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

• 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

• 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

• 没有一个人民的军队，便没有人民的一切。

  

  Mao Zedong

• To Dogmatism the Spirit of Inquiry is the same as the Spirit of Evil.

  

  Ambrose Bierce
  • Evil

• In most every business, you learn by doing. The apprenticeship model is much more effective than the classroom for cultivating entrepreneurs.

  

  Andrew Yan
  • Business
  • Model

• All through high school, I was incredibly healthy. I loved the outdoors, and I loved snowboarding because of the freedom.

  

  Amy Purdy
  • School
  • High
  • Freedom

• Homelessness is the fundamental idea of salvation in Jainism. It means the breaking off of all earthly relations, and therefore, above all, indifference to general impressions and avoidance of all worldly motives, the ceasing to act, to hope, to desire.

  

  Max Weber
  • Hope
  • Desire

• Being able to laugh at a situation can help you hang on to your perspective. And there's an intimacy in laughter that nothing else can come close to.

  

  Eric Mabius
  • Help
  • Perspective
  • Laughter

• 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