823 Quotes by Umberto Eco

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

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.

The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.

The step between ecstatic vision and sinful frenzy is all too brief

Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.

My father was an accountant and his father was a typographer.

A library's ideal function is to be a little bit like a bouquiniste's stall, a place for trouvailles.

The French, the Italians, the Germans, the Spanish and the English have spent centuries killing each other.

There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past.