"Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts."

--

Source : Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

#Science Quotes #Men Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Basically, me and Ed Sheeran are kind of Twitter friends - well, I say that. He probably just thinks I'm weird.”
“I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything.”
“.... the brisk exercise imparts elasticity to the muscles, fresh and healthy blood circulates through the brain, the mind works well, the eye is clear, the step is firm, and a day's exertion always makes the evening's repose thoroughly enjoyable.”
“Some people suffer from the green-eyed monster called envy.”
“The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it.”
“Life is about change, it never stops, it's moving and it's moving this human body inexorably towards its demise.”
“I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.”
“my mother insisted that I had to try things on to make sure they were becoming. Becoming what, I always asked.”

Source : Edith Konecky, Alix Kates Shulman, Tillie Olsen (2001). “Allegra Maud Goldman”, p.107, Feminist Press at CUNY

You may also like:

Alain Resnais
Film director
Boris Vian
Writer
Charles Darwin
Naturalist
Cyrano de Bergerac
Dramatist
Edmond Rostand
Poet
Henry de Montherlant
Essayist
Jean Moulin
Jean-Henri Fabre
Entomologist
Jules Romains
Poet