H. G. Wells Quotes

The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action. ~ The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings. ~ The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells I hope, or I could not live. ~ The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells I never yet heard of a useless thing that was not ground out of existence by evolution sooner or later. ~ The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells There is, though I do not know how there is or why there is, a sense of infinite peace and protection in the glittering hosts of heaven. ~ The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells "Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change." ~ The Time Machine by H. G. Wells "It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble." ~ The Time Machine by H. G. Wells He, I know--for the question had been discussed among us long before the Time Machine was made--thought but cheerlessly of the Advancement of Mankind, and saw in the growing pile of civilization only a foolish heaping that must inevitably fall back upon and destroy its makers in the end. ~ The Time Machine by H. G. Wells Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life. I thought of their unfathomable distance, and the slow inevitable drift of their movements out of the unknown past into the unknown future. ~ The Time Machine by H. G. Wells Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness. ~ The Time Machine by H. G. Wells