"The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb."

-- Umberto Eco

#Lying Quotes #Book Quotes #Reading Quotes

“Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.”
“The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.”
“When people say that animal rescuers are crazy, what they really mean is that animal rescuers share a number of fundamental beliefs that makes them easy to marginalize. Among those is the belief that Rene Descartes was a jackass.”

Source : Steven Kotler (2011). “A Small Furry Hope: Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life”, p.174, A&C Black
“Silences can be as different as sounds.”

Source : Elizabeth Bowen (1950). “Collected Impressions”
“My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.”
“Until we choose to deal with our yesterday today, we're never going to step into tomorrow.”
“If you are not online, people look at you askance. I think in three to four years' time people will look equally askance at you if you haven't got the ability for consumers to buy what they want, where they want and how they want.”
“Difference is of the essence of humanity.”

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