Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" When I make a film, I'm not doing it purely for political reasons. If I just wanted to do that, I'd run for office. "
Michael Moore
Doing
Film
Run
Related Quotes:
" My dad was an assembly line worker at AC Spark Plug, which was a division of General Motors, and his job was to build and then inspect the little spark plugs as they came off the line. "
Michael Moore
Job
Line
Division
" This is the crux of the problem: because the Republicans and the right wing have been successful in almost eliminating unions, everyone else has suffered as a result. "
Michael Moore
Problem
Successful
Result
" I take much of the attacks and the criticism toward me as being very class-based, but as Americans we don't like to acknowledge that reality. "
Michael Moore
Much
Reality
Criticism
" There's no violence coming from the Occupy protesters. "
Michael Moore
Violence
Coming
Occupy
" Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. "
Michael Moore
Power
You
America
" One thing I've learned about death threats is that they're great, actually. You should actually be grateful for death threats because those who are taking the time to threaten you that way are getting it out of their system. That's really what they rant to do, yell at you, and they want to threaten you. "
Michael Moore
Time
Great
Death
" If we say, 'The government sucks,' we're kind of saying that we suck. "
Michael Moore
Government
Saying
Say
" I've been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they're loath to do that because they think if it's a documentary it has to be deadly serious - it has to be like medicine that you're supposed to take. And I think it's what keeps the mass audience from going to documentaries. "
Michael Moore
Medicine
Humor
Serious
" The motivation for war is simple. The U.S. government started the war with Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich. "
Michael Moore
War
Government
Rich
" Comedy is a great slayer of rogues in power. "
Michael Moore
Great
Slayer
Power
" There should be no private health insurance companies operating for profit. "
Michael Moore
Private
Health
Insurance
" What I'm asking for is a new economic order. I don't know how to construct that; I'm not an economist. "
Michael Moore
Economic
New
Order
" I'm not a big believer in our copyright laws; I find them way too restrictive. "
Michael Moore
Way
Big
Our
" Democrats have a history of backing away, backing down. "
Michael Moore
History
Backing
Away
" As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices. "
Michael Moore
Free
Good
You
" 'Zero Dark Thirty' is a disturbing, fantastically-made movie. It will make you hate torture. "
Michael Moore
Will
Torture
Thirty
" My film about Bush didn't prevent his reelection. "
Michael Moore
Prevent
His
Bush
" I assume everything I'm saying in an email or saying on the telephone is being looked at. "
Michael Moore
Email
Telephone
Saying
" I rallied against Clinton when he was in office. I didn't vote for him in '96. I didn't vote for Gore in 2000. "
Michael Moore
He
Him
Office
" The health insurance industry does not like to pay out claims, because they don't make money. The only way they can make a profit is if they don't pay for your operation. If they pay for your operation and your doctor's appointment and your pharmaceuticals, they don't make any money. "
Michael Moore
Doctor
Health
Insurance
" If you're in a diabetic or prediabetic state, it's good to have medication to go on for a period of time. But simply by making the changes - get your sleep, 35 grams of fiber and a half-hour walk - your cholesterol will come down, your sugar will come down, and your blood pressure will come down. Only the minority of people can't control it. "
Michael Moore
Sleep
Walk
Control
" A common denominator among big guys like me who are trying to take care of our health is that we're not getting enough sleep. "
Michael Moore
Health
Like
Care
" Part of my job is to read the paper, watch C-Span and show things that haven't been shown or were buried. "
Michael Moore
Paper
Job
Been
" Librarians in America do something like a couple of billion dollars worth of book business every year. "
Michael Moore
America
Year
Worth
" Here's what I don't think works: An economic system that was founded in the 16th century and another that was founded in the 19th century. I'm tired of this discussion of capitalism and socialism; we live in the 21st century; we need an economic system that has democracy as its underpinnings and an ethical code. "
Michael Moore
Democracy
Socialism
Live
" I don't want to do anything that violates my own personal code of ethics and morals. "
Michael Moore
Own
My Own
Morals
" All religions teach the same basic thing, that you have to stand up for those that are considered the worst. "
Michael Moore
Worst
Stand Up
Teach
" Every fact in my films is true. And yet how often do I have to read over and over again about supposed falsehoods? "
Michael Moore
Supposed
Again
Over
" If you're white, and you really want to help change things, why not start with yourself? "
Michael Moore
Help
Change
Yourself
" The upper 1 percent, the people down on Wall Street, the corporate executives, they're the people that control this economy. "
Michael Moore
Down
Street
People