Roger Ebert Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

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

“It's easier to identify with loss than love, because we have had so much more experience of it.”

“Movies that encourage empathy are more effective than those that objectify problems.”

“Reese Witherspoon is as cute as a button on Raggedy Ann's overalls, but irresistible raw sex appeal is not one of her qualities.”

“Time is what the depressed and panicked lack.”

“' The Lucky One' is at its heart a romance novel, elevated however by Nicholas Sparks' persuasive storytelling. Readers don't read his books because they're true, but because they ought to be true.”

“Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women.”

“I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together.”

“That's what fantasies are for, to help us imagine that things are better than they are.”

“It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.”