« All Wants Quotes · Umberto Eco's Page
Wants Quotes by Umberto Eco
- The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to be thrilled not only by…
- The faith a movement proclaims doesn't count: what counts is the hope it offers. All heresies are the banner of a reality, an exclusion. Scratch…
- There is only one thing that arouses animals more than pleasure, and that is pain. Under torture you are as if under the dominion of…
- The older I grow and the more I abandon myself to God's will, the less I value intelligence that wants to know and will that…
More Wants Quotes
- Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. — J. J. Abrams
- Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants… — Karen Armstrong
- Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. — Mary Kay Ash
- Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad
- I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head,… — Lauren Bacall
- Nobody wants a fat lead singer. — Sebastian Bach
- I think that it's important that the American people know that Barack Obama didn't have a mild association with Bill Ayers, he… — Michele Bachmann
- Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced… — Mikhail Bakunin
- The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same… — James A. Baldwin
- My life is God's life in me for Him to do with what He wants. — Stephen Baldwin
- A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn.… — Christian Bale
- I've always believed that the director does whatever the hell he wants. That's what you sign on for as an actor -… — Christian Bale