Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Quote by H G Wells

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Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.

There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges...

There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges...

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.

Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a...

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a...

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done...

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done...

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

If we don't end war, war will end us.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the...

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the...

Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does...

Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does...

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with...

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with...

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize...

After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize...

One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the...

One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the...

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it...

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it...

Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the...

Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the...