Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

Quote by Jean Rostand

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One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order...

One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order...

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate...

Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate...

The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack...

The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack...

To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than...

To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than...

One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the...

One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

God, that dumping ground of our dreams.

God, that dumping ground of our dreams.

To be an adult is to be alone.

To be an adult is to be alone.

A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a...

A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a...

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste...

Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.

To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.

There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might...

There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might...

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror;...

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror;...

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think...

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think...

I could prove God statistically.

I could prove God statistically.

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!