Umberto Eco Quotes
At most, recognizing that our history was inspired by many tales we now recognize as false should make us alert, ready to call to constantly into question the very tale we believe true, because the criterion of the wisdom of the community is based on constant awareness of the fallibility of our learning.Umberto Eco
Quotes to Explore
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The difference between eccentricity and originality in historical studies is often difficult to detect at first encounter. When a radically new interpretation of a large segment of history makes its appearance, time is needed to sift the evidence.
Edmund Morgan -
If a division becomes insolvent, the credit markets' reaction to that is immediate - regardless of what period of time you think you have to remedy.
Walker Stapleton -
We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
Gary Lineker -
Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
Malcolm Boyd -
I won't join another band again.
Jack White The White Stripes -
For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.
Cai Guo-Qiang
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I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
Federica Montseny -
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
H. L. Mencken -
I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
Kate Moss -
I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
Adam Driver -
I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
Maajid Nawaz
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
Randall Jarrell -
When you have girl children, they torture you! If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens. They say, 'Mom, you didn't really wear that?' And I say, 'Yes, and pretty much everyone saw it.'
Pat Benatar -
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
Quintilian -
No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so.
Xenophanes -
We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
Nan Hayworth -
OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!
Patricia Velasquez
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People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.
Adam Osborne -
Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me.
Jesse Ventura -
I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.
Darius Rucker Hootie & the Blowfish -
I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
Nelson Mandela -
The suicide bombers who struck London on 7 July 2005 killed 52 innocent people and wounded hundreds more. All of them must live with their memories. And the rest of us will always remember where we were when we heard that London had been hit by the worst terrorist attack in its history.
Pauline Neville-Jones -
At most, recognizing that our history was inspired by many tales we now recognize as false should make us alert, ready to call to constantly into question the very tale we believe true, because the criterion of the wisdom of the community is based on constant awareness of the fallibility of our learning.
Umberto Eco