We live in reference to past experience and not to future events, however inevitable.

We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery. H. G.

We want to get rid of the militarist not simply because he hurts and lulls, but because he is an intolerable thick-voiced blockhead who stands hectoring and blustering in our way to achievement.

When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H. G.

When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman.

Would you like to see the Time Machine itself?