There is no intelligence where there is no change and no ne… - H. G. Wells

" "
There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change. Only those animals partake of intelligence that have to meet a huge variety of needs and dangers.

H. G. Wells

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

About H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells (September 21 1866 – August 13 1946) was a British writer most famous for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and The Time Machine; also for Kipps, The History of Mr. Polly and other social satires.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Birth Name: Herbert George Wells

Alternative Names: Wells, Herbert George • H.G. Wells • Herbert Wells • Herbert G. Wells

Full Quote All quotes from H. G. Wells Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like H. G. Wells:

John Buchan Joseph Conrad Brian Aldiss Poul Anderson Norman Mailer

Additional quotes by H. G. Wells

So indurated was I at that time to the abomination of the place, that I heard without a touch of emotion the puma victim begin another day of torture. It met its persecutor with a shriek, almost exactly like that of an angry virago.

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

It is when suffering finds a voice and
sets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us.

There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change. Only those animals partake of intelligence that have to meet a huge variety … - H. G. Wells

About H. G. Wells

Also Known As

Go Premium

Additional quotes by H. G. Wells

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI