God, that checkroom of our dreams. Jean Rostand More Quotes by Jean Rostand More Quotes From Jean Rostand 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. Jean Rostand assassinsgodmen I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books. Jean Rostand booklyingreality I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence. Jean Rostand few-wordsunderstandingthinking There are big and little truths, but all belong to the same race. Jean Rostand racetruthlittles The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. Jean Rostand atheistgodmen 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. Jean Rostand renownrespectfame We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job. Jean Rostand teachingjobsmen 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. Jean Rostand futuretruthscience In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day. Jean Rostand partythreeorder There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. Jean Rostand futuremenpast One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god. Jean Rostand assassinsmilitarymen The biologist passes. The frog stays the same. Jean Rostand biologistfrogs Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it. Jean Rostand fightingtruthmind A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time. Jean Rostand marriageanniversarycouple Quotations--always inexact. I don't trust people who cannot even copy out. Jean Rostand dont-trustcopiespeople In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income. Jean Rostand incomesacrificeart Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing. Jean Rostand choicestastereality Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness. Jean Rostand gainsgreatnessorder Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become. Jean Rostand equaldestinymen 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 the pebble. That was the end of that. Jean Rostand pebblesscenemouths
