Michael Moore Hard Quotations

I think that there's something in the American psyche, it's almost this kind of right or privilege, this sense of entitlement, to resolve our conflicts with violence. There's an arrogance to that concept if you think about it. To actually have to sit down and talk, to listen, to compromise, that's hard work.

Capitalism is an organized system to guarantee that greed becomes the primary force of our economic system and allows the few at the top to get very wealthy and has the rest of us riding around thinking we can be that way, too - if we just work hard enough, sell enough Tupperware and Amway products, we can get a pink Cadillac.

There's nothing inherently or patently wrong with anybody who does well, works hard, earns a living, betters themselves. I'm not against any of these things. It's about how you make that money, and then what you do with it.

When I'm shooting a movie, I'm always in an invisible theater seat. I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.

It used to be if you worked hard and the company prospered, you prospered, ... Now, the company prospers -- but you lose your job.

The Christian Mission does well ... and they have helped lots of homeless people. But the New Life Program cannot go on out there where we live ... I have thought hard about it, prayed hard about it, and talked to my grandfather about it. We cannot have this in our neighborhood.

It's a lot of hard work to do a weekly TV show. It's certainly not fun.