#ect

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#reflect #thoughts

When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#any #appear #current #day #error

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#affectionate #communication #insight

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#even #him #loved #makes #more

There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#conversely #direct #evidence #known #nearly

A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an army or even a pistol, a Jew clearly without a home, just the object itself, like a glass or an apple. ↗

— Philip Roth

#army #clearly #even #glass #home

Maybe I'm like acts of Congress or your favorite Chinese restaurant - you don't really want to know what's going on behind the door. I'm a real study in contrast, I expect, looking from without. But it adds up to what you get on stage. ↗

— David Lee Roth

#adds #behind #chinese #congress #contrast

Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No. ↗

— Philip Roth

#profits #protect #run #should #yes

I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make the best films, so who's to say who is right. ↗

— Tim Roth

#best #different #director #directors #every

My only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that those who see him will be converted. ↗

— Georges Rouault

#converted #him #moving #objective #only