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
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. – Jean Rostand
Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood – we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we. – Jean Rostand
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men. – Jean Rostand
I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right. – Henry Bessemer (discovered new method of producing steel)