Roger EbertI was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. Yo… ▶372DeathHumorLife
Roger EbertStart. Don’t look back. If at the end it doesn’t meet your hopes, start again. Now you know more about your hopes.362HopeReflection
Roger EbertHorror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary critic Northrup Frye, who approached literature w… ▶362ReadingThought
Roger EbertI do suspect my star ratings average too high. But, of course, star ratings are ridiculous. I'm stuck with them. ✨ Interview With Keith Phipps, film.avclub.com. October 4, 2… ▶373Truth
Roger EbertYour intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.374Death
Roger EbertValentines Day is being marketed as a Date Movie. I think its more of a First-Date Movie. If your date likes it, do not date that person again. And if you like it, there may not b… ▶342ReadingThought
Roger EbertIt's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it.364Hope
Roger EbertAn honest bookstore would post the following sign above its 'self-help' section: 'For true self-help, please visit our philosophy, literature, history and science sections, find y… ▶375PhilosophyReadingThought
Roger EbertHow quickly do we grow accustomed to wonders. I am reminded of the Isaac Asimov story Nightfall, about the planet where the stars were visible only once in a thousand years. So aw… ▶364Thought
Roger EbertAll 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. Wha… ▶331Politics
Roger EbertMovies that encourage empathy are more effective than those that objectify problems.353Humanity
Roger EbertA corner is important. It provides privacy and an anchor and lets you exist independently of the room.343Politics
Roger EbertIt's not often a thriller keeps me wound up as well as 'Headhunters' did. I knew I was being manipulated and didn't care. It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done. 365Reading
Roger EbertIt's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally get a religion in the White House that's causing a lot o… ▶321HumanityHumor
Roger EbertIt often strikes me that the actors in high school movies look too old. ✨ Roger Ebert (2012). Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition, p.626, Andrews McM… ▶365Reading
Roger EbertAre vampires kinky? I didn't know. ✨ Roger Ebert (2012). Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition, p.1, Andrews McMeel Publishing376Reading
Roger EbertI believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about … ▶366LifeReading
Roger EbertI lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win.377Hope
Roger EbertI know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear. I hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path… ▶355DeathHopeLife
Roger EbertA lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desires: They just go to action pictures, and things like that. ✨ Interview Wit… ▶311Humanity
Roger EbertI think that probably the - I don't give quotes to studios. They have to get those out of the paper or from television. So they wouldn't have had my quote opening day. ✨ Int… ▶333Thought
Roger EbertWho was the real Hitchcock? I interviewed him once and haven't a clue.311Hope
Roger EbertNothing ever seems straightforward in Venice, least of all its romances.377Love
Roger EbertThe movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get just get drowned out by the noise. ✨ Interview with Chris Neumer, www.stumpedmagazine.com.… ▶333Thought
Roger EbertEvery great film should seem new every time you see it. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.322Time
Roger EbertJacques Tati is the great philosophical tinkerer of comedy, taking meticulous care to arrange his films so that they unfold in a series of revelations and effortless delights. 345Humor
Roger EbertRidley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have the answers.… ▶323HumanityLife
Roger EbertWe can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA.378Philosophy
Roger EbertI know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my great sophistication. No pushover, me. ✨ Roger Ebert (2012). Roger Eber… ▶312LoveReading
Roger EbertAnyone who reads advice books about romance has one problem to begin with: bad taste in literature. ✨ Roger Ebert's review of Think Like a Man, www.rogerebert.com. Apri… ▶334LoveReadingThought
