I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.

Quote by H G Wells

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In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or...

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or...

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since...

Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since...

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

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

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

The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been...

The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been...

Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the...

Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the...

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not...

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not...

You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

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...

Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.

Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

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

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

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...

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...