quotations about Adam & Eve
Without the Christian explanation of original sin, the seemingly silly story of Adam and Eve and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, there was no explanation of conflict. At all.
DON MILLER
Blue Like Jazz
Adam, whiles he spake not, had paradise at will.
WILLIAM LANGLAND
Piers Plowman
Adam probably regarded Eve as the woman of his choice, and exacted a certain gratitude for the distinction of his preference.
AMBROSE BIERCE
"Epigrams of a Cynic"
In a garden long ago, the two majestic beings God had created used their capacities for purposes other than reflecting the goodness of their Creator. Adam and Eve commandeered their design to worship themselves instead of God. Their children and grandchildren have been doing the same ever since.
JEREMY PIERRE
The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life
Adam shot the apple into his vein
Adam said to Eve "Me Tarzan, you Jane"
TIMBUK 3
"Tarzan Was a Bluesman"
It all began with Adam. He was the first man to tell a joke -- or a lie. How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before. 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
Notebook
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE
Family Stories and Myths
It is true that man is first. Father Adam was placed here as king of the earth, to bring it into subjection. But when Mother Eve came she had a splendid influence over him. A great many have thought it was not very good; I think it was excellent.
BRIGHAM YOUNG
Discourses of Brigham Young
The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made 'em both a little bit naive.
YIP HARBURG
Finian's Rainbow
After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.
MARK TWAIN
Extracts from Adam's Diary
When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked to Eve: "My dear, we live in an age of transition".
W.R. INGE
World Wide Agora
For contemplation he and valour form'd,
For softness she and sweet attractive grace.
JOHN MILTON
Paradise Lost
The story of Adam and Eve takes a lot of believing. It's probably just a rib.
JUDSON K. CORNELIUS
All Church Humour
So this is the garden of Eden
In dreams it was never so grand
Let's never leave again
Adam and Eve again
Hold my hand
AL MARTINO
"Wanted"