Jules Verne quote: "Was I to believe him in earnest in his intention to penetrate to the centre of this massive globe? Had I been listening to the mad speculations of a lunatic, or to the scientific conclusions of a lofty genius? Where did truth stop? Where did error begin?"

Solitude, isolation, are painful things and beyond human endurance.
JULES VERNE

When one has taken root, one puts out branches.
JULES VERNE

Imagine a society in which there were neither rich nor poor. What evils, afflictions, sorrows, disor...
JULES VERNE

What is there unreasonable in admitting the intervention of a supernatural power in the most ordinar...
JULES VERNE

Everything great in science and art is simple. What can be less complicated than the greatest discov...
JULES VERNE

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming t...
JULES VERNE

In presence of Nature's grand convulsions, man is powerless.
JULES VERNE

The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence.
JULES VERNE

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healt...
JULES VERNE

Far better to be the simplest pedestrian, with knapsack on back, stick in hand, and gun on shoulder,...
JULES VERNE

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

In the United States, there is no project so audacious for which people cannot be found to guarantee...
JULES VERNE

The Yankees, the first mechanicians in the world, are engineers - just as the Italians are musicians...
JULES VERNE

Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word 'impossible' is no...
JULES VERNE

Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in...
JULES VERNE

The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her sever...
JULES VERNE

Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamble...
JULES VERNE

Still, for long the love of science triumphed over all other feelings. He became an artist deeply im...
JULES VERNE

The sea is only the embodiment of a
supernatural and wonderful existence.
It is nothing bu...
JULES VERNE

On the morrow the horizon was covered with clouds- a thick and impenetrable curtain between earth an...
JULES VERNE

Man, a mere inhabitant of the earth, cannot overstep its boundaries! But though he is confined to it...
JULES VERNE

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

The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cau...
JULES VERNE

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
JULES VERNE

Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
JULES VERNE

So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is th...
JULES VERNE

We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, a...
JULES VERNE

It may be taken for granted that, rash as the Americans are, when they are prudent there is good rea...
JULES VERNE

Dost thou not understand that there are two distinct forces in us, that of the soul and that of the ...
JULES VERNE

Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which prod...
JULES VERNE

How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement have gone mad - simply because the...
JULES VERNE

When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their ch...
JULES VERNE

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

With happiness as with health: to enjoy it, one should be deprived of it occasionally.
JULES VERNE

The sea does not belong to despots. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear...
JULES VERNE

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
JULES VERNE

This forcible abduction, so roughly carried out, was accomplished with the rapidity of lightning. I ...
JULES VERNE

A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.
JULES VERNE

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

When science has sent forth her fiat - it is only to hear and obey.
JULES VERNE

The Chinaman has only a passive courage, but this courage he possesses in the highest degree. His in...
JULES VERNE

'Movement is life;' and it is well to be able to forget the past, and kill the present by co...
JULES VERNE

However strong, however imposing a ship may appear, it is not 'disgraced' because it flies b...
JULES VERNE

Nothing is more dreadful than private duels in America. The two adversaries attack each other like w...
JULES VERNE

The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousa...
JULES VERNE

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

Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
JULES VERNE

A man of merit owes himself to the homage of the rest of mankind who recognize his worth.
JULES VERNE

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

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

Liberty is worth paying for . . .
JULES VERNE

Whatever one man is capable of conceiving, other men will be able to achieve
JULES VERNE

I repeat that the distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle, and undeserving of ...
JULES VERNE

Music is no longer tasted it is swallowed.
JULES VERNE

Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because t...
JULES VERNE

I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new
JULES VERNE

It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly ...
JULES VERNE

You cannot oppose reasoning to pride, the principal of all the vices, since, by its very nature, the...
JULES VERNE

Your story is not a picture of life; it lacks the elements of truth. And why? Simply because you run...
JULES VERNE

The resolutions passed at the last meeting produced a great effect out of doors. Timid people took f...
JULES VERNE

