Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind. H. G. Wells More Quotes by H. G. Wells More Quotes From H. G. Wells Men who think in lifetimes are of little use to statesmanship. H. G. Wells use men thinking I write to cover a frame of ideas. H. G. Wells writing ideas The great trouble with you Americans is that you are still under the influence of that second-rate - shall I say third-rate? - mind, Karl Marx. H. G. Wells influence mind america The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships. H. G. Wells broken-heart work friendship The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance. H. G. Wells weakness law men Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom. H. G. Wells violence vegetables kingdoms Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American Eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich. H. G. Wells ostriches eagles government This is the end and the beginning of an age. This is something far greater than the French Revolution or the Reformation and we live in it. H. G. Wells revolution age war 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 clever mistake men It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. H. G. Wells intellectual trouble law 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 submarines imagination sea We were not making war against Germany, we were being ordered about in the King's war with Germany. H. G. Wells germany kings war Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. The best of life, Passworthy, lies nearest to the edge of death. H. G. Wells risk life lying I often think we do not take this business of photography in a sufficiently serious spirit. Issuing a photograph is like marriage: you can only undo the mischief with infinite woe. H. G. Wells woe photography thinking 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 doors inspirational children ...the voice was indisputable. It continued to swear with that breadth and variety that distinguishes the swearing of a cultivated man. H. G. Wells swearing voice men But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-' 'Are all very well for common people. H. G. Wells humanity common people Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life. H. G. Wells gravity stars trouble The character of the Open Conspiracy [the movement towards a world collective] will now be plainly displayed. It will have become a great world movement as widespread and evident as socialism or communism. It will largely have taken the place of these movements. It will be more, it will be a world religion. H. G. Wells world-religions taken character By this time I was no longer very much terrified or very miserable. I had, as it were, passed the limit of terror and despair. I felt now that my life was practically lost, and that persuasion made me capable of daring anything H. G. Wells despair miserable limits
