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Quotes About Adam

He walked through the woods like a young Adam, naming creation.
~ Geraldine Brooks
In Adam's Fall We sinned all.
~ New England Primer
Bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called woman.
~ Bible
Simpson succeeded in proving that there was no harm in giving anaesthetics to men, because God put Adam into a deep sleep when He extracted his rib. But male ecclesiastics remained unconvinced as regards the sufferings of women, at any rate in childbirth.
~ Bertrand Russell
When Adam dolve, and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?
~ John Ball
For when destruction comes to the world of "history" and the Apocalypse of the Fellahin returns once more as so many times before, people will still stare with the same eyes from the caves of Mexico as well as from the caves of Bali, where it all began and where Adam was suckled and taught to know. These were my growing thoughts as I drove the car into the hot, sunbaked town of Gregoria.
~ Jack Kerouac
There are two types of collector, I think. There are those who are quite academic, and get into the archaeology of finding the earliest example of a particular idea. Then there are those interested in what's new.
~ Adam Clayton
Obviously, 'Homeland' is not just a spy thriller. It's more than that, but 'Tyrant' will be a bit more of a palace drama. It'll be about the families, but there will be political intrigue as well.
~ Adam Rayner
I remember the dark days when, thanks to 1966's 'Batman' with Adam West, comics were considered the ugly stepchild of popular culture.
~ Marc Guggenheim
'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.'
~ Adam Green
This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.
~ Adam Osborne
The central dogma of the New Testament is that Jesus died as a scapegoat for the sin of Adam and the sins that all we unborn generations might have been contemplating in the future. Adam's sin is perhaps mitigated by the extenuating circumstance that he didn't exist.
~ Richard Dawkins
We all are originally sinners as Adam and in Adam, his leprosy cleaving faster to us than Naaman's did to Gahazai, so that even the infant, before it has seen the light of the world, has this blemish inherent in its unborn members.
~ John Wycliffe
If you make a 'Star Wars' reference, everybody's familiar with that. It's a common reference that most people can relate to - 'Bartleby, The Scrivener,' probably not so much.
~ Adam Reed
A new poll showed that 66% of Americans think President Bush is doing a poor job handling the war in Iraq and the remaining 34% think that Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs to church.
~ Tina Fey
Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant.
~ Mark Twain
Favorite Bat-gadget was probably the Batboat, because it was fun to get out on the ocean and run that thing around at high speed.
~ Adam West
No idea should be discarded completely, but - as one might imagine - it does take a degree of ingenuity to find a new spin on something as hackneyed as the 'Adam and Eve' story. But if you think you've got the chops for it, there's no reason not to try.
~ Alastair Reynolds
When Eve upon the first of Men The apple press'd with specious cant, Oh! what a thousand pities then That Adam was not Adamant!
~ Thomas Hood
I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.
~ Adam Ant
It is not like casting me in your movie is going to help you get financing.
~ Adam Scott
The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made 'em both a little bit naive.
~ E. Y. Harburg
C'est au Moyen Âge, à la faveur d'un assez extraordinaire jeu de mots (malum signifiant à la fois le mal et la pomme en latin) que le fruit défendu du jardin d'Eden et croqué à belles dents par Adam et Eve, fut assimilé à une pomme.
~ Christian Godin
Tis knowing God created Eve from Adam's rib, the spot that protected his heart. 'Tis knowing without that rib to protect him, a man is vulnerable. 'Tis knowing you're created to be at my side, not under my feet. 'Tis knowing we're one body, one mind.
~ Christina Dodd