"Everybody knows that England is the world of……" — Jules Verne
"Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamblers: to bet is in the English temperament."
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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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Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a…
— Rita Mae Brown
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It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.
— Warren Buffett
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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer…
— Samuel Butler
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I have always considered "Pascal's Wager" a questionable bet to place. Any God worth "believing in" would surely prefer an…
— Alan Dershowitz
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You bet I did and I enjoyed it.
— Michael Bloomberg
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Never bet with anyone you meet on the first tee who has a deep suntan, a 1-iron in his bag,…
— Dave Marr
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When you can show concern about what matters to your customer, that's Business to Customer Loyalty, and you can bet…
— Albert Houtum-Schindler
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Never bet on baseball.
— Pete Rose
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I bet if I give all my love then nothing's gonna tear us apart.
— Drake
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I would say you might encounter many defeats but you must never be defeated, ever. In fact, it might even…
— Maya Angelou
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I BET WHEN NEANDERTHAL KIDS would make a snowman, someone would always end up saying, "Don't forget the thick heavy…
— Jack Handey
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It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry. If they want to be successful, they need to…
— Jonah Lehrer
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