Adam Quotes

522 Adam quotes by 335 unique authors

Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his… — Norman Borlaug
It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the fall, Adam and Eve had begged the Lord to forgive… — Diane Arbus
It all goes back, of course, to Adam and Eve - a story which shows among other things, that if you make a woman out… — Carol Gilligan
God created the first man, whom he called Adam. Then God created a woman, whom he named Eve; and this man and woman were given… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody to talk about. — Agnes Repplier
Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some… — F. H. Bradley
Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies must be content to have… — Herman Melville
...and we have so far improved upon the custom of Adam and Eve, that we generally furnish forth our feasts with a portion of some… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
There are some solitary wretches who seem to have left the rest of mankind, only, as Eve left Adam, to meet the devil in private. — Alexander Pope
Adam Smith's key insight was that both parties to an exchange can benefit and that, so long as cooperation is strictly voluntary, no exchange can… — Milton Friedman
If there was not one man Adam and one woman Eve, and a literal event of the one man Adam taking the fruit in rebellion… — Ken Ham
We are not accountable for the sins of "Adam". — Robert Green Ingersoll
...finally men were saved only through God's son dying for them, and that unless human beings believed this silly, impossible and wicked story they were… — Clarence Darrow
The purpose of God is the sovereign cause of all that good that is in man, and of all that external, internal and eternal good… — Thomas Brooks
Very well, then, where do we arrive? Where do we arrive with our respect, our homage, our filial affection? At Adam! At Adam, every time.… — Mark Twain
Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which man is driven by an… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade. — Barnabe Barnes
Adam was created, as it were, intoxicated with rejoicing toward God and was delighted also with all the other creatures. — Martin Luther
Adam and Eve derived the fullness of joy and bliss from their contemplation of all the animal creatures. — Martin Luther
If you are proud of your descent from virtuous ancestors, how empty their virtue will leave your hands if you yourself are not virtuous. How… — Ibn Hazm
Come my spade. There is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers, and grave-makers; they hold up Adam's profession. — William Shakespeare
Australians are not given to applauding tragedy unless it is at a distance like Gallipoli or Cooper's Creek, and they prefer pure heroism to be… — Geoffrey Dutton
Adam and Eve entered the world naked and unashamed - naked and pure-minded. And no descendant of theirs has ever entered it otherwise. All have… — Mark Twain
Now, nakedness is a delightful condition. And it keeps you very pleasantly cool - especially, I suppose, if you happen to be a man. But… — Colin Fletcher
If homosexuality were normal, God would have created Adam and Bruce. — Anita Bryant

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