“As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome.”
― Jules Verne, quote from Five Weeks in a Balloon
“Besides," said Kennedy, "the time when industry gets a grip of everything and uses it to its own advantage may not be particularly amusing. If men go on inventing machinery they'll end up by being swallowed by their own machines. I've always thought that the last day will be brought about by some colossal boiler heated to three thousand atmospheres blowing up the world."
"And I bet the Yankees will have had a hand in it," said Joe.”
― Jules Verne, quote from Five Weeks in a Balloon
“Huzza for the Queen! Huzza for Old England!”
― Jules Verne, quote from Five Weeks in a Balloon
“The man who was born to be hung will never be drowned!”
― Jules Verne, quote from Five Weeks in a Balloon
“If savages had the ways of gentlemen, where would be the difference?”
― Jules Verne, quote from Five Weeks in a Balloon
“Now, if the question were to destroy a lion, a tiger, a cat, a hyena, I could understand it; but to deprive an antelope or a gazelle of life, to no other purpose than the gratification of your instincts as a sportsman, seems hardly worth the trouble.”
― Jules Verne, quote from Five Weeks in a Balloon
“Poh! doctor, one has only just to follow things along as they happen, and he can always work his way out of a scrape! The safest plan, you see, is to take matters as they come.”
― Jules Verne, quote from Five Weeks in a Balloon
“la detinée les éloigna parfois, mais la sympathie les réunit toujours”
― Jules Verne, quote from Five Weeks in a Balloon
“là ou l'on ne peut passer au milieu, il faut passer à coté ou passer dessus !”
― Jules Verne, quote from Five Weeks in a Balloon
Jules Verne
Born place: in Nantes, Kingdom of France
Born date February 8, 1828
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“I didn't know you could feel lucky for getting to hold a girl's hair back while she pukes into the bushes. I didn't know you could look at a girl and think, 'Jesus, I could fall so hard for you if you'd let me.”
― Dahlia Adler, quote from Just Visiting
“His voice was soft as his pet name for me rolled off his gorgeous lips. And the way he looked at me… I could ask for the Hope diamond on a silver platter and I had little doubt he would figure out a way to bring it to me.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hard Limit
“for unfortunately the person most dogged in the belief in a false reputation is always that one, the possessor, who has the best means of knowing that it is not true.”
― Thomas Hardy, quote from A Pair of Blue Eyes
“We were told that the name Dalai Lama is not used in Tibet at all. It is a Mongolian expression meaning “Broad Ocean.” Normally the Dalai Lama is referred to as the “Gyalpo Rimpoche,” which means “Precious King.” His parents and brothers use another title in speaking of him. They call him “Kundün,” which simply means “Presence.” The”
― Heinrich Harrer, quote from Seven Years in Tibet (Paladin Books)
“Solo la libertad le interesaba ahora para manejar su soledad a su capricho.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from The Time of the Hero
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