Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Vernewas a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth8 February 1828
CityNantes, France
CountryFrance
real imagine
Anything you can imagine you can make real.
distance future moon
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.
spring future independent
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.
law civilization force
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
elephants tree uprooting
Yes, I could see these enormous elephants, whose trunks were tearing down large boughs, and working in and out the trees like a legion of serpents. I could hear the sounds of the mighty tusks uprooting huge trees!
What I'd like to be above all is a writer...
men negative horror
Man is so constituted that health is a purely negative state. Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt.
done earth logic
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.
thinking sea feet
However, the balloon, lightened of heavy articles, such as ammunition, arms, and provisions, had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere, to a height of 4,500 feet. The voyagers, after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them, and thinking the dangers above less dreadful than those below, did not hesitate to throw overboard even their most useful articles, while they endeavored to lose no more of that fluid, the life of their enterprise, which sustained them above the abyss.
names ideas two
Now when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted.
bags world carpet
It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr. Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag; a lady could not be expected to travel comfortably under such conditions.
light darkness
What darkness to you is light to me
men needs earth
It is not new continents the earth needs, but new men.
curiosity pay exploration
I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.