Jules Verne : (6)

" Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards. " - Jules Verne

" ‘Movement is life;’ and it is well to be able to forget the past, and kill the present by continual change. " - Jules Verne

" Everything great in science and art is simple. What can be less complicated than the greatest discoveries of humanity – gravitation, the compass, the printing press, the steam engine, the electric telegraph? " - Jules Verne

" Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English. " - Jules Verne

" I repeat that 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

" Nothing is more dreadful than private duels in America. The two adversaries attack each other like wild beasts. Then it is that they might well covet those wonderful properties of the Indians of the prairies – their quick intelligence, their ingenious cunning, their scent of the enemy. " - Jules Verne