Umberto Eco Quotes

The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we shall set free to use in the higher.

Anna C. Brackett

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I want to have all of my faculties.

Jeff Bridges

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I lived in town until I was eight and then I moved nearer the farmland, so I had a mixture.

Stephen Sprouse

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I think if you have any fear or shame, it's really hard to want to express yourself.

Rumer Willis

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The way Obama voters and non-Obama voters deal with unemployment are a very different.

Rush Limbaugh

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Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

Don Rickles

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Being more aware creates responsibility. What does responsibility mean? It means the ability to respond. The more conscious you are in your ability to respond, the more creative you'll be.

Deepak Chopra

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Something Dylan and I really don't care much for is leaning into the identical twin thing. It doesn't make sense.

Cole Sprouse

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My background with acting is deeply interwoven with my family life and my childhood. It's a 'Peter Pan'-like narrative, something that was golden but could also be a bit dubious.

Cole Sprouse

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The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other.

Chuck Palahniuk

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I didn't make the most of school, but boxing has given me discipline.

Anthony Joshua

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I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked.

Allen Ginsberg

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