34 Movie Quotes about Beethoven (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: March 21, 2025

Memorable quotes about beethoven, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Beethoven was born in 1770. He never played hockey.

Lucy Van Pelt in It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown

2 It had been a wonderful evening. And what I needed now to give it the perfect ending was a bit of the old Ludwig van.

Malcolm McDowell as Alex Delarge in A Clockwork Orange

3 But it's not fair. It's not fair I should feel ill when I hear lovely, lovely Ludwig van.

Malcolm McDowell as Alex Delarge in A Clockwork Orange

4 Do you like Beethoven? -What? -If you're gonna hang around here, you've gotta like Beethoven. -All right, but I'll just have a small glass.

Lucy Van Pelt in Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1971)

5 What did you say? What do you mean Beethoven wouldn't have made it in Nashville? -Did he have the Nashville sound? Huh? Did he? Did he?

Quote from Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1971)

6 I'm doing a paper on Beethoven. Did you know he never played hockey? -He didn't? -No, he didn't. If he had played hockey, he would have written some hockey music.

Lucy Van Pelt in It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown

7 Look at my pitcher's mound. It's got a tree on it. I can't pitch from there. -Come on, Charlie Brown, give it a try. Beethoven never gave up. -Beethoven never had a tree on his piano.

Quote from It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown

8 What do you mean, Beethoven wasn't so great? -He never got his picture on bubble-gum cards, did he? Have you ever seen his picture on a bubble-gum card? Hmm? How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on bubble-gum cards?

Lucy Van Pelt in A Charlie Brown Christmas

9 So, what are you saying? You play the piano? -No, not a lick. I mean, I look at a piano, I see a bunch of keys, three pedals and a box of wood. But Beethoven, Mozart, they saw it, they could just play.

Matt Damon as Will Hunting in Good Will Hunting

10 Beethoven was deaf. Helen Keller was blind. I think Rocky's got a good chance.

Talia Shire as Adrian Balboa in Rocky (1976)