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

Quote by H G Wells

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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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

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...

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...

Advertising is legalized lying.

Advertising is legalized lying.

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

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

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...

Our true nationality is mankind.

Our true nationality is mankind.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

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...

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...

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

When you have a crisis, the crisis itself becomes one of your biggest asset if...

When you have a crisis, the crisis itself becomes one of your biggest asset if...

Here comes 40. I'm feeling my age and I've ordered the Ferrari. I'm going to...

Here comes 40. I'm feeling my age and I've ordered the Ferrari. I'm going to...