English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

H. G. Wells Quotes

Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a pedant), perfection is the mere repudiation of that ineluctable marginal inexactitude which is the mysterious inmost quality of Being

H. G. Wells

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Cornelia Funke quote: "It [the book] was spinning a magic spell around her heart,..."
It [the book] was spinning a magic spell around her heart, sticky as a spider's web and enchantingly beautiful.. Cornelia Funke
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "too many maniacs not enough michelangelos"
too many maniacs not enough michelangelos Elizabeth Gilbert
Ted Williams quote: "If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me."
If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me. Ted Williams
I think women are sexy when they got some clothes on. And if later they take them off then you've triumphed. Somebody once said it's what you dont see you're interested in, and this is true. Groucho Marx
I swear to you, you're missing the whole point of the Jesus Prayer. The Jesus Prayer has one aim, and one aim only. To endow the person who says it with Christ-Consciousness. Not to set up some little cozy, holier-than-thou trysting place with some sticky, adorable divine personage who'll take you in his arms and relieve you of all your duties and make all your nasty Weltschmerzen and Professor Tuppers go away and never come back. And by God, if you have intelligence enough to see that? and... J. D. Salinger
There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating. George Wald
In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event. Theodore Bikel
Damon Albarn quote: "As a musician usually music is your way out."
As a musician usually music is your way out. Damon Albarn
Theodor Adorno quote: "In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations."
In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations. Theodor Adorno
...How would you like to die, Tyrion son of Tywin?"In my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a maiden's mouth around my cock, at the age of eighty," he replied. George R. R. Martin
...I saw the infernal Thing blocking my path in the twilight. The dead travel fast, and by short cuts unknown to ordinary coolies. I laughed aloud a second time, and checked my laughter suddenly, for I was afraid I was going mad. Rudyard Kipling
Gloria Steinem quote: "We are becoming the men we wanted to marry"
We are becoming the men we wanted to marry Gloria Steinem
Clifford Odets quote: "Life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills."
Life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills. Clifford Odets
He had kissed her good night that night, and she had tasted like strawberry daiquiris, and he had never wanted to kiss anyone else again. Neil Gaiman
Horace quote: "Poets wish to profit or to please."
Poets wish to profit or to please. Horace