Umberto Eco Quotes

Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.

I feel Victoria may have a Secret, but you don't have to know it!

She knew too much. -A

Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect.

In those days secrets were well kept.

Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk.

I lived a very don't-ask, don't-tell life.

I prefer to keep my secrets to myself, to the grave... and beyond!

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

Tell never thy counsel to thy foe.

Nothing is burdensome as a secret.

He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind.

He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.

Once exposed, a secret loses all its power.

Knowledge is a form of power and most institutions exhibit an understandable reluctance to dissipate this power in the absence of compensating advantages

I'll always keep you guessing. I'm living up to the name. It's powerful. That's just what I do.

Everybody has secrets.

I try to keep everything under wraps. Everything I can do to make sure people don't know what they're getting themselves into, I will do it.

I like to keep some things secret. Otherwise, there's no mystique about you.

I like there to be some secrets.

I don't want people to know what is true all the time and that's what keeps the mystery.

There is more power in telling little than in telling all.

Keep your secrets Keep your silence It is a better gift than truth