Umberto Eco Quotes

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: January 5, 1932 - February 19, 2016

Topics

TruthWorldBelieveMadEnigmaOwn

People have disliked me. You know, in high school, I wasn't the most popular kid. I wasn't the nerdiest kid. I was kind of in the middle.

Jimmy Fallon

SchoolPeopleMeHigh SchoolYou

I love to wear dresses when I'm pregnant.

Jessica Capshaw

LoveDressesWearPregnantI Love

I never thought I'd be using this phrase, but the pursuit of happiness - that's my right.

Jenifer Lewis

HappinessThoughtPursuit Of Happiness

The rating agencies historically actually did a pretty good job rating regular bonds.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

GoodJobGood JobPrettyBondsDid

Early success is really scary. Especially in acting.

Max Greenfield

SuccessEarlyActingScaryReally

When I joined the band, being that I was going to take this up as a profession, I realized that there were no two finer guitar players in the world that I'd rather play with.

Michael Davis

WorldGuitarPlayBandTwoUp

No one doubts the enormity of the social challenges we face around the world but one critical element of our response must be the generation of new thinking and ideas. Yet creating the conditions that make this possible is not simple.

Simon Mainwaring

SimpleIdeasChallengesWorldFace

I didn't do any writing seriously until I was in my mid-twenties. But I've never really thought of myself as doing anything else. I've always wanted to write.

Ruth Rendell

MyselfWritingThoughtDoingNever

I think the actions of the president are, in my opinion, the most vile and hateful words ever spoken by a sitting president. I am stunned and I'm horrified.

Rosie O'Donnell

WordsI AmOpinionThinkSitting

A lot of songwriters have written about soldiers and war, but very few have written with them.

Mary Gauthier

WarSoldiersFewVerySongwriters

I was returned to the Senate by the people of Alaska, and I have an obligation to all of them - it's not an obligation to my party; it's an obligation to Alaskans.

Lisa Murkowski

PeoplePartyAlaskaObligationThem

I almost failed one drama course. All the actors talked in phony accents. It shocked me. I went out for track instead.

Jason Robards

MeDramaOutTrackPhonyAlmost

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