Abraham Quotes

217 quotes by 174 authors

It was not to save a nation that Abraham went to sacrifice Isaac, nor to appease angry gods... Then why does Abraham do it? For… — Soren Kierkegaard
So I cast my lot with Him-not the one who claimed wisdom, Confucius; or the one who claimed enlightenment, Buddha; or the one who claimed… — Norman Geisler
My movies more often are told through pictures, not words. But in this case, the pictures took second position to the incredible words of Abraham… — Steven Spielberg
Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and… — Sally Field
Religion is like our appendix, a vestigial remnant from a primitive past. Perhaps in a few millennia the god of Abraham will invoke the same… — Jeff Schweitzer
It was both Abraham's and the Jews' privilege also that they should have this promise to all generations. — Thomas Goodwin
Nevada involved cattle, right? First of all, I thought the Lord owned the cattle on the thousand hills. What about the fact that even in… — Matt Shea
[T]he only thing wrong with Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was that it was the South, not the North, that was fighting for a government of… — H. L. Mencken
Outside his office my father had a framed copy of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to his son's teacher, translated into Pashto. It is… — Malala Yousafzai
God of our fathers, you chose Abraham and his descendants to bring your name to the nations: We are deeply saddened by the behaviour of… — Pope John Paul II
I believe that the flag of the Confederate States of America is a painful symbol and reminder of racial injustice and slavery which (Abraham) Lincoln… — Howard Dean
I was born on 22 March 1931 in New York, the elder child of Abraham and Fanny Richter. — Burton Richter
I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to… — James A. Michener
The name of Abraham Lincoln is imperishable. — Matthew Simpson
Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could recognize… — Bruce Catton
Abraham Lincoln did not shoot John Wilkes Booth. Titanic did not sink a North Atlantic iceberg. And Fox News is neither fair nor balanced. These… — Keith Olbermann
He who has not yet attained divine knowledge energized by love is proud of his spiritual progress. But he who has been granted such knowledge… — Maximus the Confessor
If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln. — Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln was on the side of the social scientists when he said, "God must have loved the people of lower and middle socioeconomic status,… — Edwin Newman
Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states… — Kitty Kelley

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