Umberto Eco Quotes

A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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We are in a situation where we can have a developing backup quarterback because of the excellence of Tony Romo. We can have that behind him. To me, that's what you're ideally striving for.

Jerry Jones

ExcellenceMeYouSituationStriving

Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways.

Jennifer Capriati

MistakesConfusedActingYesOut

Certainly all historical experience confirms the truth - that man would not have attained the possible unless time and again he had reached out for the impossible.

Max Weber

TruthTimeExperienceManImpossible

I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

JusticeMistakeThinkVirtueHuman

We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms of Social Security, but the problem is there with other entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

John W. Snow

ProblemTryingSecuritySeriousLike

I've noticed that some Democrats, who seldom mention their faith or maybe never mention their faith, will seize on to a phrase that Pope Francis may have said, and they want to attach themselves to that agenda. Political opportunists is what they are.

Steve King

FaithPoliticalSaidWantSeizeMay

The American middle class always wants to be upper class and is scared to death of being lower class. It's a highly mobile group of people. They're not like the people that want to be shopkeepers forever, have always been shopkeepers and want always to be shopkeepers. These people mostly are insulted by being called middle class.

Sloan Wilson

DeathPeopleAmericanWantGroup

If you are aggressive about something, you don't get it, but if you love, you can conquer everything.

Shilpa Shinde

LoveConquerYouEverythingGet

I had this all-American cheerleader girl, in Georgia or somewhere, coming up to me and asking for guest list at a show. I never thought our music would reach out to such a broad variety of people like that.

Romy Madley Croft

MusicGirlPeopleMeThoughtReach

'True School' is one great big reminder. It's a reminder to everybody in that middle school bracket that was in school when playing hard to get was out.

Monie Love

GreatSchoolTrueHardOutMiddle

Particularly when it comes to the regulatory environment, being a jerk doesn't actually get you very far.

Logan Green

EnvironmentYouBeingJerkGetFar

Every actor is like, 'I could direct!'

Domhnall Gleeson

ActorLikeDirectEveryCould

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