29 Movie Quotes about Benefits Of Reading (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: June 25, 2025

Memorable quotes about benefits of reading, 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 It tells me that goose-stepping morons like yourself should try reading books instead of burning them.

Sean Connery as Henry Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

2 She helped me learn how to read, and I showed her how to swing.

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump (1994)

3 So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book when shouldn't it be the other way around?

Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly in You've Got Mail

4 Because when you read a book as a child, it becomes part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.

Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly in You've Got Mail

5 We read to know we're not alone.

Quote from Shadowlands

6 Oh, you lucky dog. You're reading these cool things. I got to go work. Life is so unfair.

Amy Poehler as Joy in Inside Out

7 Wait. What happens when I read it? -No one knows, but legend says you will be able to hear a butterfly's wing beat.

Dustin Hoffman as Master Shifu in Kung Fu Panda

8 Your dad says if you can master that book then nobody can beat you.

Quote from Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)

9 Don't relax. Work harder. You have to read more, or you're never learn wisdom.

Quote from Shaolin vs. Lama (1983)

10 I'm an enemy because I like to think. I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech and freedom of choice.

Denis Leary as Edgar Friendly in Demolition Man