Roeper Quotes & Sayings

Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy. — Richard Roeper

I've never had a voice coach, but I am about to name drop horrendously here: I did once get some advice on how to project my voice from Sean Connery, which was lovely. It's all about where you breathe. That's my claim to fame. — Nicola Sturgeon

Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day. — Richard Roeper

I became addicted to the movie-going experience in the 1970s, when I attended multiple screenings of films such as 'Chinatown', 'Jaws', 'Star Wars' and the original 'Rocky'. — Richard Roeper

When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team. — Richard Roeper

The magic gets lost in translation. — Richard Roeper

I'm a lifelong bachelor, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't marry the right woman. — Richard Roeper

Equilibrium is enjoyably classy trash. — Richard Roeper

It matters not how we were brought up. What determines our way of acting is the manner in which we administrate our will. A man is the sum of all his wishes, which determine his way of living and dying. — Paulo Coelho

He'd lived long enough to know that everyone handled grief in different ways, and little by little, they all seemed to accept their new lives. — Nicholas Sparks

It is a weakness to suffer when you don't have to. — Marty Rubin

I wanted to live where I could pop to the bar that Humphrey Bogart took Lauren Bacall to, or the little restaurant where Charlie Chaplin had a booth. — Ashley Jensen

Becca Gardner is wonderful as the good-hearted little Griff who refuses to be daunted by all the heart-ache and resentment on dad's ranch and this young actress proves there's another young child actress in Hollywood besides Dakota Fanning. — Richard Roeper

Christian Bale has a kind of genetically engineered handsomeness that's perfect for [John Preston]. He's also a better actor than he ever gets credit for being. — Richard Roeper

I don't go into my dentist and say, 'Are you gay?' I don't say to contestants on 'So You Think You Can Dance,' 'Are you gay?' What does it got to do with me? What does it got to do with anybody? — Nigel Lythgoe

There's a lot of vitriolic ranting out there, but there are literally hundreds of critics on the web who care deeply about film and having something to say about it. — Richard Roeper

Love and joy are incredibly habit-forming; often a single exposure is enough to cause permanent addiction. — John Brunner

Wal-Mart doesn't really care about your faith. Wal-Mart cares if you have money to spend, and it is going to be as generic as possible in exploiting the holiday season for every buck it can make. — Richard Roeper

I went to Lila's house in search of comfort. But I knew I had made a mistake with her, too. I had done something stupid: I hadn't told her about going with Stefano to get the photograph. Why had I been silent? Was I pleased with the role of peacemaker that her husband had proposed and did I think I could exercise it better by being silent about the visit to the Rettifilo? Had I been afraid of betraying Stefano's confidence and as a result, without realizing it, betrayed her? I didn't know. Certainly it hadn't been a real decision: rather, an uncertainty that first became a feigned carelessness, then the conviction that not having said right away what had happened made remedying the situation complicated and perhaps vain. How easy it was to do wrong. I sought excuses that might seem convincing to her, but I wasn't able to make them even to myself. I sensed that the foundations of my behavior were flawed, I was silent. On — Elena Ferrante

I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12. — Richard Roeper

The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns. — Richard Roeper

Some international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the 'crimes against the peace' for which Nazi leaders were indicted at Nuremberg. — Noam Chomsky

You can't take up golf on a whim and find yourself competing against Tiger Woods in the Masters six months later. — Richard Roeper

Sometimes a 3-1 favorite loses. That's why they call it gambling, and that's why they keep flipping over the cards. — Richard Roeper

Well, I think one of the reasons Chicago became so popular as a filmmaker location is because New York had been used so many times that Chicago, I think, was rediscovered maybe in the late '60s, early '70s for a long time as a new location. — Richard Roeper

Whether it's viewers of the show or readers of my columns and books, I'm consistently impressed with their wit, humor and insight. That goes for about 95 percent of the audience. The other five percent are why the 'Delete' option and restraining orders were invented. — Richard Roeper

Lord Krishna ... proclaims Self-realization, true wisdom, as the highest branch of all human knowledge-the king of all sciences, the very essence of dharma ("religion")-for it alone permanently uproots the cause of man's threefold suffering and reveals to him his true nature of Bliss. Self-realization is yoga or "oneness" with truth-the direct perception or experience of truth by the all-knowing intuitive faculty of the soul. — Paramahansa Yogananda

You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker. — Richard Roeper

I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park. — Richard Roeper

That's why I've always been appreciative of truly creative radio commercials. — Richard Roeper

On first blush, Hold 'em seems like a ridiculously simple game. — Richard Roeper

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. — Richard Roeper

Such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labor and rest, hurry and retirement, endear each other; such are the changes that keep the mind in action: we desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated; we desire something else and begin a new pursuit. — Samuel Johnson

He looked resigned, as though he knew that wretched door
to where? Home? Heaven? Peace?
would never open, and at the same time he seemed resolved, ready to do his bit even though he couldn't possibly know what sacrifices that would require. Had he been kept here, too
in a place he didn't belong, serving in a war in which he hadn't enlisted, to rescue sparrows and soldiers and shopgirls and Shakespeare? To tip the balance? — Connie Willis

I loved watching classics such as 'Casablanca' and goofball comedies such as 'How To Murder Your Wife' on WGN-TV. — Richard Roeper

I'd say that I'm also recommending [Equilibrium] for the cool gun battles. — Richard Roeper