List of Jean Rostand Quotes

God, That Checkroom Of Our Dreams.

I Still Understand A Few Words In Life, But I No Longer Think They Make A Sentence.

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 Never Any Error So Gross That It Won't One Day, From Some Perspective, Appear Prophetic.

My Pessimism Extends To The Point Of Even Suspecting The Sincerity Of Other Pessimists.

On Tue Un Homme, On Est Un Assassin. On Tue Des Millions D'hommes, On Est Un Conquérant. On Les Tue Tous, On Est Un Dieu. Kill A Man, And You Are An Assassin. Kill Millions Of Men And You Are A Conqueror. Kill Everyone, And You Are A God.

One Kills A Man, One Is An Assassin; One Kills Millions, One Is A Conqueror; One Kills Everybody, One Is A God.

I Think I Am One Of Those Who Can Manage Not To Take On A Completely Different Appearance Under Their Own Glance.

What Scientist Would Not Long To Go On Living, If Only To See How The Little Truths He Has Brought To Light Will Grow Up?

There Are Big And Little Truths, But All Belong To The Same Race.

We Bestow On Others Praise In Which We Do Not Believe, On Condition That In Return They Bestow Upon Us Praise In Which We Do.

The Least One Can Say Of Power Is That A Vocation For It Is Suspicious.

It Takes A Very Deep-rooted Opinion To Survive Unexpressed.