H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells
Herbert George Wells—known as H. G. Wells—was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels, and is called the father of science fiction, along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds. He was...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth21 September 1866
A downtrodden class... will never be able to make an effective protest until it achieves solidarity.
Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.
To ride a bicycle properly is very like a love affair-chiefly it is a matter of faith. Believe you do it, and the thing is done; doubt, and, for the life of you, you cannot.
I hope, or I could not live.
Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community.
Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe. Let us learn the truth and spread it as far and wide as our circumstances allow. For the truth is the greatest weapon we have.
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.
Good books are the warehouses of ideas.
The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.
Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write!
The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice
Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it.
There is no difference between Time and any of the three dimensions of Space except that our consciousness moves along it.