Quotes by : Jules Verne

Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.

One of my objectives is learning more than is absolutely necessary.

[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a....

I gazed at these marvels in profound silence. Words were utterly wanting to indicate the sensations of....

The industrial stomach cannot live without coal industry is a carbonivorous animal and must have its....

In consequence of inventing machines, men will be devoured by them.

Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together. Throw two....

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

In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people, who would shut up the human race upon this....

So, fatality will play me these terrible tricks. The elements themselves conspire to overwhelm me with....