Quotes from 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 with its politics.

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

Dogs remember every favor you ever do for them and store those events in a memory bank titled Why My Human Is A God.

The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His.

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

My motto: 'No good movie is depressing. All bad movies are depressing.'

It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character.

One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doing almost nothing, and producing one of a film's defining moments.

We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try.

My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip. I will require them for eternity no more than that little souvenir of the Eiffel Tower I brought home from Paris.

We laugh, that we may not cry.

A film is a terrible thing to waste.

I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.

No movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust, and I suspect none will ever be able to provide one for 9/11. Such subjects overwhelm art.

I do suspect my star ratings average too high. But, of course, star ratings are ridiculous. I'm stuck with them.

Sometimes you only need to have a few words with a person to know you would like to have many more.

Kindness' covers all of my political beliefs.

Lebanon was at one time known as a nation that rose above sectarian hatred; Beirut was known as the Paris of the Middle East. All of that was blown apart by senseless religious wars, financed and exploited in part by those who sought power and wealth. If women had been in charge, would they have been more sensible? It's a theory.

All but a very few of us are in debt. We exist as entities who borrow money and spend the rest of our lives making interest payments on a debt tally that never seems to budge. Whatever wealth we have, in labor, property or cash, is suctioned to the top.

We exist to have our wealth moved up the economic chain out of our reach.

All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people who are interested. It's become a very good way to get to reviews and involve yourself in discussions.

I'm kind of glad the web is sort of totally anarchic. That's fine with me.

People never think of themselves as choosing to be politically correct. They simply think in the way that they do.

If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.