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. – Jean Rostand
One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void. – Jean Rostand
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