Around the World in 72 Days Quotes

“Nonsense! If you want to do it, you can do it. The question is, do you want to do it?”
― Nellie Bly, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

“I always have a comfortable feeling that nothing is impossible if one applies a certain amount of energy in the right direction. When I want things done, which is always at the last moment, and I am met with such an answer: "It's too late. I hardly think it can be done;" I simply say:

"Nonsense! If you want to do it, you can do it. The question is, do you want to do it?”
― Nellie Bly, Around the World in 72 Days

“It will be seen that if one is traveling simply for the sake of traveling and not for the purpose of impressing one's fellow passengers, the problem of baggage becomes a very simple one.”
― Nellie Bly, Around the World in 72 Days

“You are so jolly clever, now; can you tell me why Eve did not take the measles?" he asked after a time.

"'Cause she'd 'ad 'em" (Adam), I said in a Bowery tone.

"I sai, now, you are jolly clever, but can you tell me why Cain did not take them? Hasten, now, I cannot dwell."

"Because he wasn't Abel.”
― Nellie Bly, Around the World in 72 Days

“The Japanese are the direct opposite to the Chinese. The Japanese are the cleanliest people on earth, the Chinese are the filthiest; the Japanese are always happy and cheerful, the Chinese are always grumpy and morose; the Japanese are the most graceful of people, the Chinese the most awkward; the Japanese have few vices, the Chinese have all the vices in the world; in short, the Japanese are the most delightful of people, the Chinese the most disagreeable.”
― Nellie Bly, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

“AFTER seeing Hong Kong with its wharfs crowded with dirty boats manned by still dirtier people, and its streets packed with a filthy crowd, Yokohama has a cleaned-up Sunday appearance.”
― Nellie Bly, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

“ON Thursday, November 14, 1889, at 9.40.30 o'clock, I started on my tour around the world.”
― Nellie Bly, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

“If you want to do it, you can do it. The question is, do you want to do it?”
― Nellie Bly, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days