A body of work such as Pasteurs is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in. – Jean Rostand
Renown? Ive already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt. – Jean Rostand
One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void. – Jean Rostand
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men. – Jean Rostand
The test of an adventure is that when youre in the middle of it, you say to yourself, Oh, now Ive got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home. And the sign that somethings wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure. – Thornton Wilder