Karl Marx
Philosopher, Economist
"Accumulate, accumulate! This is Moses and the Prophets!"
Moses quotes
Moses
42 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Martin Buber
Philosopher
"Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya?"
Brigham Young
Religious Leader
"Yes, polygamy is one of the relics of Adam, of Enoch, of Noah, of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Moses, David, Solomon, the Prophets, of Jesus, and his apostles."
Winston Churchill
Politician, Writer, Historian
"Already by 1900 I could boast I had written as many books as Moses."
L. Ron Hubbard
Author
"Moses and the crooked snake... that turned into a stuck, that was actually a disintegrator pistol."
Explore further
Topics related to Moses
Browse quotes that often appear alongside moses — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Moses quotes (page 1 of 3)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"My law-givers are Erasmus and Montaigne, not Moses and St Paul."
Read quote
5 likes
"Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business."
Read quote
5 likes
"No one needs a first edition. Whoever wrote it; even if it was Moses."
Read quote
5 likes
"Brittney, it was wrong to murder even before Moses brought down the commandments. Right and wrong doesn't come from God. It's inside us. And we know it. And even if God appears right in front of us, and tells us to our faces to murder, it's still wrong."
Read quote
5 likes
"Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army."
Read quote
3 likes
"[Moses] Mendelssohn was a religious Jew. I felt sorry for him."
Read quote
3 likes
"I became one of [Moses Mendelssohn] defenders. But then I heard the words "Biblical criticism" again. And, of course, afterward, I studied it more closely."
Read quote
3 likes
"I developed an anger at [Moses] Mendelssohn. Later, I read the book. I realized there was nothing subversive in it."
Read quote
3 likes
"Which is the more believable of the two, Moses or China?"
Read quote
3 likes
"Not since Moses has anyone seen a mountain so greatly."
Read quote
3 likes
"If I'm out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog."
Read quote
3 likes
"Africa has her mouth on Moses."
Read quote
3 likes