H. G. Wells Quotes
It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.H. G. Wells
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Suffering turns men towards their creator.
Ramana Maharshi -
In winter, the Icelanders told the tales of the brave men of old in their families, and so the tradition was handed on from father to son, the same stories told every winter, till all the particulars became well known.
Sabine Baring-Gould -
The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men.
Natalie Dormer -
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized.
Daniel Burnham -
At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
Hans Kung -
I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time.
Karen Armstrong
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
Ulysses S. Grant -
The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men.
V. S. Naipaul -
Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.
Jackie Mason -
If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.
Baruch Spinoza -
In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.
Harriet Harman -
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
Samuel Johnson
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'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young men working in a shipyard. Audiences may prefer to see a show that allows them to forget about their worries for an evening.
Rachel Tucker -
In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
Harri Holkeri -
I want to do a make-up line for men.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants -
Men we shall have only as we make manhood the object of the work of the schools - intelligence, broad sympathy, knowledge of the world that was and is, and of the relation of men to it - this is the curriculum of that Higher Education which must underlie true life.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really love Don Draper in 'Mad Men?' He's just a terrible guy. But we know why he's terrible, and I think that's really key to why you can be sympathetic to a character.
Adam McKay -
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Victor Hugo
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When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity.
Mae West -
And this reviving Herb whose tender Green Fledges the River-Lip on which we lean - Ah, lean upon it lightly! for who knows From what once lovely Lip it springs unseen!
Omar Khayyam -
The ripest peach is highest on the tree.
James Whitcomb Riley -
Butchery is not the point of vampirism. Sex - domination and submission - is.
Camille Paglia -
The doctor told Phil, my then husband, that my condition was really bad news. They had found an artery tearing and said I could die. They said they could try to patch it up but it could go horribly wrong. It all turned out okay in the end but it was touch and go.
Sharon Stone -
It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.
H. G. Wells