Umberto Eco Quotes

The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is better than a spoon... The book has been thoroughly tested, and it's very hard to see how it could be improved on for its current purposes.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BookBetterYouWheelHardSee

I absolutely adore Alessandra Rich, I think her dresses are stunning and she really knows how to cut and dress the female shape. Her stuff is really beautiful, stylish and a little bit quirky. I love it all!

Jessica Brown Findlay

LoveBeautifulDressThinkStylish

But only if I believe that my directing talents will improve the material I'd be working on. I want to make sure I don't sacrifice beautiful material on the altar of my direction.

Andre Braugher

BeautifulSacrificeBelieveDirection

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.

Maya Lin

ParentsCollegeMeWantAuthority

Consumers are statistics. Customers are people.

Stanley Marcus

PeopleStatisticsCustomersConsumers

Mick has expressed an interest in coming to the gallery tonight because he's seen me behaving myself lately. He is being much more supportive, which is nice.

Ronnie Wood

MyselfMeNiceMoreComingSeen

I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of energy into that, instead of into expressing himself freely and feeling comfortable.

Javier Bardem

MyselfEnergyTryingLookPerson

Sly Stone doesn't make good albums: only good records. His style is so infinite and revolves around so many crucial aspects that it has only come together perfectly on a handful of his singles.

Jon Landau

GoodStyleTogetherStoneInfinite

The loudest voice in the room doesn't always work. In fact, it usually grates to the point - to the point that when you really need to be loud, nobody listens.

Bonnie Hammer

WorkVoiceYouNobodyLoudestNeed

I talk about weird stuff. What I do only works at night, only on the radio.

Art Bell

NightWeirdTalkRadioOnlyStuff

I really enjoy doing the action stuff, but you have to be careful about who you say yes to with the action stuff 'cause some people want to do it but don't know how, and then it just becomes incredibly frustrating.

Philip Winchester

PeopleActionDoingEnjoyYouKnow

Historically, black women have suffered tremendously, but today's black women are the triumph. We have choices, and that's what freedom is all about: having the power to choose.

Susan L. Taylor

WomenTodayFreedomPowerChoices

If you have a dream, don't let anybody take it away, and always believe that the impossible is possible.

Selena

ImpossibleBelieveYouDreamAlways

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