H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells
Herbert George Wells—known as H. G. Wells—was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels, and is called the father of science fiction, along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds. He was...
NationalityEnglish
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Date of Birth21 September 1866
Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.
Marriage isn't what it was. It's become a different thing because women have become human beings.
The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.
Our true nationality is mankind.
The new century will see changes that will dwarf those of the last.
Few people realise the immensity of vacancy in which the dust of the material universe swims.
Find the thing you want to do most intensely, make sure that’s it, and do it with all your might. If you live, well and good. If you die, well and good. Your purpose is done
It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.
Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.
Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you are.
The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.
Tell the truth and read story books;it will take you to the magical moment in a glory night.
If we don't end war, war will end us.
There is no more evil thing in this world than race prejudice, none at all. [...] It justifies and holds together more baseness, cruelty, and abomination than any other sort of error in the world.