"It's no use locking the door after the…" — H.G. Wells
"It's no use locking the door after the steed is stolen."
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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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I still, at hotel rooms, I do this one sort of not-so-cool thing: continually shoving my room service tray in…
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Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
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I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations…
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In my native Boulder County, Colorado, the fracking fanatics are out in force. They are marching door-to-door, petitions and mythology…
— Bob Beauprez
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When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that…
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Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is…
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Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.
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We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take…
— Robert Benchley
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Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance…
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