Back Quote by Jules Verne

“Far better to be the simplest pedestrian, with knapsack on back, stick in hand, and gun on shoulder, than an Indian prince travelling with all the ceremonial which his rank requires.”

Jules Verne

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings)

More by Jules Verne

Look with all your eyes, look.

Jules Verne

Image

“As I remarked before, the Asiatic elephant is smaller than the African, which is frequently twelve feet high, and its tusks are in proportion.…

Jules Verne

Image

As long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought…

Jules Verne

Image

Now, when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president…

Jules Verne

Image

Well, my friend, this earth will one day be that cold corpse; it will become uninhabitable and uninhabited like the moon, which has long…

Jules Verne

Image

Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same!

Jules Verne

Image

It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man who gambles…

Jules Verne

Image

“My uncle” is the natives’ usual name for the tiger, they believing that the soul of each of their ancestors is lodged for eternity…

Jules Verne

Image

“Kâlagani evidently knew this thinly-peopled region perfectly, and guided us across it most admirably. On the 29th September our train began to ascend the…

Jules Verne

Image

Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It's better that way.

Jules Verne

Image

“— Isola in vendita per contanti, più le spese, al miglior offerente! — andava ripetendo a perdifiato Dean Felporg, banditore dell'auction, in cui venivano…

Jules Verne

Image

It is certain," exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. "But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject; and let…

Jules Verne

Image

Explore all 331 Jules Verne quotes

More Back quotes

I always watch my matches back 100 times afterwards because that's how I improve. This is something I've always done, even in NXT.

Mandy Rose

Image

I honestly would like to get that Frankie fight back.

Chad Mendes

Image

Drumming's pretty physical. We sit at the back of the stage getting beat up like a workhorse.

Tommy Lee

Image

I never want to look back on any moment and say I could have done more. So I go all in.

Scott Haze

Image

I wish that I had known back then that a mastery of process would lead to a product. Then I probably wouldn't have found…

Elizabeth George

Image

It's what the people wanted at the time, but the country could not be half-segregated and half-integrated, just as it could not be half-slave…

George Wallace

Image

I've always stuck my arms behind my back anyway when trying to block a shot in the penalty area.

Millie Bright

Image

I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely on my kids.

Patrick Ewing

Image

Any time someone achieves success before they've earned it, it always comes back to haunt them.

Ron White

Image

In Congress, Florida Republicans worked with the Trump administration to secure funding for coastal restoration projects following the devastating impacts of Hurricanes Irma and…

Michael Waltz