"But to find, all at once, right before……" — Jules Verne
"But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!"
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Jules Verne
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151 Quotes by Jules Verne
Jules Verne has 151 quotes on this site.
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I have always fancied that the end of the world will be when some enormous boiler, heated to three thousand…
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I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.
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The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by…
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No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is…
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The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons…
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Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after…
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Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for…
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I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers…
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As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature…
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Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
— Neil Armstrong
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We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We…
— Abu Abbas
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By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who…
— David Baldacci
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If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will…
— Dave Barry
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Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.
— Bruce Barton
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Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is…
— Jean Baudrillard
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved…
— Victoria Beckham
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow
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Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it,…
— Kathryn Bigelow
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If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal.
— Usain Bolt
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