Jean Rostand, né le 30 octobre 1894 à Paris (17e arrondissement) et mort le 4 septembre 1977 à Ville-d'Avray (Hauts-de-Seine), est un écrivain, moraliste, biologiste, historien des sciences et académicien français.
“Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god. Thoughts of a Biologist”
“My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.”
“Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.”
“Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.”
“To be an adult is to be alone.”
“Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.”
“The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.”