Jules Verne Quotes

 Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) a 19th century French author, is famed for such revolutionary science-fiction novels as 'Around the World in Eighty Days' and 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.'

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

- Jules Verne

 In all, Verne authored more than 60 books (most notably the 54 novels comprising the Voyages Extraordinaires), as well as dozens of plays, short stories and librettos. He conjured hundreds of memorable characters and imagined countless innovations years before their time, including the submarine, space travel, terrestrial flight and deep-sea exploration.

 "The sea is everything. It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and life-giving. It is an immense desert place where man is never lonely, for he senses the weaving of Creation on every hand. It is the physical embodiment of a supernatural existence... For the sea is itself nothing but love and emotion. It is the Living Infinite, as one of your poets has said. Nature manifests herself in it, with her three kingdoms: mineral, vegetable, and animal. The ocean is the vast reservoir of Nature."

- Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

"There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!"

- Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

"All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived."

- Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island

"A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager,"

- Jules Verne, Around the World in 80 Days