--- title: "23 World Quotes By Roger Ebert" description: "23 World quotes by Roger Ebert. Plus more from Roger Ebert and more World sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/roger-ebert-655_going-away_what-in-the-world-is-a-leave-of-presence_1746105.jpg" --- > [What in the world is a leave of presence? It means I am not going away,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/what-in-the-world-is-a-leave-of-presence-it-means-i-am-not-going-away/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/roger-ebert-655_going-away_what-in-the-world-is-a-leave-of-presence_1746105.jpg) > [We must try to contribute joy to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/we-must-try-to-contribute-joy-to-the-world/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd6/roger-ebert-655_inspirational_we-must-try-to-contribute-joy-to-the-wor_1392588.jpg) > [In the world of bad movies, 'Death to Smoochy' is a towering achievement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/in-the-world-of-bad-movies-death-to-smoochy-is-a-towering-achievement/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/roger-ebert-655_achievement_in-the-world-of-bad-movies-death-to-smoo_2634660.jpg) > [In the world of acting, many are thin but few are talented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/in-the-world-of-acting-many-are-thin-but-few-are-talented/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff1/roger-ebert-655_acting_in-the-world-of-acting-many-are-thin-but_646966.jpg) > [We must try to contribute joy to the world. I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/we-must-try-to-contribute-joy-to-the-world-i-didn-t-always-know-this/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/roger-ebert-655_enough_we-must-try-to-contribute-joy-to-the-wor_2333470.jpg) > [It's the same the world over. A Hollywood production comes to town, and the locals all turn movie crazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/it-s-the-same-the-world-over-a-hollywood-production-comes-to-town-and/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/roger-ebert-655_crazy_it-s-the-same-the-world-over-a-hollywood_1604911.jpg) > [In the best of all possible worlds, directors would obsess about the quality of their storytelling, and not the details of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/in-the-best-of-all-possible-worlds-directors-would-obsess-about-the/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/314/roger-ebert-655_details_in-the-best-of-all-possible-worlds-direc_1766217.jpg) > [We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/we-must-try-to-contribute-joy-to-the-world-that-is-true-no-matter/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/roger-ebert-655_circumstances_we-must-try-to-contribute-joy-to-the-wor_1697325.jpg) > [I know aliens from other worlds are required to arrive in New Mexico, but why stay there?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/i-know-aliens-from-other-worlds-are-required-to-arrive-in-new-mexico/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a24/roger-ebert-655_aliens_i-know-aliens-from-other-worlds-are-requ_231097.jpg) > [We feel the same emotions for our ideas as we do for the real world, which is why we can cry while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/we-feel-the-same-emotions-for-our-ideas-as-we-do-for-the-real-world/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c90/roger-ebert-655_book_we-feel-the-same-emotions-for-our-ideas_2733284.jpg) > [To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/to-make-others-less-happy-is-a-crime-to-make-ourselves-unhappy-is/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/962/roger-ebert-655_body_to-make-others-less-happy-is-a-crime-to_748231.jpg) > [ \[D\]oes the real world have any more substance than visions and hallucinations when we're having them? At any given moment, what's happening… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/d-oes-the-real-world-have-any-more-substance-than-visions-and/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/roger-ebert-655_dreams_d-oes-the-real-world-have-any-more-subst_1791631.jpg) > [Because we are human, because we are bound by gravity and the limitations of our bodies, because we live in a world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/because-we-are-human-because-we-are-bound-by-gravity-and-the/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/roger-ebert-655_another-world_because-we-are-human-because-we-are-boun_2086833.jpg) > [Wes Anderson's mind must be an exciting place for a story idea to be born. It immediately becomes more than a series…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/wes-anderson-s-mind-must-be-an-exciting-place-for-a-story-idea-to-be/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/roger-ebert-655_born_wes-anderson-s-mind-must-be-an-exciting_2962417.jpg) > [A film like Hoop Dreams is what the movies are for. It takes us, shakes us, and makes us think in new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/a-film-like-hoop-dreams-is-what-the-movies-are-for-it-takes-us-shakes/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/roger-ebert-655_cinema_a-film-like-hoop-dreams-is-what-the-movi_1254411.jpg) > [They're not trying to prevent Hollywood from making movies. They're asking that the most powerful image-building machinery in the world stop grinding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/they-re-not-trying-to-prevent-hollywood-from-making-movies-they-re/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/roger-ebert-655_asking_they-re-not-trying-to-prevent-hollywood_395291.jpg) > [One of the weapons Marvel used in its climb to comic-book dominance was a willingness to invent new characters at a dizzying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/one-of-the-weapons-marvel-used-in-its-climb-to-comic-book-dominance/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/roger-ebert-655_book_one-of-the-weapons-marvel-used-in-its-cl_2497101.jpg) > [We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter