Rostand

Rostand may refer to:

  • Edmond Rostand (1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist.
  • Jean Rostand (30 October 1894 - 4 September 1977) was a French biologist and philosopher, the son of the noted poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand and the poet Rosemonde Gérard, and brother of the biologist Maurice Rostand
  • Maurice Rostand (1891 – 21 February 1968) was a French playwright, the son of the noted poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand and the poet Rosemonde Gérard, and brother of the biologist Jean Rostand.

Famous quotes containing the word rostand:

    Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
    —Jean Rostand (1894–1977)

    God, that checkroom of our dreams.
    —Jean Rostand (1894–1977)

    Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.
    —Jean Rostand (1894–1977)