Jules Verne Quotes

We are the "can do" country. We adjust to situations better than any people in the history of the world... We adjust to change.

I use my mind to solve problems and invent things.

My training and my inclination is to invent.

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.

We [Americans] like to believe we can do anything, and we usually can.

Just look at the last 237 years …. Who wants to bet against America. Just look at the record…. We haven’t come close to tapping our human potential. This country’s best days lie ahead of us.

Sometimes a problem will seem completely insurmountable. Then someone comes up with a simple new idea, or just a rearrangement of old ideas, that completely eliminates it.

Knower of the means makes impossible tasks also possible.

There are really four 'headlines' for me: honesty, integrity, hard work, and what I call a 'can-do' attitude. You could call that 'can-do' attitude optimism, but it is not Pollyannaish optimism. Rather, it is a 'we'll figure it out' type of mentality.

If I look into my past, I was definitely into inventors. I was into stories of Edison and Tesla and da Vinci and all these guys making stuff in their garage.

My life's goal is to get rid of computers and invent everything that removes its necessity.

Our only objective is to find solutions to get us through the challenges we face each day.

Pretty much all of my inventions come about the same way. I have an everyday problem or something that I'm too lazy to do, so I make a machine that does it for me.

Everywhere I have been, I have always found a way to make it happen.

Inventing is something that has always come very natural to me. As a child, I was always fiddling with things, making contraptions. I'd see something, go home, and try to make something even better.

F1's ability to problem-solve is second to none and our ability to make rapid prototype parts is again second to none.

To overcome obstacles, you need solutions.

Kids have some of the best ideas - bringing new eyes to old problems.

I've always got a couple of tricks up my sleeve.

Believing something can be done sets the mind in motion to find a way to do it.

I am an optimist by nature and believe strongly that technology can be brought to bear to create alternatives, even in crisis situations.

If there's something you want to build, but the tech isn't there yet, just find the closest possible way to make it happen.

The person who doesn't know something can't be done will often find a way to go ahead and do it.

There is a creative solution to every problem. Every possibility holds the promise of abundance.