577 Quotes by Roger Ebert

You know a movie is slow when you start looking to see what time it is. You know it’s awful when you start shaking your watch to see if it has stopped. One.

Who wants to live in the present? It’s such a limiting period compared to the past.

Why are some people bullied? Because they are different. How? It doesn’t matter.

A remarkable documentary that’s also one of the most beautiful nature films I’ve seen.

I 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. You can't say it wasn't interesting. My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip.

To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.

When I am writing, my problems become invisible and I am the same person I always was. All is well. I am as I should be.

It is quite possible for the vulgar to be funny, but to succeed, it must rise to a certain genius.

Life's missed opportunities, at the end, may seem more poignant to us than those we embraced because in our imagination they have a perfection that reality can never rival.