People send me e-mails saying, "You're a movie critic. You don't know anything about politics." Well, you know what, I'm 60 years… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Only enormously talented people could have made Death to Smoochy . Those with lesser gifts would have lacked the nerve to make… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling us that the press is slanted to… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Catholic theology accounts for the fact that there's evil in the world. People say, well, how could God let this happen. Well,… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Open-heart surgery is now part of a typical life experience for many people. Folks talk casually about 'having a stent put in,'… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Most people choose movies that provide exactly what they expect, and tell them things they already know. Others are more curious. We… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Exhilarating. Radical Grace moved me to tears with its portrayal of good people putting their beliefs into action in ways that transcend… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Films to the degree that they glorify mindlessness and short attention span they are bad, to the degree that they encourage empathy… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Film theory has nothing to do with film. Students presumably hope to find out something about film, and all they will find… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people. We can now have action movies with… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desires: They just… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The ability of so many people to live comfortably with the idea of capital punishment is perhaps a clue to how so… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I was indeed a snob, if you agree with this definition: 'A person who believes that their tastes in a particular area… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It considers not only how we relate to others, but how we relate to our ideas of others so that a completely… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
One of the most sublime and hazardous moments in human experience comes when two people lock eyes and realize that they are… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I am as fond of colorful language as anyone, but I try not to inflict it upon strangers. I suspect many people… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I began to realize that I had tended to avoid some people because of my instant conclusions about who they were and… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize with other people... For me, the movies… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
If you pay attention to the movies they will tell you what people desire and fear. Movies are hardly ever about what… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason. And the parrots of talk radio are just sending out… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Since any reasonable person would choose a Mac over a PC, Apple's market share provides us with an accurate reading of the… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
“We’d had a revelation. This was the direction American movies should take: into idiosyncratic characters, into dialogue with an ear for the vulgar and… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
“Most courtroom movies feel it necessary to end with a clear-cut verdict. But 12 Angry Men never states whether the defendant is innocent or… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
What every human being should do is eat a vegetarian diet based on whole foods. Period. That's it. Animal protein is bad for you.… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
I value the kind of prayer when you stand at the edge of the sea, or beneath a tree, or smell a flower, or… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
“One of my delights in these books, on the other hand, has been to include movies not often cited as “great”—some because they are… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
A movie isn't good or bad based on its politics. It's usually good or bad for other reasons, though you might agree or disagree… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. — Roger Ebert Copy Share
Gene [Siskel] often mentioned something François Truffaut once told him: the most beautiful sight in a movie theater is to walk down to the… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence. — Roger Ebert Copy Share
I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people. We can now have action movies with two stars… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
