"If western culture is shown to be rich,……" — Umberto Eco
"If western culture is shown to be rich, it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to 'dissolve' harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind."
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275 Quotes by Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco has 275 quotes on this site.
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Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message.
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The Art of the Romance, though warning us that it is providing fictions, opens a door into the Palace of…
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In the construction of Immortal Fame you need first of all a cosmic shamelessness.
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If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third…
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The pleasures of love are pains that become desirable, where sweetness and torment blend, and so love is voluntary insanity,…
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The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to…
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The postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since it cannot really be destroyed, because its…
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Every great thinker is someone else's moron.
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When all the archetypes burst out shamelessly, we plumb the depths of Homeric profundity. Two clichés make us laugh but…
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There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse.
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American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100oC
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There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated…
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More Critical Quotes
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In the fantasy, sci-fi world, the fans are so discerning and they're so tough and they're so intelligent, and they're…
— Scott Bakula
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There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media -…
— Alec Baldwin
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I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read…
— John Banville
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Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.
— Diane Abbott
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I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all…
— Sarah Bernhardt
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The next few months are critical to Pakistan's future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism…
— Benazir Bhutto
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Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired…
— Allan Bloom
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House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his…
— John Boehner
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Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better…
— Erma Bombeck
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I'm pretty critical of myself as far as reaching some sort of perfect bull's-eye or target that I'm aiming for.
— Jeff Bridges
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I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can…
— Malin Akerman
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There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated…
— Nicolas Cage
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