Quote by Umberto Eco Download Open image ““Alamut could be reached only astride eagles.”” — Umberto Eco ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Some run the cliffs, and set upon an eagle’s wings. Others mire in the den, and once within, can never leave again.” — Chris Galford Copy Share Image
“There's only one way to become an eagle, and that's to be born an eagle.” — Shirley Corder Copy Share Image
“Deep down inside all of us, there's an eagle ready to take off to new adventurous heights. Always let your soul soar as high… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
“I would be a wedge-tailed eagle. I would only live for the joy of flight. I would soar at great heights, on top of… — Karen Foxlee Copy Share Image
“Ladies and Gentlemen, we have no servants; We must see to things ourselves. We can’t all perch like eagles, therefore, I beg you to… — Boris Pilnyak Copy Share Image
“Keep reading! Keep travelling! Keep thinking! And finally you will be there, in the Land of Wisdom where the mind has the power of… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“And even if he for ever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“leaning hard into the wind in order to complete the job expected of him. He was an Eagle” — William Kent Krueger Copy Share Image
“Surround yourself with snakes, and they will poison you. Surround yourself with eagles, and you will learn to fly to the heavens.” — Mauricio Chaves Mesén Copy Share Image
“I remain exquisitely still. Anytime the eagle of another heart soars, whatever you are-mouse, toad, snake- don't move. From such great heights, it might… — Scott Hutchins Copy Share Image
“It also makes my father right again. How will I ever soar with the eagles if I'm surrounded by turkeys?” — A.S. King Copy Share Image
I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“This has nothing to do with realism (even if it explains also realism). A completely real world can be constructed, in which asses fly… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“…there’s nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one’s own heart...” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“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… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad stations… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
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… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
