Umberto Eco Quotes

Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, 'How are you, you old scoundrel!' clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SmileFriendYouIntentionSometimes

Nuclear transplantation is a technique that has enormously facilitated the analysis of these interactions between nucleus and cytoplasm.

John Gurdon

AnalysisBetweenTechniqueNuclear

Thanks to our friends at the dot-ME Registry, WordPress is able to offer one of the shortest and most effective URLs available today.

Matt Mullenweg

TodayFriendsThanksAvailableAble

I think that my regrets mostly have to do with my relationship with my ex-girlfriend. Every once in a while, you get those flashback memories of conversations you had with your exes, and you just, like, wince when you're walking down the street. Something occurs to you, 'Oh, no, I said that.'

Mike Birbiglia

RelationshipMemoriesThinkWalking

I used to write out of angst. My writing was quite miserable, quite angry, even when it was funny. It was based on this sadness and tired emotional disdain for the world.

David Thewlis

FunnyAngryTiredWritingWorldOut

I'm such a control freak, and it's very hard for me to lose my inhibitions without something chemical inside me.

Pink

MeControlLoseInsideHardWithout

I used to buy scented poetry books on tour and read aloud to the band. Not what you'd expect, huh?

Suzi Quatro

PoetryYouBandBuyExpectUsed

I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to.

Nicole Ari Parker

WantedImitateAnyone

I would rather be tough on myself than have other people be tough on me.

Nicole Kidman

MyselfPeopleMeToughWouldRather

Um, I'm just naturally super-funny. No, not really. I've never been in The Groundlings or anything.

Ryan Hansen

NeverAnythingBeenJustUmReally

I never lose a rematch.

Mark Hunt

LoseNever

Power is changing hands, from dying hierarchies to living networks.

Marilyn Ferguson

PowerHandsLivingDyingChanging

I do enjoy doing pantomime at Christmas. If I didn't do it, I'd feel as though I was missing something.

Kenny Baker

FeelDoingEnjoyChristmasMissing

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