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Umberto Eco Quotes: "In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner."

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation."

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.




Umberto Eco Quotes: "A book is a fragile creature. It suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands."

A book is a fragile creature. It suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "He had prepared his death much earlier, in his imagination, unaware that his imagination, more creative than he, was planning the reality of that death."

He had prepared his death much earlier, in his imagination, unaware that his imagination, more creative than he, was planning the reality of that death.




Umberto Eco Quotes: "Someone said that patriotism is the last refuge of cowards; those without moral principles usually wrap a flag around themselves, and those bastards always talk about the purity of race."

Someone said that patriotism is the last refuge of cowards; those without moral principles usually wrap a flag around themselves, and those bastards always talk about the purity of race.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "To read a paper book is another experience: you can do it on a ship, on the branch of a tree, on your bed, even if there is a blackout."

To read a paper book is another experience: you can do it on a ship, on the branch of a tree, on your bed, even if there is a blackout.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed."

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.




Umberto Eco Quotes: "The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it."

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "The only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth."

The only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "The real hero is always a hero by mistake."

The real hero is always a hero by mistake.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "A secret is powerful when it is empty."

A secret is powerful when it is empty.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "The cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia."

The cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia.




Umberto Eco Quotes: "It is obvious that the newspaper produces the opinion of the readers."

It is obvious that the newspaper produces the opinion of the readers.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third thing that connects them, that's credulity."

If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third thing that connects them, that's credulity.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: You have to learn the rhythms of respiration - acquire the pace. Otherwise you stop right away."

Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: You have to learn the rhythms of respiration - acquire the pace. Otherwise you stop right away.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "I don't see the point of having 80 million people online if all they are doing in the end is talking to ghosts in the suburbs."

I don't see the point of having 80 million people online if all they are doing in the end is talking to ghosts in the suburbs.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "I've always said that I learned the English I know through two sources -- Marvel Comics and Finnegans Wake."

I've always said that I learned the English I know through two sources -- Marvel Comics and Finnegans Wake.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "Is it possible to say "It was a beautiful morning at the end of November" without feeling like Snoopy?"

Is it possible to say "It was a beautiful morning at the end of November" without feeling like Snoopy?



Umberto Eco Quotes: "National identity is the last bastion of the dispossessed. But the meaning of identity is now based on hatred, on hatred for those who are not the same."

National identity is the last bastion of the dispossessed. But the meaning of identity is now based on hatred, on hatred for those who are not the same.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private world. And it's a great sensation."

I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private world. And it's a great sensation.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "A narrator should not supply interpretations of his work; otherwise he would have not written a novel, which is a machine for generating interpretations."

A narrator should not supply interpretations of his work; otherwise he would have not written a novel, which is a machine for generating interpretations.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "If somebody writes a book and doesn't care for the survival of that book, he's an imbecile."

If somebody writes a book and doesn't care for the survival of that book, he's an imbecile.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history."

From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "We have a limit, a very discouraging, humiliating limit: death."

We have a limit, a very discouraging, humiliating limit: death.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "An idea you have might not be original. But by creating a novel out of that idea you can make it original."

An idea you have might not be original. But by creating a novel out of that idea you can make it original.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged."

People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "I have a good memory. But I would be interested in memory even if I had a bad memory, because I believe that memory is our soul. If we lose our memory completely, we are without a soul."

I have a good memory. But I would be interested in memory even if I had a bad memory, because I believe that memory is our soul. If we lose our memory completely, we are without a soul.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying."

As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "History is a blood-drenched enigma and the world an error."

History is a blood-drenched enigma and the world an error.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible."

What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would be sick."

The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would be sick.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "The truth is an anagram of an anagram."

The truth is an anagram of an anagram.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "libraries are fascinating places: sometimes you feel you are under the canopy of a railway station, and when you read books about exotic places there's a feeling of travelling to distant lands"

libraries are fascinating places: sometimes you feel you are under the canopy of a railway station, and when you read books about exotic places there's a feeling of travelling to distant lands



Umberto Eco Quotes: "Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that."

Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "The good of a book lies in its being read."

The good of a book lies in its being read.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "Man's principle trait is a readiness to believe anything. Otherwise, how could the Church have survived for almost two thousand years in the absense of universal gullibility?"

Man's principle trait is a readiness to believe anything. Otherwise, how could the Church have survived for almost two thousand years in the absense of universal gullibility?



Umberto Eco Quotes: "I enjoyed your article, but I preferred my own."

I enjoyed your article, but I preferred my own.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "Contemporary societies have lost the sense of the feast but have kept the obscure drive for it."

Contemporary societies have lost the sense of the feast but have kept the obscure drive for it.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "I felt no passion, no jealousy, no nostalgia. I was hollow, clear-headed, clean, and as emotionless as an aluminum pot."

I felt no passion, no jealousy, no nostalgia. I was hollow, clear-headed, clean, and as emotionless as an aluminum pot.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "For many years I have devoted articles and essays to newspapers, from the inside. So criticism of the newspapers was a topic that I practiced for a long time."

For many years I have devoted articles and essays to newspapers, from the inside. So criticism of the newspapers was a topic that I practiced for a long time.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "Your masters at Oxford have taught you to idolize reason, drying up the prophetic capacities of your heart!"

Your masters at Oxford have taught you to idolize reason, drying up the prophetic capacities of your heart!



Umberto Eco Quotes: "I consider always the adult life to be the continuous retrieval of childhood."

I consider always the adult life to be the continuous retrieval of childhood.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "I suspect that there is no serious scholar who doesn’t like to watch television. I’m just the only one who confesses."

I suspect that there is no serious scholar who doesn’t like to watch television. I’m just the only one who confesses.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "I have always been fascinated by paranoid people imagining conspiracies. I am fascinated by this in a critical way."

I have always been fascinated by paranoid people imagining conspiracies. I am fascinated by this in a critical way.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100oC"

American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100oC



Umberto Eco Quotes: "Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame."

Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "There are four kinds of people in this world: cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics."

There are four kinds of people in this world: cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "A sure sign of a lunatic is that sooner or later, he brings up the Templars."

A sure sign of a lunatic is that sooner or later, he brings up the Templars.



Umberto Eco Quotes: "Where else? I belong to a lost generation and am comfortable only in the company of others who are lost and lonely."

Where else? I belong to a lost generation and am comfortable only in the company of others who are lost and lonely.