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

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real
JULES VERNE

To those who were not familiar with the motions of the moon, they demonstrated that she possesses tw...
JULES VERNE

The way of describing this unlooked-for scene, the history of the patriot ship, told at first so col...
JULES VERNE

How much further can we go? What are the final frontiers in this quest for travel? Will humankind on...
JULES VERNE

Ah, pierce me 100 times with your needles fine and I will thank you 100 times, Saint Morphine, you w...
JULES VERNE

It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr. Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag...
JULES VERNE

The wisest man may be a blind father.
JULES VERNE

Well, my friend, this earth will one day be that cold corpse; it will become uninhabitable and uninh...
JULES VERNE

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

And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
JULES VERNE

The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it ...
JULES VERNE

There is no more sagacious animal than the Icelandic horse. He is stopped by neither snow, nor storm...
JULES VERNE

It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is goo...
JULES VERNE

One has only to follow events, and you will be all right. The surest way is to take whatever comes a...
JULES VERNE

The body regulates the soul, and, like the balance-wheel, it is submitted to regular oscillations.
JULES VERNE

Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter. No sooner is the ...
JULES VERNE

Mr. Fogg accordingly tasted the dish, but, despite its spiced sauce, found it far from palatable. He...
JULES VERNE

Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
JULES VERNE

Phileas Fogg, having shut the door of his house at half-past eleven, and having put his right foot b...
JULES VERNE

I felt probably more uncomfortable than Beyonce. But I can't answer for her.
VERNE TROYER

I grew up in Michigan, in a very small town, Centreville. In my graduating class, I had like 92 peop...
VERNE TROYER

I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.
VERNE TROYER

I was just the perfect person to play the Mini-Me character.
VERNE TROYER

I went to see the film with a regular audience for the first time on Sunday, and was basically swamp...
VERNE TROYER

I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or...
VERNE TROYER

If I did everything, I probably wouldn't be here talking to you. There aren't too many peopl...
VERNE TROYER

In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended.
VERNE TROYER

In the film, I'm not very mobile, like in the space suit.
VERNE TROYER

We were doing the dance routine and I dislocated my knee. I've been doing stunts for a long time...
VERNE TROYER

I was working at a candy-wrapping factory before I became an actor. I admit I snuck some hard candy,...
VERNE TROYER

I love London. I would move here. I like British people; everybody is so down to earth.
VERNE TROYER

I'll be one of the Who's of Whoville.
VERNE TROYER

In high school and college all my friends and my brother wrestled.
VERNE TROYER

People have a good time with all the catch phrases.
VERNE TROYER

What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.
VERNE TROYER

I think when average-size people start taking roles that were meant for dwarfs, that's a little ...
VERNE TROYER

Now I get to pick and choose exactly what I want to do.
VERNE TROYER

I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.
VERNE TROYER

There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
VERNE TROYER

Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
VERNE TROYER

The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings yo...
VERNE TROYER

There's times when you're having dinner with a good friend and you're in the middle of a...
VERNE TROYER

I can play the leading man. I can play the action hero, maybe in just a different way. I look at it ...
VERNE TROYER

Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
VERNE TROYER

I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my car...
VERNE TROYER

I stay away from the elf roles; I stay away from playing a leprechaun. All the roles I try to do are...
VERNE TROYER

Think about a descent from top to the bottom.
VERNE LUNDQUIST

Obviously, when you're in a situation like Rita, it can be frustrating. She's done a lot of good thi...
VERNE LAURITZEN

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
JULES RENARD

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.
JULES RENARD

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads...
JULES RENARD

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
JULES RENARD

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving ...
JULES RENARD

A great leader never sets himself above his followers except in carrying responsibilities.
JULES ORMONT

