I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.


Jules Renard

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JULES VERNE
Nothing is more dreadful than private duels in America. The two adversaries attack each other like w...
JULES VERNE
It turned out that the VIN [vehicle identification number] on the contract was off by one digit.
JULES PAPP
The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousa...
JULES VERNE
I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty.
JULES SHEAR
Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because t...
JULES VERNE
The regions of the North Pole situated within the eighty-fourth degree of north latitude have not ye...
JULES VERNE
We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulg...
JULES VERNE
It is certain that the inanimate objects by which you are surrounded have a direct action on the bra...
JULES VERNE
When the US sneezes, Canada says, “gesundheit.”
JULES CARLYSLE
Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
JULES VERNE
You could put this record on and not get jarred half-way through. I wanted it to be all cut from one...
JULES SHEAR
A man of merit owes himself to the homage of the rest of mankind who recognize his worth.
JULES VERNE
The world is an enormous injustice.
JULES ROMAINS
He rose at thirteen minutes to one, and directed his steps towards the large hall, a sumptuous apart...
JULES VERNE
One's native land! There should one live! There die!
JULES VERNE
A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears.
JULES FEIFFER
At 16 I was stupid, confused, . . . and indecisive. At 21 I was wise, self-confident, . . . and asse...
JULES FEIFFER
I grew up to have my father's looks- my father's speech patterns-my father's posture- my father's op...
JULES FEIFFER
I've backed off cliffs all of my career. The best things I've done I've backed into. I never underst...
JULES FEIFFER
I love doing it and until I stop loving it, this is what I do. I loved writing for the theater for 2...
JULES FEIFFER
Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into...
JULES VERNE
Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.
JULES VERNE
A minimum put to good use is enough for anything.
JULES VERNE
Ah! Pauvre ami, comme il m'aimait!
JULES MASSENET
A little drowsing cat is an image of a perfect beatitude
JULES CHAMPFLEURY
Was I to believe him in earnest in his intention to penetrate to the centre of this massive globe? H...
JULES VERNE
Liberty is worth paying for . . .
JULES VERNE
Whatever one man is capable of conceiving, other men will be able to achieve
JULES VERNE