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H. G. Wells Quotes

H. G. Wells quotes

English Author, Writer September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946

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H. G. Wells quote: "He began to realize that you cannot even fight happily with..."
He began to realize that you cannot even fight happily with creatures that stand upon a different mental basis to yourself. H. G. Wells
We must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its own inferior races. The Tasmanians . . . were entirely swept out of existence in a war of extermination waged by European immigrants, in the space if fifty years. Are we such apostles of mercy as to complain if the Martians warred in the same spirit? H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "Very simple was my explanation, and plausible enough---as most..."
Very simple was my explanation, and plausible enough---as most wrong theories are! H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "Advertising is legalized lying."
Advertising is legalized lying. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "I never blame anyone, said Kemp. It's quite out of fashion."
I never blame anyone, said Kemp. It's quite out of fashion. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed..."
Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too easily. H. G. Wells
But, as I say, I was toofull of excitement and (a true saying, though those who have neverknown danger may doubt it) too desperate to die. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "Human history in essence is the history of ideas."
Human history in essence is the history of ideas. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "Not to go on all-Fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men?"
Not to go on all-Fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men? H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions..."
Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow."
The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow. H. G. Wells
There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection. H. G. Wells
They had certain Fixed Ideas implanted by Moreau in their minds which absolutely bounded their imaginations. They really were hypnotized, had been told certain things were impossible, and certain things were not to be done, and these prohibitions were woven into the texture of their minds beyond any possibility of disobedience or dispute. H. G. Wells
The man was running away with the rest, and selling his papers for a shilling each as he ran—a grotesque mingling of profit and panic. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "Room to swing a cat, it seemed was absolutely essential. It..."
Room to swing a cat, it seemed was absolutely essential. It was an infrequent but indispensable operation. H. G. Wells

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