Jules Verne Giving Quotations

[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

I had no need of sails to drive me, nor oars nor wheels to push me, nor rails to give me a faster road. Air is what I wanted, that was all. Air surrounds me as water surrounds the submarine boat, and in it my propellers act like the screws of a steamer. That is how I solved the problem of aviation. That is what a balloon will never do, nor will any machine that is lighter than air.

Well, I thought I was so tranquil! I need to give up that illusion! There is decidedly no rest to be had in this world.