Umberto Eco Quotes

Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CommunicationTheoryVisualApproach

The world may end up under a Sword of Damocles on a tightrope over the abyss.

Andrei A. Gromyko

WorldEndSwordAbyssOverUp

Politics generally doesn't mix with sports very well.

John Hickenlooper

SportsPoliticsWellMixVery

Alcohol is a class of drugs that we call 'the sedatives.' And what you're doing is just knocking your brain out. You're not putting it into natural sleep.

Matthew Walker

SleepBrainAlcoholDoingYouClass

The great composers I worked with along the way, I always felt they were filmmakers more than composers. They would talk about the story rather than the music.

Steven Price

MusicGreatStoryWayTalkMore

I used to start at about 10 at night and work until early morning. My preferred way to work is to start in the early afternoon and work until about 3, go do errands, have dinner, and then write for a few more hours in the evening.

Mary Gaitskill

WorkMorningDinnerNightStartGo

Learn licks and songs from records.

Dimebag Darrell

LearnRecordsSongs

There is a vast difference in the pay package of every actor. Actors are also exploited at various levels, but when we are established, we get paid fairly well. But at times, if an actor asks for a hike, he/she may even get boycotted.

Divyanka Tripathi

ActorDifferencePayMayPaidWell

A vast percentage of the human race is literally not wired neurologically to get irony. Well more than half of humanity takes life at face value, which is to me terrifying.

Douglas Coupland

LifeValueMeFaceHumanityRace

Auto emission is hazardous and has to be controlled.

Wolfgang Ketterle

HazardousControlledAutoEmission

All life should be cherished and protected.

Scott DesJarlais

LifeShouldCherishedProtected

I'm happy to tell you that my debt is retired. That happened because I got a good financial adviser.

Lisa Caputo

GoodHappyFinancialYouDebtTell

I get 'Hodor' tweeted at me a lot.

Kristian Nairn

MeGetLot

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