Umberto Eco Quotes

Signs are not empirical objects. Empirical objects become signs (or they are looked at as signs) only from the point of view of a philosophical decision.

Umberto Eco

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I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.'

Barbara Jordan
- People
- Me
- Decision
If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry.

Carly Fiorina
- Decision
- Process
- Will
The mistake I really learned from was in 2005, leading the Indianapolis 500. I had a decision whether or not to save enough fuel to finish the race - which meant slowing down - or going all-out for the win. I went conservative and saved enough fuel to go to the end but finished fourth.

Danica Patrick
- Decision
- Mistake
- End
The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.

Laura Linney
- Good
- Work
- Decision
Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.

Rafael Vinoly
- Music
- Thinking
- True
A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.

Fletcher Knebel
- Man
- Decision
- Find