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Quotes About Adam

Christ as a new conqueror changes the fundamental laws of the old Adam and establishes a government of his own.
~ Richard Sibbes
pride, as merely wanting to "eat from the tree of knowledge", when Adam already has knowledge of everything useful to know, even to the point of "naming" (that is to say, to have a controlling knowledge over) all the creatures of the earth? Accordingly, we must look for a deeper pride — the prideful ambition of wanting to be "as gods", equal to the Creator. As psychologist Eric Fromm pointed out
~ Richard W. Kropf
And so Adam, in that his speech to Eve, uttered his faith in the promise made to her of her seed, and so in that respect Adam himself came in under her covenant.
~ Thomas Goodwin
We lie on the blanket, our bare bodies basking in the sun like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Only our apples were bitten a long time ago, and we ate them too.
~ Henry Martin, Finding Eivissa
God gave Adam and Eve that free will and choice. He gave them one warning: eat of any tree that is here, including the wonderful tree of life, but don't eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil…I wish Adam and Eve had thought more about what knowledge meant. Eve saw it as a good thing, to know more. But how do you really know something? You experience it
~ Dee Henderson
Satu-satunya cara untuk mengetahui asal-usulmu adalah keluar, lalu kembali. Kamu pikir si Adam itu tahu dirinya istimewa kalau tidak dibuang dulu ke bumi?
~ Dee Lestari
With our knowledge of modern-day genetics, we realize that it was possible for God to place the potential for all people throughout history into the genes of Adam and Eve when He created them.
~ Walter Lang
We believe that the creation of a woman was the crowning and final and most glorified moment of human creation. That we start with light & dark and land & sea and we move through fish & fowl & beasts of the field and we get to Adam and it's still not good enough. And only when Eve was created -- this is our theology [...] -- that is our theology, that the crowning creation and the glory of the human experience came with the creation of Eve.
~ Jeffrey R. Holland
We've had a banshee in residence," Jim argued with a wave at Talia. "So we have," Adam answered. A banshee. A weapon. It was about fucking time.
~ Jennifer Ashley
I don't want to make her jealous yet," I explained. "She hasn't gone out with Sean yet. Right now I want her to feel special, like she's the only girl I ever introduced to my secret make-out hideout. It's only after she goes out with Sean that I'm going to pull the rug out from under her." "Adam Vader," Rachel said. "I had no idea you were so sneaky." "Right. That makes me even sneakier. Deal?
~ Jennifer Echols
Part of Creation. Back at the beginning of time you got your mud people, referred to as beasts 'cause they don't have souls. Okay, Adam jumped Eve and she begat Abel, the beginning of the white race as God intended. But then Satan in the form of a snake jumped Eve. She begat Cain and things got out of hand. Cain began fucking mud people, the women, and out of these fornications came the Edomites. And you know who the Edomites are?" "Tell me." "The Jews.
~ Elmore Leonard
The Bible, however, does present a single picture, complex though it is, of at least one human life: the "image of God" that is granted in the creation of Adam and then presented as the created divine power itself, the Son of God, Jesus the Christ.
~ Ephraim Radner
swear to God, Adam, every time I think this is hopeless and I was deluded to even try to get close to you, you say or do something that is so fucking beautiful it's like I've got no choice.
~ Amy Lane
One way of reading this genealogy is to see that we are all, as children of Adam, also children of God. We are therefore all animated by the Spirit of God.
~ Amy-Jill Levine
Don't get me wrong, some of the mis-informed articles I have read over the last few weeks have been incredibly frustrating, but for my part I fully appreciate the opportunity I have been given and want to grasp it firmly.
~ Adam Rickitt
Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Well, of course not Adam and Steve. Never Adam and Steve. It's Adam and Steven.
~ David Rakoff
One of the first movies I ever saw was 'Batman,' based on the TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward.
~ Peter Jackson
Both Adam and I come from a practical effects background.
~ Jamie Hyneman
You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of scares me away.
~ Adam Pascal
I have no tax breaks or corporate interests to be supported by Barack Obama.
~ Adam McKay
When our Heavenly Father placed Adam and Eve on this earth, He did so with the purpose in mind of teaching them how to regain His presence. Our Father promised a Savior to redeem them from their fallen condition.
~ Ezra Taft Benson
Augustine can hold that fallen man is free to sin but not free not to sin, yet still possesses free will, because as a sinner Adam wants to sin. The will is both free and unfree
~ Robert A. Peterson
From Adam's wife, that proved a curse Though God had made her for a blessing, All women born are so perverse No man need boast their love possessing.
~ Robert Bridges
Adam. He ought to have been in the pot long ago—he'll be as tough as sole leather. But I wouldn't like to be in Martha's shoes. Faith's just white with rage; Una, you'd better go after her and try to peacify her.
~ L.M. Montgomery