Umberto Eco Quotes

Dan Brown is a character from 'Foucault's Pendulum!' I invented him. He shares my characters' fascinations - the world conspiracy of Rosicrucians, Masons, and Jesuits. The role of the Knights Templar. The hermetic secret. The principle that everything is connected. I suspect Dan Brown might not even exist.

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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CharacterWorldConnectedSecretHim

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't.

Joan Chen

BelieveAdviceGivingPersonNever

When you do your heart's calling, when you're doing what moves you, all good things happen. That may sound a little too mystical for some people, but I really do believe it.

Megan Shull

GoodHeartPeopleGood ThingsDoing

I cannot judge a country. I fall in love with the people and the place each time I visit a new place.

Mawra Hocane

LoveTimePeopleJudgeFallPlace

As new technology emerges as the greatest challenge to novels since the advent of film, it may be that the fragmentation of storytelling into installments key to Dickens's era will be recreated in some way.

Matthew Pearl

TechnologyChallengeKeyNewWay

I've often been told that I'm a 30-year-old trapped in a teenager's body. I don't know how I feel about that, but I'll take it, I guess. I'm definitely mature, and I'm the one that takes care of everyone in my friendship group.

Angourie Rice

FriendshipCareFeelBodyKnowTake

Sports fans have an unbelievable ability at the end of the day, when the game comes on, to kind of put everything aside and watch the game.

John Skipper

SportsDayGameEnd Of The DayEnd

What I try to do is never to hurt anybody else and figure if I don't, then I'm not likely to get hurt myself.

Stan Musial

MyselfHurtTryNeverGetFigure

It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning.

Ron Wyden

LegalJudgeThoughtfulPlaceAhead

If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened.

Michael Keaton

BatmanHappened

I'm very good at setting goals and deadlines for myself, so I don't really need that from outside.

Judy Blume

GoodGoalsMyselfOutsideNeedVery

They kicked me out of the church when I'm a little girl because they said I'm singing like a dog. They didn't want me to sing there anymore.

Concha Buika

DogGirlMeSingingChurchSaid

Most people have never thought through how they're going to allocate their time. You need to make a decision in advance.

Clayton M. Christensen

TimeDecisionPeopleThoughtYou

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