Jules Verne Quotes and Sayings

Jules Verne Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Jules Verne quotes, Jules Verne sayings, and Jules Verne proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. Jules Verne

When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future. Jules Verne

Liberty is worth paying for. Jules Verne

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. Jules Verne

Solitude, isolation, are painful things and beyond human endurance. Jules Verne

If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning. Jules Verne

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

There is no more sagacious animal than the Icelandic horse. He is stopped by neither snow, nor storm, nor impassable roads, nor rocks, glaciers, or anything. He is courageous, sober, and surefooted. He never makes a false step, never shies. If there is a river or fjord to cross (and we shall meet with many) you will see him plunge in at once, just as if he were amphibious, and gain the opposite bank. Jules Verne

The industrial stomach cannot live without coal; industry is a carbonivorous animal and must have its proper food. Jules Verne

Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting! Jules Verne

This is what happens when you leave home. You meet... people. Jules Verne

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. Jules Verne

He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason. Jules Verne

While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert that 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 and will can allow himself to despair. Jules Verne

Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make for they lead step by step to the truth. Jules Verne

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make because they lead little by little to the truth. Jules Verne

A scholar has to know a little of everything. Jules Verne