Jules Verne Quotes About Earth

Quotes about: Earth

• The earth does not need new continents, but new men.

  Jules Verne

  Men, Doe, Needs

  Jules Verne (2013). “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: (Annotated)(Unabridged)”, p.133, Baen Publishing Enterprises

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

  Jules Verne

  Believe, Cat, Clouds

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?

  Jules Verne

  Distance, Circles, League

  Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea / Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)”, p.165, Jules Verne

• I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.

  Jules Verne

  Believe, Cat, Earth

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

• From the moment they had left the Earth, their own weight, and that of the Projectile and the objects therein contained, had been undergoing a progressive diminution. . . . Of course, it is quite clear, that this decrease could not be indicated by an ordinary scales, as the weight to balance the object would have lost precisely as much as the object itself. But a spring balance, for instance, in which the tension of the coil is independent of attraction, would have readily given the exact equivalent of the loss.

  Jules Verne

  Spring, Future, Independent

  Jules Verne (2014). “All Around The Moon”, p.111, Jazzybee Verlag

• The distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle, and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are over one-half of our earth will have paid a visit to the moon.

  Jules Verne

  Distance, Future, Moon

  Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “From the Earth to the moon/De la Terre à la lune (Bilingual edition/Édition bilingue)”, p.112, Jules Verne

• Is the Master out of his mind?' she asked me. I nodded. 'And he's taking you with him?' I nodded again. 'Where?' she asked. I pointed towards the centre of the earth. 'Into the cellar?' exclaimed the old servant. 'No,' I said, 'farther down than that.

  Jules Verne

  Mind, Earth, Masters

• On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it.

  Jules Verne

  Eye, Night, Light

• It is certain," exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. "But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject; and let no one get before us in this design of discovering the centre of the earth.

  Jules Verne

  Uncles, Silence, Design

  Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth / Voyage au centre de la terre (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)”, p.28, Jules Verne

• On the morrow the horizon was covered with clouds- a thick and impenetrable curtain between earth and sky, which unhappily extended as far as the Rocky Mountains. It was a fatality!

  Jules Verne

  Clouds, Sky, Mountain

  Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “From the Earth to the Moon”, p.135, Jules Verne

• It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.

  Jules Verne

  Done, Earth, Logic

  Jules Verne, William Butcher (2005). “The Extraordinary Journeys: The Adventures of Captain Hatteras”, p.82, Oxford University Press, USA

• The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth.

  Jules Verne

  Moon, Attention, Phases

  Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “From The Earth To The Moon / De la terre à la lune (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)”, p.19, Jules Verne

• It is not new continents the earth needs, but new men.

  Jules Verne

  Men, Needs, Earth

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