Umberto Eco Quotes

Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: You have to learn the rhythms of respiration - acquire the pace. Otherwise you stop right away.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MountainsClimbLearnYouStopPace

I began my studies in a sound and electrical engineering program, but I ultimately created a major called 'Ritual Art.'

Jidenna

ArtEngineeringSoundElectrical

All men and women have an equal need for love. When these needs are not fulfilled it is easy to have our feelings hurt, for which we blame our partner.

John Gray

LoveWomenMenBlamePartnerHurt

We all know we have a problem, a broad problem. Ninety-eight percent of the fuel that is used by our vehicles, our autos and trucks for personal and commercial purposes, for highway and air travel operates on oil. The world has the same problem.

John Olver

TravelWorldProblemKnowPersonal

I created 'You Can't Stop Me' without trying. There was nothing premeditated about that record.

Andy Mineo

MeTryingYouStopNothingWithout

With writing, timing is everything. Being in the right place at the right time.

John Ridley

TimeWritingPlaceRight TimeTiming

Starting at age 10, my personality and my identity all stemmed from employment. I had a set to be at. I was a certain way with the cameraman, a certain way with the makeup lady - a normal, routine environment.

Jason Bateman

AgePersonalityIdentityMakeupLady

I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm standing on grass, and it's raining, and I'm with the person I love, and I know I'm at the very point I've been dreaming of getting to.

Drew Barrymore

LoveDreamsMyselfNightFindKnow

I know a lot of guys say that when they are younger - 'I'm gonna get it, get my money, and get out' - and then end up wrestling until they're 50. But that could end up being me, too. I can tell you I want to get out early and end up eating my own words. All of a sudden, I'm 50, and I'm still walking out there.

Dean Ambrose

MoneyWordsMeEatingEndWalking

We never could have performed live for an hour and a half every week if we were doing drugs.

Chevy Chase

LiveDoingWeekNeverHalfHour

My father had a good sense of humour about a lot of things, including life, which I think I inherited.

Brian Dennehy

LifeGoodFatherThinkHumourSense

People have told me that the dialogue in '100 Bullets' is very realistic. I don't agree.

Brian Azzarello

PeopleMeDialogueRealisticAgree

Sometimes I'm on the pulse of what's happening in Hollywood, but other times, I'm just totally absorbed by what I'm creating on the easel.

Ariana Richards

CreatingSometimesHollywoodJust

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