Jules Verne Quotes

Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word 'impossible' is not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise.

Jules Verne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905

Topics

SimplePeopleImpossibleAmerican

At that time, I was signed to Columbia Records as an Independent Producer. I spent many weeks forming, auditioning, rehearsing and recording demos for Kenny, who was finally signed to Columbia Records.

Jim Messina

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Many times, we miss out on God's best because we give up too soon. We don't realize how close we are to victory.

Joel Osteen

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My mom is elderly, and she's not doing too well, and I've literally never told her about 'Childrens Hospital,' because I fear that if she ever sees it, it will be like the coup de grace.

Megan Mullally

FearGraceMomDoingNeverHospital

Dame Edna is that rarest sighting in our time of the absolute comic, an inspired personification of caprice whose comedy answered the primal call to take the audience for a tumble.

John Lahr

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I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In New York, I stay at the Mercer Hotel; it is so much in the character of SoHo.

Jean Nouvel

CharacterNew YorkIdentityCityNew

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

John Ruskin

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The principal role of the President of the United States is the security of the country and participating in trying to stabilize the world.

John Sununu

WorldTryingSecurityCountryRole

These days I can really get the strings to snap if I want.

Steve Hackett

I CanWantDaysStringsGetReally

There's certainly no doubt that commercialism has entered classical music to such a degree that almost no one seems to care anymore about the physical and mental health of the performer.

Stephen Hough

MusicHealthCareMental Health

Saudi Arabia supplies much oil to the U.S. And it is the world's largest consumer of American weaponry.

Stephen Kinzer

WorldAmericanOilConsumerMuch

Good barbecue has to fall off the bone when you grab it, and, to me, it's not pull-hard chewy.

Sinbad

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When you're young and you have money, you become the CEO, automatically, of life, of your family.

Corey Haim

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