Umberto Eco Quotes

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodEyeBookSpeakDumbSigns

I've had so many bad auditions! I tell people all the time, there's differences, what makes an audition good or what makes an audition bad. Sometimes you're just off, and there's not a whole lot you can do about it.

Jessie Usher

GoodTimePeopleYouBadSometimes

Everybody's funny-looking.

Jeff MacNelly

Everybody

I learnt a lesson that you mustn't worry what people think if you are achieving your objective.

Michael Ashcroft

PeopleThinkWorryYouLessonYour

Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don't know which half.

John Wanamaker

MoneyAdvertisingTroubleKnowHalf

Much of what we regard as truth in the war on terror is actually rather suspect.

Amitava Kumar

TruthWarRatherMuchSuspect

I am definitely a Type A personality, always rushing around, trying to do too much, not good at just lying on the beach. But I'm so thankful for everything I have: wonderfully supportive parents and sisters, the best husband in the world, terrific students I love teaching and hanging out with, and above all, my two amazing daughters.

Amy Chua

LoveGoodThankfulBestBeachI Am

Working out is my way of saying to cancer, 'You're trying to invade my body; you're trying to take me away from my daughters, but I'm stronger than you. And I'm going to hit harder than you.'

Stuart Scott

MeSayingTryingStrongerYouBody

I do think that being a sort of celebrity and being well off does give me some responsibility.

Ruth Rendell

ResponsibilityMeThinkCelebrity

When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside.

Ross Kemp

GoodWeatherBetterPlaceBritish

The most unusual thing about Clinton as a pol is that he listens. Listens and remembers. If he does dance with them that brung him, not them that gave him big money, we will have a populist on our hands.

Molly Ivins

MoneyDanceHandsWillHimBig

Look, I think if you talk down to a kid or aim specifically at a kid, most kids aren't gonna like it, really, because most kids can feel when you are being patronizing.

Brad Bird

ThinkFeelYouLookDownAim

When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to give a bad speech. Even a bad speech sounds good in a convention hall like this.

Susan Estrich

GoodSpeechYouBadHardAudience

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