"People are tired of simple things. They want……" — Umberto Eco
"People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged."
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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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A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the…
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I've always maintained that I see myself as a student. There's always something to learn and be challenged by and…
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I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I…
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When Marcus Garvey died in 1940, the role of the British Empire was already being challenged by India and the…
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You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and…
— Kirstie Alley
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I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great…
— Maya Angelou
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I want to have a big family. My parents have been together for 36 years, and that is what I…
— Gisele Bundchen
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It's not who wins the fight that's important, it's being willing to fight. If you get challenged and renege, everyone…
— Unknown Author
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When all beliefs are challenged together, the just and necessary ones have a chance to step forward and re-establish themselves…
— George Santayana
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We are living in a very exciting and powerful time. On the deepest level of consciousness, a radical spiritual transformation…
— Shakti Gawain
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Now intelligence seemed quantifiable. You could measure someone's actual or potential height, and now, it seemed, you could also measure…
— Howard Gardner
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Once you are really challenged, you find something in yourself. Man doesn't know what he is capable of until he…
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