Umberto Eco Quotes

Every time that I write a novel I am convinced for at least two years that it is the last one, because a novel is like a child. It takes two years after its birth. You have to take care of it. It starts walking, and then speaking.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeI AmChildCareWalkingYou

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

Jim Rohn

MotivationalChangeTreeYouThings

My parents didn't hide reality. I watched cartoons and the news with equal fascination.

Jello Biafra

ParentsRealityHideNewsEqual

Of course, the American education system is very inefficient in many ways compared to other countries in Europe or Japan, but it works in such a way that at least the few people who are going onto unusual careers and science can manage to get into that, even though they go through an earlier stage that doesn't give them much.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

EducationSciencePeopleAmericanGo

I think 'Rheingold' has symbolic meaning of what happens in the world when you're running after the Rhine gold, after the gold. It doesn't end very well. It's kind of a reminder of the values of life, and I think 'The Ring,' in a way, is kind of a prediction of Wagner of what would happen in the world.

Andris Nelsons

LifeGoldWorldThinkEndMeaning

I did pose for 'Black and White' magazine, a prestigious, artistic publication, several years ago... I did this as a piece of art and make no apologies for the creative decisions I've made as an artist in my 20-year career.

Andrea Thompson

Black And WhiteArtCreativeBlack

I wasn't a pretty girl. I was six feet tall at 15, you know.

Maya Angelou

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I don't really go around feeling very Irish at all. I don't go to Irish pubs. I've lived so many places, and I'm still so curious about the bigger world. It's grand to be alive in a time when mobility is so accessible.

Stuart Townsend

TimeCuriousWorldFeelingAliveGo

I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game.

Roy Clark

LeadershipFootballFunGameKind

When I visited Vietnam for Oxfam, the thing that really struck me was how the local farmers had to prepare to evacuate or climb to their mezzanines with their valuable family possessions.

Martin Parr

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I feel like a lot of women have been questioning their role in their workplaces and society, opportunities that they may have missed or haven't spoken up for.

Miriam Shor

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There is only one Mariano Rivera. There won't be another person who will come along and do what he did. No one does it like him. It was an honor to catch him and play alongside him for as long as I did.

Jorge Posada

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It took eight years for DDP Yoga to become an overnight sensation.

Diamond Dallas Page

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