Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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The ability of so many people to live comfortably with the idea of capital punishment is perhaps a clue to how so many Europeans were able to live with the idea of the Holocaust: Once you accept the notion that the state has the right to kill someone and the right to define what is a capital crime, aren't you halfway there?

Roger Ebert's Popular Quotes

What you see is so much less than what you get.

- Roger Ebert

We are the playthings of the gods.

- Roger Ebert

Time is what the depressed and panicked lack.

- Roger Ebert

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

- Roger Ebert

Praise without merit is more harmful than unearned criticism.

- Roger Ebert

I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.

- Roger Ebert

I do not fear death. I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear.

- Roger Ebert

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

- Roger Ebert

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

- Roger Ebert