H. G. Wells Quotes

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.

H. G. Wells

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946

Topics

PerceptionSeriousDoneComfortable

All my writer friends outline their books, and I find that hard. It doesn't feel inspired to me. I get bored with that, and really, I just want it to be fun.

Jenny Han

FunMeFeelFriendsFindWant

I read all the time so it's difficult to say who my all-time favourites are. One is George Orwell, because he makes political writing so simple a child could understand it.

Melvin Burgess

TimeSimpleChildWritingPolitical

I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up.

Maya Rudolph

GrowFantasyGrow UpUpBeingStill

Barbara did the selecting and that's probably the most brilliant thing was she put together a group of women, different backgrounds, different experiences.

Star Jones

WomenTogetherGroupBrilliantShe

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

Robert Duvall

GoodWomenWifePeopleCityTexas

I am extremely proud and honoured to have beaten Pete's record as he was my childhood hero and I have always looked up to him.

Roger Federer

HeroChildhoodI AmProudHimUp

I don't like to photograph children as children. I like to see them as adults, as who they really are. I'm always looking for the side of who they might become.

Mary Ellen Mark

ChildrenLookingBecomeAlwaysSee

I have always loved singing.

Mohit Chauhan

SingingLovedAlways

The marketers can compete with free; it just has to be better. Look at bottled water if you don't believe me.

Jonathan Potter

WaterMeFreeBelieveBetterLook

The House of Commons, refused to receive the addresses of the colonies, when the matter was pending; besides, we hold our rights neither from them nor from the Lords.

Christopher Gadsden

HouseMatterRightsHoldColonies

It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life.

Christopher Lasch

LifeFamilyLoyaltyLogicValues

For me, the more time you can take and the more care you can take with songs, the better off you're going to be.

Chris Stapleton

TimeMeCareBetterYouMore

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