"Perhaps if I knew I would be stranded……" — Edward P. Jones
"Perhaps if I knew I would be stranded on an island with but one book, I would choose the Bible. For no religious reason whatsoever, but because of the varieties of stories, which might be useful as the days pass."
—
Edward P. Jones
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
14 Quotes by Edward P. Jones
Edward P. Jones has 14 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Calvin had long been uneasy in his own person and so lived to put everyone else at ease.
-
We are all worthy of one another.
-
Whenever people in that part of the world asked Patterson about the wonders of America, the possibilities and the hope…
-
A woman, no matter the age, is always learning, always becoming. But a man . . . stops learning at…
-
The hitter can never be the judge. Only the receiver of the blow can tell you how hard it was,…
-
At first I read mostly books by Southern authors - black and white - because almost all the people I…
-
In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to…
-
In the summer of 1964, my sister and I went to South Ballston, Virginia, to stay with my aunt and…
-
From my apartment in Arlington, I could see Washington. It was always nice to be near home.
-
Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something.
-
I have said with as much sincerity as I can muster that if I were thrown into a dungeon with…
-
There are those who write because they believe they have something so marvelous that it will make them famous and…
See all 14 quotes by Edward P. Jones »
More Bible Quotes
This quote is filed under Bible Quotes,
one of 2,457 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.
— Tallulah Bankhead
-
Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.
— Hosea Ballou
-
Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it's not like it's a bible.
— Javier Bardem
-
It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It…
— Albert Barnes
-
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any…
— John Adams
-
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government…
— John Quincy Adams
-
I would point out that if you're a believer in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood…
— Joe Barton
-
The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit…
— Brendan Behan
-
The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it.
— Rob Bell
-
Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.
— William Blake
-
My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to…
— Elayne Boosler
-
If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being…
— Dan Brown
See all 2,457 Bible Quotes »