Umberto Eco Quotes

A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what the temptation of adultery is for laymen and the yearning for riches is for secular ecclesiastics, the seduction of knowledge is for monks.

Umberto Eco

• Good
• Knowledge
• Humility
• Curiosity
• Temptation
• Seduction

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• What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Desire
  • Space
  • Innovation

• I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.

  

  Harold Ramis
  • Good
  • Done
  • Identity

• When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.

  

  Taylor Kinney
  • First
  • Order
  • Trauma

• I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.

  

  Parker Posey
  • People
  • Heart
  • Think

• I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.

  

  Maddie Ziegler
  • Time
  • Like
  • Dance

• There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.

  

  Lakhdar Brahimi
  • World
  • Expression
  • Now

• Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.

  

  Madisen Beaty
  • School
  • Friends
  • Parents

• If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Success
  • Stopped
  • Boston

• I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Up
  • Night
  • Enjoy

• Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.

  

  Laini Taylor
  • Writing
  • Trying
  • Yourself

• I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Fun
  • Funny
  • Myself

• I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.

  

  Ted Danson
  • People
  • Love
  • Guy

• I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.

  

  Randy Newman
  • Music
  • Pretty
  • Proud

• I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom.

  

  Lance Ito
  • Opportunity
  • Impact

• Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.

  

  Katha Pollitt
  • Past
  • Door
  • Angry

• I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.

  

  A. S. Byatt
  • World
  • Change
  • Journalism

• The American public got to see for themselves every day, all day, how this trial progressed. There's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works.

  

  Lance Ito
  • American
  • Day
  • Value

• I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • House
  • Living
  • Loved

• I feel like I am a better person because of my struggles, because of my challenges and persevering through them and realizing the mistakes that I've made, correcting them.

  

  Doug Baldwin

• Don't be afraid to be awesome. Sometimes being weird and different is good. When you think you're working hard, there is always someone else working harder, so always be yourself and know your stuff.

  

  Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
  • Good
  • Different
  • Weird

• But we survived, and we're a good family. I just don't want to dedicate one more tear, or watch my mother cry one more time.

  

  Angelina Jolie
  • Time
  • Good
  • Family

• The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.

  

  Jack Welch
  • People
  • Believe
  • Important

• Portland is a place where you can find a community as a feminist, a vegan or a fat activist. Artists, musicians, knitters, and filmmakers can all meet like-minded souls. It's proved the perfect place for me and all my punk friends.

  

  Mary Beth Patterson
  • Friends
  • Community
  • Perfect

• A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what the temptation of adultery is for laymen and the yearning for riches is for secular ecclesiastics, the seduction of knowledge is for monks.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Good
  • Knowledge
  • Humility