All Jean Rostand Quotes
- To be adult is to be alone. Adult
- My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. Even Suspecting
- Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as… Array
- Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements… Achievement
- Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any. Any
- In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's. Attacked
- It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls. Agreement
- It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed. Deep
- One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it. All
- The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions. Belief
- To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should. Idea
- To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts. Disturb
- Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed… Cure
- Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become. Destined
- Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness. All
- I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan. Criticism
- One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void. Either Take
- The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same. Alas
- The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious. Inspirational
- A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays… Accounts
- It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the… Any
- When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is… Ahead
- A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. Inspirational
- Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.. Already Got
- God, that dumping ground of our dreams. Dreams