other minds,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/we-live-in-a-box-of-space-and-time-movies-are-windows-in-its-walls-2/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/roger-ebert-655_boxes_we-live-in-a-box-of-space-and-time-movie_647796.jpg) > [Here is a children's film made for the world we should live in, rather than the one we occupy. A film with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/here-is-a-children-s-film-made-for-the-world-we-should-live-in-rather/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/roger-ebert-655_adults_here-is-a-children-s-film-made-for-the-w_677085.jpg) > [It considers not only how we relate to others, but how we relate to our ideas of others so that a completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/it-considers-not-only-how-we-relate-to-others-but-how-we-relate-to/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3a/roger-ebert-655_billions_it-considers-not-only-how-we-relate-to-o_2623584.jpg) > [“My books are a subject of much discussion. They pour from shelves onto tables, chairs and the floor, and Chaz observes that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/my-books-are-a-subject-of-much-discussion-they-pour-from-shelves-onto/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3d/roger-ebert-655_book_my-books-are-a-subject-of-much-discussio_184442.jpg) > [Catholic theology accounts for the fact that there's evil in the world. People say, well, how could God let this happen. Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/catholic-theology-accounts-for-the-fact-that-there-s-evil-in-the/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/roger-ebert-655_accounts_catholic-theology-accounts-for-the-fact_2136634.jpg) > [On this ancient and miraculous world, where such beautiful natural and living things have evolved, something has gone wrong when life itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/on-this-ancient-and-miraculous-world-where-such-beautiful-natural-and/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/roger-ebert-655_ancient_on-this-ancient-and-miraculous-world-whe_2629768.jpg) ## Other authors on World - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 641 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 475 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 297 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/barack-obama/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 284 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 207 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 198 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 175 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 174 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 174 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/donald-trump/) - [Dada Bhagwan 173 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/dada-bhagwan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marianne-williamson-63745.jpg) Marianne Williamson 169 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/marianne-williamson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 163 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/henry-david-thoreau/) ## More by Roger Ebert > [It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/it-goes-to-show-you-how-we-in-the-press-so-often-miss-the-big-stories/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/it-is-an-interesting-law-of-romance-that-a-truly-strong-woman-will/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/i-am-beneath-everything-else-a-fan-i-was-fixed-in-this-mode-as-a/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/we-d-had-a-revelation-this-was-the-direction-american-movies-should/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/most-courtroom-movies-feel-it-necessary-to-end-with-a-clear-cut/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/what-every-human-being-should-do-is-eat-a-vegetarian-diet-based-on/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [I value the kind of prayer when you stand at the edge of the sea, or beneath a tree, or smell a flower, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/i-value-the-kind-of-prayer-when-you-stand-at-the-edge-of-the-sea-or/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/one-of-my-delights-in-these-books-on-the-other-hand-has-been-to/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/a-movie-isn-t-good-or-bad-based-on-its-politics-it-s-usually-good-or/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/it-is-human-nature-to-look-away-from-illness-we-don-t-enjoy-a/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [ Gene \[Siskel\] often mentioned something François Truffaut once told him: the most beautiful sight in a movie theater is to walk down to the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/gene-siskel-often-mentioned-something-fran-ois-truffaut-once-told-him/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/a-movie-is-not-about-what-it-is-about-it-is-about-how-it-is-about-it/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/james-cameron-s-films-have-always-been-distinguished-by-ground/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [Friends don't let Jackasses drink and drive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/friends-don-t-let-jackasses-drink-and-drive/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people. We can now have action movies with two stars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/i-think-we-have-to-get-beyond-the-idea-that-we-have-to-categorize/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/roger-ebert/#itemlist", "name": "23 World Quotes By Roger Ebert", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What in the world is a leave of presence? 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