Umberto Eco Quotes

With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the U.S.A. and China.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WarChinaGlobalMarketEvenLess

I have lived in Toledo, Ohio, off and on throughout my entire life, and I have plenty of friends who are union members. Sometimes we agree politically and sometimes not, but it has never kept us from being friends.

Joe Wurzelbacher

LifeFriendsSometimesNeverLived

If a football player has a bad game, he's allowed to do that because he plays once or twice a week. With fighting, it's once every few months.

Michael Bisping

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I would have been a geologist.

Stephen Sondheim

BeenWouldGeologist

I can't putt. The reasons are infinite. When lining up a putt, I can't remember if the ball always breaks to the ocean or to the valley or away from Pinnacle Peak. And because I took up the game in Minnesota, in what is often called Middle America, I also grew up asking, 'To which ocean does it break?'

Steve Rushin

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Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers.

Toni Collette

FavoriteHalFilmmakers

I like to say I was a creature in high school. A weird creature who had my hands in a lot of different things.

Ross Butler

SchoolHigh SchoolWeirdHandsSay

I don't understand why, to rise to the level of being president of my country, one has to be a monster. I used to say that George Bush was defiling the Oval Office, but it's been held by a long line of monsters. We don't have to support our administrations to love our country.

Cindy Sheehan

LoveSupportLongRiseCountrySay

The most common misconception about me is that I'm basically a jazz singer.

Phoebe Snow

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I love TV and am happy doing TV shows.

Pratyusha Banerjee

LoveHappyDoingTVTV ShowsShows

I don't feel guilty in having pleasure!

Paula Radcliffe

FeelGuiltyPleasureHaving

I don't like to talk hypotheticals. I deal with the real life situations. I treat every day as a blessing.

Tim Tebow

LifeBlessingDayTreatEvery Day

You've got to be known for what you're running on, what principles.

Rick Scott

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