"We were clever enough to turn a laundry…" — Umberto Eco
"We were clever enough to turn a laundry list into poetry."
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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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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
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I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find…
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that…
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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
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When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and fools.
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable…
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A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.
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Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.
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