--- title: "17 Two Quotes By Umberto Eco" description: "17 Two quotes by Umberto Eco. Plus more from Umberto Eco and more Two sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/umberto-eco-313_believe_if-two-things-don-t-fit-but-you-believe_715872.jpg" --- > [If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/if-two-things-don-t-fit-but-you-believe-both-of-them-thinking-that/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/umberto-eco-313_believe_if-two-things-don-t-fit-but-you-believe_715872.jpg) > [There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/there-are-two-kinds-of-friendship-one-is-genuine-affection-the-other/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/umberto-eco-313_affection_there-are-two-kinds-of-friendship-one-is_151093.jpg) > [I don't want to write a novel per year. I know that I need a break of one or two years. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-don-t-want-to-write-a-novel-per-year-i-know-that-i-need-a-break-of/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/umberto-eco-313_activity_i-don-t-want-to-write-a-novel-per-year-i_1704389.jpg) > [“Man's principle trait is a readiness to believe anything. Otherwise, how could the Church have survived for almost two thousand years in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/man-s-principle-trait-is-a-readiness-to-believe-anything-otherwise/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/umberto-eco-313_believe_man-s-principle-trait-is-a-readiness-to_1669443.jpg) > [Two cliches make us laugh. A hundred cliches move us. For we sense dimly that the cliches are talking among themselves, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/two-cliches-make-us-laugh-a-hundred-cliches-move-us-for-we-sense/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/umberto-eco-313_celebrate_two-cliches-make-us-laugh-a-hundred-clic_465126.jpg) > [You tell me these two were my parents, so now I know but it's a memory that you've given me. I'll remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/you-tell-me-these-two-were-my-parents-so-now-i-know-but-it-s-a-memory/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/umberto-eco-313_given_you-tell-me-these-two-were-my-parents-so_2493855.jpg) > [I've always said that I learned the English I know through two sources -- Marvel Comics and Finnegans Wake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-ve-always-said-that-i-learned-the-english-i-know-through-two/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/umberto-eco-313_comic_i-ve-always-said-that-i-learned-the-engl_2583280.jpg) > [Thus we have on stage two men, each of whom knows nothing of what he believes the other knows, and to deceive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/thus-we-have-on-stage-two-men-each-of-whom-knows-nothing-of-what-he/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/umberto-eco-313_allusion_thus-we-have-on-stage-two-men-each-of-wh_606007.jpg) > [Every time that I write a novel I am convinced for at least two years that it is the last one, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/every-time-that-i-write-a-novel-i-am-convinced-for-at-least-two-years/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/umberto-eco-313_birth_every-time-that-i-write-a-novel-i-am-con_1413532.jpg) > [I do not remember where I read that there are two kinds of poets: the good poets, who at a certain point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-do-not-remember-where-i-read-that-there-are-two-kinds-of-poets-the/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/umberto-eco-313_certain_i-do-not-remember-where-i-read-that-ther_1596871.jpg) > [My maternal grandmother - she was a compulsive reader. She had only been through five grades of elementary school, but she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/my-maternal-grandmother-she-was-a-compulsive-reader-she-had-only-been/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/umberto-eco-313_balzac_my-maternal-grandmother-she-was-a-compul_2353063.jpg) > [ \[I am fascinated by stupidity\] because normal intelligence is boring. Two plus two makes four - finished. You have no possibilities! Stupidity… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-am-fascinated-by-stupidity-because-normal-intelligence-is-boring/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/umberto-eco-313_billions_i-am-fascinated-by-stupidity-because-nor_2565806.jpg) > [ They \[the Templars\] had read Avicenna, and they were not ignorant, like the Europeans. How could you live alongside a tolerant, mystical,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/they-the-templars-had-read-avicenna-and-they-were-not-ignorant-like/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/umberto-eco-313_allure_they-the-templars-had-read-avicenna-and_1993593.jpg) > [Given that there are seven billion people living on this earth, there is a consistent quantity of imbecile or idiot, okay. Previously,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/given-that-there-are-seven-billion-people-living-on-this-earth-there/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/umberto-eco-313_bars_given-that-there-are-seven-billion-peopl_1266002.jpg) > [You must overcome any shyness and have a conversation with the librarian, because he can offer you reliable advice that will save…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/you-must-overcome-any-shyness-and-have-a-conversation-with-the/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/umberto-eco-313_advice_you-must-overcome-any-shyness-and-have-a_1121899.jpg) > [When all the archetypes burst out shamelessly, we plumb the depths of Homeric profundity. Two clichés make us laugh but a hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/when-all-the-archetypes-burst-out-shamelessly-we-plumb-the-depths-of/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/umberto-eco-313_archetype_when-all-the-archetypes-burst-out-shamel_2155830.jpg) > [Usually naive interviewers hover between two mutually contradictory convictions: one, that a text we call creative develops almost instantaneously in the mystic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/usually-naive-interviewers-hover-between-two-mutually-contradictory/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/umberto-eco-313_contradictory_usually-naive-interviewers-hover-between_2171797.jpg) ## Other authors on Two ## More by Umberto Eco > [I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-think-that-at-a-certain-age-say-fifteen-or-sixteen-poetry-is-like/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/followers-of-the-occult-believe-in-only-what-they-already-know-and-in/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [“This has nothing to do with realism (even if it explains also realism). A completely real world can be constructed, in which asses fly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/this-has-nothing-to-do-with-realism-even-if-it-explains-also-realism/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [“…there’s nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one’s own heart...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/there-s-nothing-in-this-world-that-demands-more-caution-than-the/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/the-book-is-like-the-spoon-scissors-the-hammer-the-wheel-once/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/no-algorithm-exists-for-the-metaphor-nor-can-a-metaphor-be-produced/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/with-all-of-its-defects-the-global-market-makes-war-less-likely-even/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/the-fundamental-principle-that-governs-or-ought-to-govern-human/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [Any fact becomes important when it's connected to another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/any-fact-becomes-important-when-it-s-connected-to-another/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad stations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/american-coffee-can-be-a-pale-solution-served-at-a-temperature-of-100/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/listening-doesn-t-mean-trying-to-understand-anything-however-trifling/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/they-say-that-a-cat-if-it-falls-from-a-window-and-hits-its-nose-can/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [There are magic moments, involving great physical fatigue and intense motor excitement, that produce visions of people known in the past. As I learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/there-are-magic-moments-involving-great-physical-fatigue-and-intense/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [All poets write bad poetry. Bad poets publish them, good poets burn them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/all-poets-write-bad-poetry-bad-poets-publish-them-good-poets-burn-them/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [There are four kinds of people in this world: cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/there-are-four-kinds-of-people-in-this-world-cretins-fools-morons-and/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/two/umberto-eco/#itemlist", "name": "17 Two Quotes By Umberto Eco", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third thing that connects them, that's credulity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Umberto Eco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/if-two-things-don-t-fit-but-you-believe-both-of-them-thinking-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/umberto-eco-313_believe_if-two-things-don-t-fit-but-you-believe_715872.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/umberto-eco-313_believe_if-two-things-don-t-fit-but-you-believe_715872.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/umberto-eco-313_believe_if-two-things-don-t-fit-but-you-believe_715872.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a…” — Umberto Eco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Umberto Eco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/there-are-two-kinds-of-friendship-one-is-genuine-affection-the-other/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/umberto-eco-313_affection_there-are-two-kinds-of-friendship-one-is_151093.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/umberto-eco-313_affection_there-are-two-kinds-of-friendship-one-is_151093.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/umberto-eco-313_affection_there-are-two-kinds-of-friendship-one-is_151093.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse.” — Umberto Eco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't want to write a novel per year. 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