. Why were we given that story? Scientifically, you may have an explanation for it, but I'm not…

— Elie Wiesel