--- title: "18 Way Quotes By Umberto Eco" description: "18 Way quotes by Umberto Eco. Plus more from Umberto Eco and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/umberto-eco-313_mathematics_mystical-additions-and-subtractions-alwa_340471.jpg" --- > [Mystical additions and subtractions always come out the way you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/mystical-additions-and-subtractions-always-come-out-the-way-you-want/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/umberto-eco-313_mathematics_mystical-additions-and-subtractions-alwa_340471.jpg) > [Libraries have always been humanities' way of preserving its collective wisdom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/libraries-have-always-been-humanities-way-of-preserving-its/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/umberto-eco-313_collective-wisdom_libraries-have-always-been-humanities-wa_596151.jpg) > [I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-developed-a-passion-for-the-middle-ages-the-same-way-some-people/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/umberto-eco-313_age_i-developed-a-passion-for-the-middle-age_961000.jpg) > [I was in a maze. No matter which way I turned, it was the wrong way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-was-in-a-maze-no-matter-which-way-i-turned-it-was-the-wrong-way/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/umberto-eco-313_matter_i-was-in-a-maze-no-matter-which-way-i-tu_1763116.jpg) > [I have always been fascinated by paranoid people imagining conspiracies. I am fascinated by this in a critical way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-have-always-been-fascinated-by-paranoid-people-imagining/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/umberto-eco-313_conspiracy_i-have-always-been-fascinated-by-paranoi_463503.jpg) > [All the theories of conspiracy were always a way to escape our responsibilities. It is a very important kind of social sickness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/all-the-theories-of-conspiracy-were-always-a-way-to-escape-our/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/umberto-eco-313_conspiracy_all-the-theories-of-conspiracy-were-alwa_1251115.jpg) > [We know that sensory phenomena are transcribed in the photographic emulsion in such a way that even if there is a causal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/we-know-that-sensory-phenomena-are-transcribed-in-the-photographic/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/umberto-eco-313_arbitrary_we-know-that-sensory-phenomena-are-trans_863422.jpg) > [I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-think-every-professor-and-writer-is-in-some-way-an-exhibitionist/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/umberto-eco-313_activity_i-think-every-professor-and-writer-is-in_2824580.jpg) > [We have a limit, a very discouraging, humiliating limit: death. That's why we like all the things that we assume have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/we-have-a-limit-a-very-discouraging-humiliating-limit-death-that-s/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/umberto-eco-313_assuming_we-have-a-limit-a-very-discouraging-humi_1189114.jpg) > [Religion has nothing to do with God. It's a fundamental attitude of human beings, who ask about the origins of life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/religion-has-nothing-to-do-with-god-it-s-a-fundamental-attitude-of/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/umberto-eco-313_after-death_religion-has-nothing-to-do-with-god-it-s_1736330.jpg) > [I'm always fascinated by losers. Also, in my "Foucault's Pendulum," the main characters, who are in a way losers, they are more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-m-always-fascinated-by-losers-also-in-my-foucault-s-pendulum-the/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/umberto-eco-313_character_i-m-always-fascinated-by-losers-also-in_1447472.jpg) > [To imagine secret societies and conspiracy is a way not to react to the social and political life. Because you say, "We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/to-imagine-secret-societies-and-conspiracy-is-a-way-not-to-react-to/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/umberto-eco-313_conspiracy_to-imagine-secret-societies-and-conspira_1265857.jpg) > [A newspaper can follow the compulsions, the desires of the readers. Take the English evening newspapers - they are following the readers'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/a-newspaper-can-follow-the-compulsions-the-desires-of-the-readers/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/umberto-eco-313_books_a-newspaper-can-follow-the-compulsions-t_2990357.jpg) > [Every thing thinks, but according to its complexity. If this is so, then stones also think...and this stone thinks only I stone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/every-thing-thinks-but-according-to-its-complexity-if-this-is-so-then/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/umberto-eco-313_complexity_every-thing-thinks-but-according-to-its_2232422.jpg) > [The art of splitting hairs four ways. This is the department of useless techniques. Mechanical Avunculogratulation, for example, is how to build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/the-art-of-splitting-hairs-four-ways-this-is-the-department-of/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/670/umberto-eco-313_art_the-art-of-splitting-hairs-four-ways-thi_1460283.jpg) > [Beauty is, in some way, boring. Even if its concept changes through the ages... a beautiful object must always follow certain rules.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/beauty-is-in-some-way-boring-even-if-its-concept-changes-through-the/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e02/umberto-eco-313_age_beauty-is-in-some-way-boring-even-if-its_804666.jpg) > [The court jester had the right to say the most outrageous things to the king. Everything was permitted during carnival, even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/the-court-jester-had-the-right-to-say-the-most-outrageous-things-to/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/umberto-eco-313_calling_the-court-jester-had-the-right-to-say-th_2164399.jpg) > [I seem to know all the cliches, but not how to put them together in a believable way. Or else these stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-seem-to-know-all-the-cliches-but-not-how-to-put-them-together-in-a/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/umberto-eco-313_brands_i-seem-to-know-all-the-cliches-but-not-h_1320879.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/umberto-eco/#itemlist", "name": "18 Way Quotes By Umberto Eco", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mystical additions and subtractions always come out the way you want.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Umberto Eco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/mystical-additions-and-subtractions-always-come-out-the-way-you-want/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/umberto-eco-313_mathematics_mystical-additions-and-subtractions-alwa_340471.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/umberto-eco-313_mathematics_mystical-additions-and-subtractions-alwa_340471.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/umberto-eco-313_mathematics_mystical-additions-and-subtractions-alwa_340471.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mystical additions and subtractions always come out the way you want.” — Umberto Eco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Libraries have always been humanities' way of preserving its collective wisdom", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Umberto Eco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/libraries-have-always-been-humanities-way-of-preserving-its/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/umberto-eco-313_collective-wisdom_libraries-have-always-been-humanities-wa_596151.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/umberto-eco-313_collective-wisdom_libraries-have-always-been-humanities-wa_596151.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/umberto-eco-313_collective-wisdom_libraries-have-always-been-humanities-wa_596151.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Libraries have always been humanities' way of preserving its collective wisdom” — Umberto Eco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Umberto Eco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-developed-a-passion-for-the-middle-ages-the-same-way-some-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/umberto-eco-313_age_i-developed-a-passion-for-the-middle-age_961000.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/umberto-eco-313_age_i-developed-a-passion-for-the-middle-age_961000.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/umberto-eco-313_age_i-developed-a-passion-for-the-middle-age_961000.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.” — Umberto Eco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was in a maze. 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