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Some Quotes by Umberto Eco
- For, I must tell you, in this world where today all lose their minds over many & wondrous Machines -- some of which, alas, you…
- I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.
- I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give…
- I don't want to write a novel per year. I know that I need a break of one or two years. So maybe I invent…
- When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me…
- If you want to become a man of letters and perhaps write some Histories one day, you must also lie and invent tales, otherwise your…
- Idiot. Above her head was the only stable point in the cosmos, the only refuge from the damnation of the panta rei, and she guessed…
- I should be at peace. I have understood. Don't some say that peace comes when you understand? I have understood. I should be at peace.…
- But why do some people support [the heretics]?" "Because it serves their purposes, which concern the faith rarely, and more often the conquest of power."…
More Some Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- We have some material on spying by a major government on the tech industry. Industrial espionage. — Julian Assange
- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. — Billie Joe Armstrong