A small tribute to HG Wells, a brilliant man

Quotes from HG Wells (with some commentary in parentheses)

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it. (how does that not sound like us, now, in the US? ke)

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

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

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

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

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

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

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own. (Thinking here, specifically of now-former President and Vice President George W. Bush and Dick Cheney).

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. (applicable to the ongoing Copenhagen talks, at least)

Advertising is legalized lying. (ow)

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. (I'd like to give that one to someone in particular).

One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good. (hear that, all you fundamentalists around the world?)

Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him. (makes me think of global warming, chemicals in our food, all kinds of pollution and a lot more)

Our true nationality is mankind. (or should be, anyway)

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser. (another potential ow)

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law. (man he was a funny guy)

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

Go out and have a great day. (me)

Link to more information on HG Wells: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells