Umberto Eco Quotes

The thought that all experience will be lost at the moment of my death makes me feel pain and fear... What a waste, decades spent building up experience, only to throw it all away... We remedy this sadness by working. For example, by writing, painting, or building cities.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FearMomentExperienceDeathPain

I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false.

Jimmy Carter

ThinkThoughtNowFalseUnjustThen

Playing in my early bands, working as a studio musician, producing and going to art school was, in retrospect, my apprenticeship. I was learning and creating a solid foundation of ideas, but I wasn't really playing music.

Jimmy Page

LearningMusicArtSchoolIdeas

I am not as partisan as people think I am.

Andrew Breitbart

I AmPeopleThinkPartisanAm

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.

Mel Brooks

GoodPeopleChanceStandComedyYou

For too many years, politicians in Washington have been eager to pledge more hard-earned taxpayer dollars to help deal with the student debt load. But this doesn't sit right with the many Americans who take pride in making fiscally responsible choices and paying off their loans on time.

John Kline

TimeChoicesPrideHelpStudent

For many people, extended reading sessions on an LCD display cause eyestrain.

Jeff Bezos

PeopleReadingDisplayCauseMany

More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy.

Jeff Greenfield

PoliticsMoreHappenConspiracyThan

Since we are not robots, we can't always perform well.

Son Heung-min

RobotsAlwaysWellSincePerform

I usually go to the swimming pool if I want to swim.

Song Hye-kyo

SwimmingPoolGoWantSwimming Pool

The first award I ever won was for Best New Artist from the ACMs, so they always will hold a special place in my heart.

Trisha Yearwood

HeartBestAwardArtistPlaceNew

People in Hollywood will say things one minute and change it the next.

Ron Stallworth

ChangePeopleSayHollywoodWill

There's something undeniably oxymoronic about a 'successful' rock n' roll band. Who wants to hear a bunch of success stories whining about their success? More importantly, what can be the drive behind a band, what can they have to rage against when they are successes? That's a dichotomy every successful band wrestles with.

Dexter Holland

SuccessDriveRockMoreBandRage

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