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H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: There were half a dozen villas burning on

There were half a dozen villas burning on the Woking border. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Fine hospitality," said I, "to a man who

Fine hospitality," said I, "to a man who has travelled innumerable years to see you. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: This isn't a war," said the artilleryman. "It

This isn't a war," said the artilleryman. "It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: He was inordinately proud of England and he

He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: States organized for war will make war as

States organized for war will make war as surely as hens will lay eggs ... — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: I do not believe I have any immortality.

I do not believe I have any immortality. The greatest evil in the world today is the Christian religion — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: So long as you are alive you are

So long as you are alive you are just the moment, perhaps, but when you are dead then you are all your life from the first moment to the last. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Ambition - what is the good of pride

Ambition - what is the good of pride of place when you cannot appear there? What is the good of the love of woman when her name must needs be Delilah? — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Hunger makes a fool of a man.

Hunger makes a fool of a man. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Three-Dimensional representations of his Four-Dimensioned being, which is

Three-Dimensional representations of his Four-Dimensioned being, which is a fixed and unalterable thing. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: It's chance, I tell you,' he interrupted, '

It's chance, I tell you,' he interrupted, ' as everything is in a man's life. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: When Man realizes his littleness, his greatness can

When Man realizes his littleness, his greatness can appear. But not before. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Cynicism is humor in ill health.

Cynicism is humor in ill health. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: It was not like the beginning of a

It was not like the beginning of a journey; it was like the beginning of a dream. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By A.E. Samaan: The science fiction author, H.G. Wells was an

The science fiction author, H.G. Wells was an avid supporter of eugenics and a believer in a hierarchy of the races. — A.E. Samaan

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Few people realise the immensity of vacancy in

Few people realise the immensity of vacancy in which the dust of the material universe swims. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: They haven't any spirit in them - no

They haven't any spirit in them - no proud dreams and no proud lusts; and a man who hasn't one or the other-Lord! What is he but funk and precautions. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: There is no way out or round or

There is no way out or round or through. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: But to me the future is still black

But to me the future is still black and blank - is a vast ignorance, lit at a few casual places by the memory of his story. And — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Room to swing a cat, it seemed was

Room to swing a cat, it seemed was absolutely essential. It was an infrequent but indispensable operation. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: I was grotesque to the theatrical pitch, a

I was grotesque to the theatrical pitch, a stage miser, but I was certainly not a physical impossibility — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Bah! The thing is not a nose at

Bah! The thing is not a nose at all, but a bit of primordial chaos clapped on to my face. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Everyone seemed eager to talk at once, and

Everyone seemed eager to talk at once, and the result was Babel. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: We must end war before war ends us.

We must end war before war ends us. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Great land of sublimated things, thou World of

Great land of sublimated things, thou World of Books, happy asyluum, refreshment and refuge from the world of everyday! ... — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: For the most part people went about their

For the most part people went about their business with an entirely irresponsible confidence in the stability of the universe. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Something - exactly like a finger and thumb

Something - exactly like a finger and thumb it felt - nipped my nose. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: You cannot imagine the strange colour-less delight of

You cannot imagine the strange colour-less delight of these intellectual desires. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from

Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: The State's your mother, your father, the totality

The State's your mother, your father, the totality of your interests. No discipline can be too severe for the man that denies thatby word or deed. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude

Even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Advertising is legalized lying.

Advertising is legalized lying. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: The study of Nature makes a man at

The study of Nature makes a man at last as remorseless as Nature. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Once you lose yourself, you have two choices:

Once you lose yourself, you have two choices: find the person you used to be, or lose that person completely. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: What was needed now was not bravery, but

What was needed now was not bravery, but circumspection. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: We should remember how repulsive our carnivorous habits

We should remember how repulsive our carnivorous habits would seem to an intelligent rabbit. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Our knowledge is very limited; because Nature, too,

Our knowledge is very limited; because Nature, too, is shy and slow in our clumsy hands. Some day all this will be better organized, and still better. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Arson, after all, is an artificial crime ...

Arson, after all, is an artificial crime ... A large number of houses deserve to be burnt. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Am I dreaming? Has the world gone mador

Am I dreaming? Has the world gone mad
or have I? — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: I never yet heard of a useless thing

I never yet heard of a useless thing that was not ground out of
existence by evolution sooner or later. Did you? And pain gets needless. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: A douche of spray blinded my brother for

A douche of spray blinded my brother for a moment. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: He who does not contemplate the future is

He who does not contemplate the future is destined to be overwhelmed by it. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: The religion of the atheist has a God-shaped

The religion of the atheist has a God-shaped blank at it's heart ... — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: There is only one sort of man who

There is only one sort of man who is absolutely to blame for his own misery, and that is the man who finds life dull and dreary. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Human society is based on want. Life is

Human society is based on want. Life is based on want. Wild-eyed visionaries may dream of a world without need. Cloud-cuckoo-land. It can't be done. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: They were put into my pockets by Weena,

They were put into my pockets by Weena, when I traveled into Time. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Men who think in lifetimes are of little

Men who think in lifetimes are of little use to statesmanship. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to

Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American Eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Nothing remains interesting where anything may happen.

