Around the world Quote by Jules Verne

As for Phileas Fogg, it seemed just as if the typhoon were a part of his programme

— Jules Verne

Such beauty, he thought, was too perfect to have come about by mere chance. That day in the center of the Pacific was, to…

— Laura Hillenbrand

He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.

— Jules Verne

Every flyer who ventures across oceans to distant lands is a potential explorer; in his or her breast burns the same fire that urged…

— Jean Batten

“He’d dive deeper and deeper into the calming depths of the sea, safe from the storms on the surface. And when he found himself…

— Jasun Ether

And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected to squat…

— Ernest K. Gann

... he was one of those men who like to be observers at their own lives ... such people observe their destiny much as…

— Alessandro Baricco

“After an orange cloud — formed as a result of a dust storm over the Sahara and caught up by air currents — reached…

— Vladimir Kovalyov

“the captain decided to hoist sail and move a little westward, on the chance that the fog was hugging the coast of the Island.…

— Jack L. Chalker

I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but…

— Bill Bryson

I feel a lot like Magellan. You know - the great explorer during the Age of Exploration.

— Madison Cawthorn

“On occasion a traveler will venture from one city to another. Is he perplexed What took seconds in Berne might take hours in Fribourg…

— Alan Lightman