Adam Quote by Donna Woolfolk Cross

“Why the woman is better...though she was created second she was made from Adam's side whole Adam was made from common clay. Woman should…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

Ever since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the…

— Helen Rowland

“...for Eve ate of the apple for love of knowledge and learning, but Adam ate of it merely because she asked him.”

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“You are undoubtedly of the opinion that men are superior to women. Esmond?” “Well, I…” “You are wrong. Eve is superior because she was…

— Wesley Stace

God created Adam master and lord of living creatures, but Eve spoilt all, when she persuaded him to set himself above God's will. 'Tis…

— Martin Luther

“Probably the prevailing opinion, that woman was created for man, may have taken its rise from Moses's poetical story; yet, as very few it…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“Grandpa, what do you think, who’s a better creation of Allah’s, woman or man?" Mad winked at me, suggesting he knew the answer and…

— Petra Procházková

“If God meant woman to rule over man, He would have taken her out of Adam’s head. Had He designed her to be his…

— Michael O'Donnell

“Woman thus emerged as the inessential who never returned to the essential, as the absolute Other, without reciprocity. All the creation myths express this…

— Simone de Beauvoir

“For man was created of the dust of the earth, but woman was made of a part of man, after that he was a…

— Rachel Speght

Not Eve, whose fault was only too much love, Which made her give this present to her dear, That what she tasted he likewise…

— Emilia Lanier

Eve didn't choose to eat the apple. She was tempted by the serpent." "Yes," I argue, thoughts coming out half-formed. "But...she didn't have to…

— Libba Bray