Things Roger Ebert Said Better Than Anybody Else

Roger-Ebert

I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.

It is human nature to look away from illness. We don’t enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable.

We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds.

It’s not what a movie is about, it’s how it is about it.

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

We feel the same emotions for our ideas as we do for the real world, which is why we can cry while reading a book, or fall in love with movie stars.

It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along.

Roger Ebert