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Letter "J" » Jean Rostand Quotes
«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 teacher who backs him or the student who honors him.»
«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.»
«Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued»
«To be adult is to be alone»
«A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.»
«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.»
Author: Jean Rostand
(Biologist, Historian)
| Keywords:
gross, his times, misunderstanding, prophetic
«Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.»
«It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.»
«In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.»
«Theories pass. The frog remains.»
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