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Would Quotes by Umberto Eco
- The court jester had the right to say the most outrageous things to the king. Everything was permitted during carnival, even the songs that the…
- The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would be…
- I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
- We are a pluralist civilisation because we allow mosques to be built in our countries, and we are not going to stop simply because Christian…
- We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would…
- Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.
More Would Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
- When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you might be… — Julian Assange