Listening doesn't mean trying to understand. Anything, however trifling, may be of use one day. What matters is to know something that… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Not long ago, if you wanted to seize political power in a country you had merely to control the army and the… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
You must overcome any shyness and have a conversation with the librarian, because he can offer you reliable advice that will save… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation. In their positive form, they… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
but I had also learned that freedom of speech means freedom from rhetoric. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“This has nothing to do with realism (even if it explains also realism). A completely real world can be constructed, in which asses fly… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“…there’s nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one’s own heart...” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what the volume… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad stations… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Listening doesn't mean trying to understand. Anything, however trifling, may be of use one day. What matters is to know something that others don't… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
