H. G. Wells Quotes

It is the going out from oneself that is love and not the accident of its return. It is the expedition, whether it fail or succeed.

H. G. Wells

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• It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Good
  • Beauty
  • Grace

• I love ice cream, and I love chocolate.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Chocolate
  • Ice
  • Ice Cream

• My father had no influence on my political beliefs, and to imply otherwise is wrong and irresponsible.

  

  M.I.A.
  • Father
  • Political
  • Influence

• Hollywood isn't ready for an Indian leading man.

  

  Irrfan Khan
  • Man
  • Hollywood
  • Ready

• My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.

  

  Laila Ali
  • People
  • Respect
  • Kindness

• The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Right
  • Times
  • Nine

• All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.

  

  Natalia Makarova
  • Life
  • Important
  • Chance

• You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.

  

  Edith Head
  • Want
  • Water
  • Horse

• There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Gay
  • Victim
  • Places

• To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.

  

  Naomi Wolf
  • Women
  • Ask
  • Sexuality

• I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Good
  • Evil
  • Violence

• I have always been terrified of the death of my parents. I never knew if I could count on myself. I never knew if that would send me over the edge.

  

  Dan Pallotta
  • Death
  • Parents
  • Myself

• When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get things done.

  

  Wendy Davis
  • Done
  • Strong
  • Relationships

• Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it's empowering generations to come. A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.

  

  Adam Braun
  • World
  • Dream
  • Support

• I don't think you can look at my history and say they love me to death in Silicon Valley.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • History
  • Think
  • Death

• Everything I experience influences everything I do.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Experience
  • Everything

• When my novel 'Beach Music' came out in 1995, I had included a couple of recipes in the book and had tried to impart some of my love of Roman cuisine and the restaurants of Rome.

  

  Pat Conroy
  • Music
  • Love
  • Book

• Coming from TV and film, rule number one is that you always service the main character first and foremost. If that's not working, you've got nothing.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Character
  • Always
  • Service

• I don't write off silly pop people at all, because you never know where they're coming from.

  

  James Murphy
  • People
  • Silly

• One seed becomesAn everlasting song, a singing tree,Caroling softly souls of slavery,What they were, and what they are to me,Caroling softly souls of slavery.

  

  Jean Toomer
  • Song
  • Singing
  • Tree

• When I'm on set, I know what I want.

  

  Dee Rees

• They had a hard time miking me in my loin cloth, I mean, where were they gonna tape it?

  

  Brendan Fraser
  • Time

• It is the going out from oneself that is love and not the accident of its return. It is the expedition, whether it fail or succeed.

  

  H. G. Wells