Wells Quotes

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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no… — Margaret Atwood
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although… — John James Audubon
To seek the highest good is to live well. — Saint Augustine
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good… — Jane Austen
A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. — Jane Austen
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without… — Jane Austen
I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. — Jane Austen
Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of… — Jane Austen
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have… — Diane Ackerman
As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved health and well-being,… — Diane Ackerman
In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are… — Teresa of Avila
Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to… — Dan Aykroyd
Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the… — Ibrahim Babangida
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged. — Charles Babbage
Well, I think breathing life into the Endangered Species Act, taking those wolves back into Yellowstone, restoring the salmon in the rivers of the Pacific… — Bruce Babbitt
When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't give you a tremendous… — Lauren Bacall
I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well. — Johann Sebastian Bach
Well, you know, if you do 200 shows a year, they're not all going to be like Castle Donnington. — Sebastian Bach
No, if it was up to me every record would be brand new studio material but Atlantic records asked me to put out a full… — Sebastian Bach
To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer. — Gaston Bachelard

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