Nothing remains interesting where anything may happen. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: [N]othing is so pleasing to perplexed unhappy people

[N]othing is so pleasing to perplexed unhappy people as the denunciation of others, — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: There's some ex-traordinary things in books, said the

There's some ex-traordinary things in books, said the mariner. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Marriage isn't what it was. It's become a

Marriage isn't what it was. It's become a different thing because women have become human beings. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: I had not, I said to myself, come

I had not, I said to myself, come into the future to carry on a miniature flirtation. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: I am asking for Liberal Fascists, for enlightened

I am asking for Liberal Fascists, for enlightened Nazis. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Great and strange ideas transcending experience often have

Great and strange ideas transcending experience often have less effect upon men and women than smaller, more tangible considerations. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: I must confess that my imagination refuses to

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Biologists can be just as sensitive to heresy

Biologists can be just as sensitive to heresy as theologians. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: One can't always be magnificent, but simplicity is

One can't always be magnificent, but simplicity is always a possible alternative. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Men fancied there might be other men upon

Men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Not to go on all-Fours; that is the

Not to go on all-Fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men? — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: We're eatable ants.

We're eatable ants. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Security sets a premium on feebleness.

Security sets a premium on feebleness. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes

One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes in few characters in fiction. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Human history is, in essence, a history of

Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Civilization is a race between disaster and education.

Civilization is a race between disaster and education. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: The too perfect security of the Upper-worlders had

The too perfect security of the Upper-worlders had led them to a slow movement of degeneration, a general dwindling in size strength and intelligence. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: By our daylight standard he walked out of

By our daylight standard he walked out of security into darkness, danger, and death.
But did he see like that? — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: This has ever been the fate of energy

This has ever been the fate of energy in security; it takes to art and to eroticism, and then comes languor and decay. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Mr. Thomas Marvel hated roomy shoes, but then

Mr. Thomas Marvel hated roomy shoes, but then he hated damp. He had never properly thought out which he hated most — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: The past is but the past of a

The past is but the past of a beginning. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: There's something in this starlight that loosens one's

There's something in this starlight that loosens one's tongue. I'm an ass, and yet somehow I would like to tell you. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: With wine and food, the confidence of my

With wine and food, the confidence of my own table, and the necessity of reassuring my wife, I grew by insensible degrees courageous and secure. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: If we do not end war - war

If we do not end war - war will end us. Everybody says that, millions of people believe it, and nobody does anything. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: No man goes out upon a novel expedition

No man goes out upon a novel expedition without misgivings.

The Secret Places of The Heart (Kindle Loc 245) — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Few people realize the immensity of vacancy.

Few people realize the immensity of vacancy. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By Stephen King: We always assumed the aliens would have to

We always assumed the aliens would have to at least be alive to invade. Not even H.G. Wells expected an invasion of ghosts. — Stephen King

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary

Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: We were not making war against Germany, we

We were not making war against Germany, we were being ordered about in the King's war with Germany. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Every time I see an adult on a

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By William Gibson: I have already told you of the sickness

I have already told you of the sickness and confusion that comes with time travelling. - H. G. WELLS — William Gibson

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: It is not much good thinking of a

It is not much good thinking of a thing unless you think it out. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: We live in reference to past experience and

We live in reference to past experience and not to future events, however inevitable. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Go away. I'm all right. [last words]

Go away. I'm all right. [last words] — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Our challenge is not to educate the children

Our challenge is not to educate the children we used to have or want to have, but to educate the children who come to the schoolhouse door. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Bless my soul alive!

Bless my soul alive! — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: We all have our time machines, don't we.

We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories ... And those that carry us forward, are dreams. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: The teacher, whether mother, priest, or schoolmaster, is

The teacher, whether mother, priest, or schoolmaster, is the real maker of history. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: I hope, or I could not live.

I hope, or I could not live. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps,

The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: In all the round world there is no

In all the round world there is no meat. There used to be. But now we cannot stand the thought of slaughterhouses. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: You can't see beauty with miserable eyes.

You can't see beauty with miserable eyes. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: This blessed gift of smoking!

This blessed gift of smoking! — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Until a man has found God, he begins

Until a man has found God, he begins at no beginning and works to no end. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: It seems to me that I am more

It seems to me that I am more to the Left than you, Mr Stalin — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: You are not mechanics, you are warriors. You

You are not mechanics, you are warriors. You have been trained, not to think, but to do. — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: Oh God, is there ever to be any

Oh God, is there ever to be any age of happiness? Is there never to be any rest? — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: ...the sense of my utter loneliness had been

...the sense of my utter loneliness had been agony... — H.G.Wells

H G Wells Quotes By H.G.Wells: But giving drugs to a cat is no

But giving drugs to a cat is no joke, Kemp! — H.G.Wells