"Few people realise the immensity of vacancy in……" — H.G. Wells
"Few people realise the immensity of vacancy in which the dust of the material universe swims."
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H.G. Wells
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294 Quotes by H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells has 294 quotes on this site.
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Why had we come to the moon? The thing presented itself to me as a perplexing problem. What is this…
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I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher…
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Is it any wonder that to this day this Galilean is too much for our small hearts?
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You cannot imagine the craving for rest that I feel-a hunger and thirst. For six long days, since my work…
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He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly.
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I had just taken to reading. I had just discovered the art of leaving my body to sit impassive in…
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The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and…
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We live in reference to past experience and not to future events, however inevitable.
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We want to get rid of the militarist not simply because he hurts and kills, but because he is an…
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Democracy's ceremonial, its feast, it's great function, is the election.
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The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his…
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Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.
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More Dust Quotes
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
— Saint Augustine
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We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature;…
— Diane Ackerman
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I'm full of dust and guitars.
— Syd Barrett
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There is one God, and He made both Indians and white men. We were all made out of the dust…
— Standing Bear
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The divine life is the spirit in everything that exists, from the atom to the archangel; the grain of dust…
— Annie Besant
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Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
— Ambrose Bierce
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You either make dust or eat dust.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
— Lord Byron
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We need responsible regulations, not regulations that have gone wild. For example, the EPA has a rule that is going…
— Herman Cain
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Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances,…
— Italo Calvino
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Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the…
— George Carlin
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Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
— Thomas Carlyle
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