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From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon QUOTES

From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon QUOTES

1 " It is better for us to see the destination we wish to reach, than the point of departure "

― Jules Verne , From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon

2 " What human being would ever have conceived the idea of such a journey? and, if such a person really existed, he must be an idiot, whom one would shut up in a lunatic ward, rather than within the walls of the projectile. "

― Jules Verne , From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon

3 " Distance is but a relative expression, and must end by being reduced to zero. "

― Jules Verne , From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon

4 " Cheers for Edgar Poe! "

― Jules Verne , From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon

5 " in the shape of innumerable stars. Thus was formed the Nebulae, of which astronomers have reckoned up nearly 5,000. Among these 5,000 nebulae there is one which has received the name of the Milky Way, and which contains eighteen "

― Jules Verne , From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon

6 " Hurrah!" cried one voice (need it be said it was that of J. T. Maston). "Distance does not exist!" And overcome by the energy of his movements, he nearly fell from the platform to the ground. He just escaped a severe fall, which would have proved to him that distance was by no means an empty name. "

― Jules Verne , From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon

7 " As for the Yankees, they had no other ambition than to take possession of this new continent of the sky, and to plant upon the summit of its highest elevation the star- spangled banner of the United States of America. "

― Jules Verne , From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon

8 " If providence has created the stars and the planets, Man has called the cannon-ball into existence. "

― Jules Verne , From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon