Jules Verne

“I am not what you call a civilised man! I have done with society entirely, for reasons which I alone have the…

— Jules Verne

With happiness as with health: to enjoy it, one should be deprived of it occasionally.

— Jules Verne

Captain Nemo pointed to this prodigious heap of shellfish, and I saw that these mines were genuinely inexhaustible, since nature's creative powers…

— Jules Verne

The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which…

— Jules Verne

“Are we rising again?" "No. On the contrary." "Are we descending?" "Worse than that, captain! we are falling!" "For Heaven's sake heave…

— Jules Verne

“Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamblers; to bet is…

— Jules Verne

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

— Jules Verne

“The sea is everything. It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and life-giving. It is an immense desert…

— Jules Verne

“Was he being devoured by one of those secret rages, all the more terrible because contained, and which only burst forth, with…

— Jules Verne

Well, gentlemen, do you believe in the possibility of aerial locomotion by machines heavier than air? ... You ask yourselves doubtless if…

— Jules Verne

As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with…

— Jules Verne

The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.

— Jules Verne

I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new

— Jules Verne

Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they…

— Jules Verne

“Whereas, once under way, you can get so far that going forwards is the only choice.”

— Jules Verne

Oh, figures!' answered Ned. 'You can make figures do whatever you want.

— Jules Verne

The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share…

— Jules Verne

Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He…

— Jules Verne

There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will…

— Jules Verne

“There is the disadvantage of not knowing all languages," said Conseil, "or the disadvantage of not having one universal language.”

— Jules Verne

Imagine a society in which there were neither rich nor poor. What evils, afflictions, sorrows, disorders, catastrophes, disasters, tribulations, misfortunes, agonies, calamities,…

— Jules Verne

Is the Master out of his mind?' she asked me. I nodded. 'And he's taking you with him?' I nodded again. 'Where?'…

— Jules Verne

It is certain that the inanimate objects by which you are surrounded have a direct action on the brain.

— Jules Verne

“Your story is not a picture of life; it lacks the elements of truth. And why? Simply because you run straight on…

— Jules Verne

“He was one of those intrepid observers who write under fire, "reporting" among bullets, and to whom every danger is welcome.”

— Jules Verne