Skip to content

Companionship Quote by H.G. Wells

“He wanted—what did he want most in life? I think his distinctive craving is best expressed as fun—fun in companionship.” quote by H.G. Wells — Download Open image

““He wanted—what did he want most in life? I think his distinctive craving is best expressed as fun—fun in companionship.””

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (4 ratings)

Companionship Desire Friendship Fun Life

More by H.G. Wells

“I was grotesque to the theatrical pitch, a stage miser, but I was certainly not a physical impossibility”

Image

“Eight-and-twenty years,' said I, 'I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.' The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open. 'Ay,' she broke in; 'and eight-and-twenty years you have lived and never seen the likes of this house, I reckon. There's a many things to see, when one's still but…

“That is the germ of my great discovery. But you are wrong to say that we cannot move about in Time. For instance, if I am recalling an incident very vividly I go back to the instant of its occurrence: I become absent-minded, as you say. I jump back for a moment. Of course we have no means of staying…

“What was needed now was not bravery, but circumspection.”

Image

“The thing [Henry James'] novel is about is always there. It is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with…

Image

“Don't follow you,' said Filby.”

Image

“We must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its own inferior races. The Tasmanians . . . were entirely swept out of existence in a war of extermination waged by European immigrants, in the space if fifty years. Are we such apostles…

“I grieved to think how brief the dream of the human intellect had been. It had committed suicide. It had set itself steadfastly towards…

Image

“Because this island is full of inimical phenomena.”

Image

“What right have they to hope? They work ill and they want the reward of those who work well. The hope of mankind - what is it? That some day the Over-man may come, that some day the inferior, the weak and the bestial may be subdued or eliminated. Subdued if not eliminated. The world is no place for the…

“So long as you are alive you are just the moment, perhaps, but when you are dead then you are all your life from…

Image

“An unpleasant odour would not be objected to, it is not objected to now in many continental hotels.”

Image

Explore all 246 H.G. Wells quotes

More Companionship quotes

“Maybe some people were destined to be alone. But, I reminded myself, you're never alone if you read.”

Image

Deliver me from all evildoers that talk nothing but sickness and failure. Grant me the companionship of men who think success and men who work for it. Loan me associates who cheerfully face the problems of a day and try hard to overcome them. Relieve me of all cynics and critics. Give me good health and the strength to be…

William Feather

The thing that counts most in the pursuit of happiness is choosing the right companion

“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.”

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Image

What's Minnie without Mickey, what's Tigger without Pooh, what's Patrick without Spongebob, what's me without you.

Image

A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone - even when the crowd wants to take the easy road home. A true…

Image

We all smile and we all cry but it takes someone very special to make us smile when we already have tears in our…

Image

“Here's what I think. We all want someone to build a fort with. We want somebody to swap crayons with and play hide-and-seek with and live out imaginary stories with. We start out getting that from our family. Then we get it from our friends. And then, for whatever reasons, we get it in our heads that we need to…

Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact?" Will demanded with mock horror. "Clearly I have been doing something wrong. Or not…

Cassandra Clare

Image

The Voice of Heaven is a still small voice. The voice of peace in the home is a quiet voice. There is need for…

Gordon B. Hinckley

Image

We all need someone to talk to, someone who listens, someone who understands.

Image

Older Americans are perfect telemarketing customers, analysts say, because they are often at home, rely on delivery services, and are lonely for the companionship…

Image

Browse all 558 Companionship quotes