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
JULES RENARD

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.
JULES RENARD

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others.
JULES RENARD

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
JULES RENARD

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving ...
JULES RENARD

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
JULES RENARD

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
JULES RENARD

Make yourself indispensable, and you will move up. Act as though you are indispensable, and you will...
JULES ORMONT

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.
JULES RENARD

There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.
JULES RENARD

At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, preposs...
JULES FEIFFER

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open t...
JULES RENARD

He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
JULES MICHELET

I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was s...
JULES FEIFFER

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
JULES RENARD

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
JULES RENARD

Success is never final and failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
JULES ELLINGER

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
JULES RENARD

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.
JULES RENARD

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.
JULES RENARD

Not an inch of our territory not a stone of our fortress.
JULES FAVRE

School is an institution for drilling children in cultural orientation. ...American classrooms, like...
JULES HENRY

Fame is a constant effort
JULES RENARD

There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone.
JULES ELLINGER

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
JULES RENARD

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead...
JULES RENARD

Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions
JULES MICHELET

Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred.
JULES RENARD

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred.
JULES RENARD

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.
JULES RENARD

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
JULES RENARD

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.
JULES RENARD

Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?
JULES FEIFFER

Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
JULES RENARD

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

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.
JULES RENARD

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.
JULES RENARD

It took a bit of talking through administrative people, but only once did an attorney try and get in...
JULES SHEAR

Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.
JULES FEIFFER

I was never really a model. That somehow is in my bio. The whole thing is I was tall since I was a c...
JULES ASNER

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
JULES RENARD

The bourgeois are other people.
JULES RENARD

It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the de...
JULES RENARD

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.
JULES RENARD

The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
JULES RENARD

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
JULES RENARD

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.
JULES RENARD

Make yourself indispensable, and you will move up. Act as though you are indispensable, and you will...
JULES ORMONT

There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone.
JULES ELLINGER

Success is never final and failure never fatal. It's courage that counts.
JULES ELLINGER

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
JULES COMBARIEU

I like smart, funny, self-deprecating men.
JULES ASNER

I hardly wear any makeup.
JULES ASNER

I can't stand accessories.
JULES ASNER

I'm a bad dater - I'm just not good at it. It's so weird dating in this town. It's like high school....
JULES ASNER

I have an engagement ring, which is my favorite accessory.
JULES ASNER

I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations ...
JULES MASSENET

A cold in the head cause less suffering than an idea.
JULES RENARD

I find that when I do not think of myself I do not think at all.
JULES RENARD

Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it.
JULES RENARD

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving ...
JULES RENARD

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
JULES RENARD

I am not sincere, not even when I say I am not.
JULES RENARD

Make yourself indispensable, and you will move up. Act as though you are indispensable, and you wil...
JULES ORMONT

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.
JULES RENARD

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. -...
JULES RENARD

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties
JULES RENARD

Using the Oval office to cheat on your wife makes you a bad husband and an irresponsible leader. Usi...
JULES CARLYSLE

Music is the art of thinking with sounds.
JULES COMBARIEU

Be warned against all 'good' advice because 'good' advice is necessarily 'safe' advice, and though i...
JULES FEIFFER

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.
JULES RENARD

Words are the small change of thought.
JULES RENARD

The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they'v...
JULES FEIFFER

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.
JULES RENARD

Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color...
JULES FEIFFER

I grew up to have my father's looks - my fathers speech patterns - my father's posture - my father's...
JULES FEIFFER

Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence.
JULES FEIFFER

The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen, and all of a sudden they'...
JULES FEIFFER

Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?
JULES FEIFFER

Was I to believe him in earnest in his intention to penetrate to the centre of this massive globe? Had I been listening to the mad speculations of a lunatic, or to the scientific conclusions of a lofty genius? Where did truth stop? Where did error begin?

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Was I to believe him in earnest in his intention to penetrate to the centre of this massive globe? Had I been listening to the mad speculations of a lunatic, or to the scientific conclusions of a lofty genius? Where did truth stop? Where did error begin?

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