Admit Quote by Umberto Eco Download Open image “I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.” — Umberto Eco ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Admit Basics Books Only Peace War
'War and Peace' is a life-changing book. You do have time to read it. Digest — Nyakallo Lets'ela Copy Share Image
Every time I sit down to reread 'War and Peace' - I've read it three times - I feel as though I've lived another… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times... — Maxwell Perkins Copy Share Image
I'm not terribly well read. My wife forces books into my hands and insists I read them, which I'm grateful to her for. She… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
'War and Peace' is about relationships: family relationships, loving relationships, relationships at war... it's a really young story as well. — Jessie Buckley Copy Share Image
I started understanding William Blake and George Orwell more and more. It's amazing how we go to school when we're so young, read all… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
Between the ages of 8 and 12, all I wanted to read were 'Star Wars' books. — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
At the age of 9, I read David Copperfield by Dickens. At 14, I read War and Peace by Tolstoy. They're both books I… — Pierre Berge Copy Share Image
One of the reasons it's important for me to write about war is I really think that the concept of war, the specifics of… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I've never read anything so badly written that got published. It made 'Twilight' look like 'War and Peace.' — Salman Rushdie 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
I am not perfect by any means and ill be the first to admit I make plenty of mistakes but I wont make them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it takes a lot for you to admit you made a mistake and correct it right away, especially on live television. — Pia Wurtzbach Copy Share Image
I'll admit a little something: If I go to one of those hotels where there's, like, a $50 omelet, I'm taking the silverware home… — Timothy Olyphant Copy Share Image
If you're in rock 'n' roll, you're not supposed to admit to liking theatre stuff, but I'm a big theatregoer. — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share Image
No one likes to admit they are racist or bear prejudices. Nor do they even like to be open and honest when they witness… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
As far as I can tell, the only unambiguous consequence of the claimed invasion of Earth by beings from another star system has been… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
My first exposure to sanitation issues occurred when I got admission into an engineering college. They probably didn't want to admit me and informed… — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
I have to admit that I get quite emotional listening to the amazing talent that exists in the New York subways. — Lisa O'Hare Copy Share Image