413 Quotes by Jules Verne

It is better for us to see the destination we wish to reach, than the point of departure

Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word "impossible" in not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise. Between Barbicane's proposition and its realization no true Yankee would have allowed even the semblance of a difficulty to be possible. A thing with them is no sooner said than done.

God, if he believed in Him, and his conscience, if he had one, were the only judges to whom he was answerable.

A well-used minimum suffices for everything.

A minimum put to good use is enough for anything.

Cette rapidité décroît régulièrement à mesure qu'il s'avance vers le nord, et il faut souhaiter que cette régularité persiste, car, si, comme on a cru le remarquer, sa vitesse et sa direction viennent à se modifier, les climats européens seront soumis à des perturbations dont on ne saurait calculer les conséquences.

And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.

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

Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not