The true sweetness of chess, if it ever can be sweet, is to see a victory snatched, by some happy impertinence, out of the shadow of apparently irrevocable disaster. H. G. Wells More Quotes by H. G. Wells More Quotes From H. G. Wells Perhaps I am a man of exceptional moods. I do not know how far my experience is common. At times I suffer from the strangest sense of detachment from myself and the world about me; I seem to watch it all from the outside, from somewhere inconceivably remote, out of time, out of space, out of the stress and tragedy of it all. This feeling was very strong upon me that night. Here was another side to my dream. H. G. Wells stressstrongdream Men who think in lifetimes are of little use to statesmanship. H. G. Wells usementhinking I write to cover a frame of ideas. H. G. Wells writingideas 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 influencemindamerica The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships. H. G. Wells broken-heartworkfriendship The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance. H. G. Wells weaknesslawmen Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom. H. G. Wells violencevegetableskingdoms Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American Eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich. H. G. Wells ostricheseaglesgovernment 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 revolutionagewar 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 clevermistakemen It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. H. G. Wells intellectualtroublelaw 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 submarinesimaginationsea We were not making war against Germany, we were being ordered about in the King's war with Germany. H. G. Wells germanykingswar 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 risklifelying 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 woephotographythinking 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 doorsinspirationalchildren ...the voice was indisputable. It continued to swear with that breadth and variety that distinguishes the swearing of a cultivated man. H. G. Wells swearingvoicemen But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-' 'Are all very well for common people. H. G. Wells humanitycommonpeople Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life. H. G. Wells gravitystarstrouble 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-religionstakencharacter
