Jules Verne Quotes

I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

Jules Verne

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• Observed

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• I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
  • World
  • Food
  • Countries

• These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.

  

  Major Taylor
  • Great
  • May
  • Success

• I would like to direct.

  

  Aaron Eckhart
  • Like
  • Would
  • Direct

• When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.

  

  Karen Finerman
  • Light
  • Thought
  • Wall

• Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • People
  • Why
  • America

• Football is losing its heart and sense of humour.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Heart
  • Football
  • Losing

• Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.

  

  Walter Becker China Crisis
  • Music
  • Like
  • Choice

• The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

  

  Balthazar Getty
  • Myself
  • Big
  • Big Things

• I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • Believe
  • Country
  • Death

• I have everything that I could possibly want in life, from a gorgeous granddaughter and a wonderful wife, brilliant students, the best job anyone could hope for, and about half of my hair. Not the half I would have kept, but no one consulted me.

  

  Daniel Gilbert
  • Life
  • Job
  • Hope

• I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • Love
  • Hope
  • Reading

• I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • Work
  • Love
  • Beach

• You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • Time
  • You
  • Right

• Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China plain; they are facing a very serious water shortage. Per capita levels have dropped to very serious levels, including in Beijing.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Water
  • Serious
  • China

• I hated school so bad. I only liked art class during high school. I was always smart.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • School
  • Art
  • Bad

• I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Lazy
  • Shoot

• No Afghans, as far as we know, have been involved in terrorist acts against our country. We shouldn't be swatting at hornets' nests we know nothing about.

  

  Gary Goetzman
  • Country
  • Know
  • Nothing

• The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.

  

  Ralph Ellison
  • Beginning
  • Lies
  • End

• I have real admiration for chefs who can maintain an edge and find new inspiration in their cooking after many years.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Inspiration
  • Cooking
  • Chefs

• There's only one life. There's no repeats. You only get one life, and you gotta take advantage of it.

  

  Victor Cruz
  • Life
  • You
  • Take Advantage

• I enjoy being me; I always have done. I've seen people where it rules their lives, you know, who want to be thinner or have bigger boobs, and it wears them down. And I don't want that in my life. It's never been an issue - at least, I've never hung out with the sort of horrible people who would make it an issue. I have insecurities, of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.

  

  Adele
  • People
  • Life
  • Done

• I guess I crave stability.

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • Stability
  • Guess
  • Crave

• Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.

  

  S. Truett Cathy
  • God
  • Business
  • Attention

• I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

  

  Jules Verne
  • My Life
  • Pay
  • Observed