Umberto Eco Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Umberto Eco quotes, Umberto Eco sayings, and Umberto Eco proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Here's a book about gnomes, undies, salamanders, elves, sylphs, fairies, but it, too, brings in the origins of Aryan civilization. The SS, apparently, are descended from the Seven Dwarfs. Umberto Eco
I felt no passion, no jealousy, no nostalgia. I was hollow, clear-headed, clean, and as emotionless as an aluminum pot. Umberto Eco
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. Umberto Eco
There are four kinds of people in this world. Cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics. Umberto Eco
The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it. Umberto Eco
The United States needed a civil war to unite properly. Umberto Eco
I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom. Umberto Eco
I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. Umberto Eco
He is or has been, in many ways a great man. But for this very reason he is odd. It is only petty men who seem normal. Umberto Eco
For the enemy to be recognized and feared, he has to be in your home or on your doorstep. Umberto Eco
If you want to use television to teach somebody, you must first teach them how to use television. Umberto Eco
The problem with the Internet is that it gives you everything reliable material and crazy material. So the problem becomes, how do you discriminate? Umberto Eco
But I had also learned that freedom of speech means freedom from rhetoric. Umberto Eco