Roger Ebert

"Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics."

"Sometimes two people will regard each other over a gulf too wide to ever be bridged, and know immediately what could have happened, and that it never will."

"A corner is important. It provides privacy and an anchor and lets you exist independently of the room."

"You can't say it wasn't interesting."

"I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization."

"Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly."

"Most of us do not consciously look at movies."