Jules Verne — "The Spanish are lazy and superstitious; they deserve their decline."

"The desire for knowledge is insatiable."

"I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen, which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity o…"

"I do not believe in ghosts, but I do believe in the possibility of their existence."

"In fact, the anger of one of the children on the island with an expression like 'What else will happen to us if this Black person becomes our leader in the future!' also bothered me."

"America is a land of money-grubbers without culture or refinement."