The best Quotes by Jules Verne

Alluding to the extent of Florida, a mere peninsula confined between two seas, they pretended that it could never sustain the shock of the discharge, and that it would "bust up" at the very first shot.

From the Earth to the Moon

Florida

We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Books

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Ocean

Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together. Throw two planets into space, and they will fall one on the other. Place two enemies in the midst of a crowd, and they will inevitably meet; it is a fatality, a question of time; that is all.

While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert... that as long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

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This reminds me of the time I attempted to reach the center of the earth. I'd been reading my favorite author, Jules Verne. I spent weeks preparing that expedition. I didn't even get this far. Course, I was only 12 at the time.

Doc Brown in Back to the Future

Jules Verne once wrote, "Put two ships in the open sea without wind or tide, it will come together." That’s how my parents met. Like two ships destined for each other.

Arthur Curry in Aquaman

Ships

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Doc Brown: "Tell me, Future Boy, who's President of the United States in 1985?"
Marty: "Ronald Reagan."
Doc Brown: "Ronald Reagan? The actor? Ha! Then who's Vice President, Jerry Lewis?"

Doc Brown in Back to the Future

Jerry Lewis Ronald Reagan 80s

Marty, the future isn't written. It can be changed... you know that. Anyone can make their future whatever they want it to be.

Doc Brown in Back to the Future

Future

Sometimes we have to do what’s right, even if your heart aches against it.

Mera in Aquaman

Traveling is like flirting with life. It's like saying "I would stay and love you, but I have to go".

Traveling

Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.

Charles Bukowski

Solitude & Loneliness

Want an animal to stare at you with contempt? Get a cat! Open box of excrement in your house? Cat!

Lucifer Morningstar in Lucifer - Season 2 Episode 4

Cats

What began as a common desire to secure wilderness for people to enjoy, has become a worldwide movement to preserve these areas for future generations. They're a place to escape the burdens of everyday life and an inspiration for our children. They're a haven for endangered species and a hotbed for scientific research.

Our Great National Parks - Season 1 Episode 1

Nature & Environment

One thing about trains: It doesn't matter where they're goin'. What matters is deciding to get on.

Conductor in The Polar Express

Trains

Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.

Albert Einstein

Religion Science

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

Frederick Douglass

Storm

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Matthew - 7,12

Law Bible

Violet: "I'm so looking forward to seeing your mother again. When I'm with her, I'm reminded of the virtues of the English."
Matthew: "But isn't she American?"
Violet: "Exactly."

Violet Crawley in Downton Abbey

England & Great Britain

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