Matilda (1996) Quotes with Sound Clips

Matilda (1996) Quotes with Sound Clips

Listen to funny short quotes from Matilda (1996) freely downloadable in MP3 / WAV format.

Actors: Mara Wilson (Matilda Wormwood), Embeth Davidtz (Miss Honey), Danny DeVito (Harry Wormwood), Rhea Perlman (Zinnia Wormwood), Pam Ferris (Miss Trunchbull)

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1 A book? What do you want a book for? -To read. -To read? Why would you wanna read when you got the TV set sitting right in front of you? There's nothing you can get from a book that you can't get from a television faster.

— Harry Wormwood (Danny Devito)

2 Daddy, that's cheating. -Of course it's cheating. Nobody ever got rich being honest.

— Harry Wormwood (Danny Devito), Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson)

3 I say appearance is nine-tenths of the law. People don't buy a car, they buy me. Which is why I personally take such pride in my appearance: well-oiled hair, clean shaved, snappy suit.

— Harry Wormwood (Danny Devito)

4 We really should weld these bumpers on, but that takes time, equipment, money. So we use Super Super Glue instead.

— Harry Wormwood (Danny Devito)

5 You like to read? -Oh, yes, I love to read. -What do you like to read? -Everything, but lately I've been reading Darles Chickens.

— Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson)

6 Babies! You're better off raising tomatoes.

— Zinnia Wormwood (Rhea Perlman)

7 College! I didn't go to college. I don't know anybody who did. Bunch of hippies and cesspool salesmen.

— Harry Wormwood (Danny Devito)

8 Dearest pie, how old is Matilda? -Four. -I'm six and a half, Mommy. -Five, then. -I was six in August. -You're a liar.

— Harry Wormwood (Danny Devito), Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson)

9 Don't speak unless you're spoken to. Don't laugh. Don't smile. Don't even breathe loudly. -Don't breathe at all.

— Miss Honey (Embeth Davidtz), Miss Trunchbull (Pam Ferris)

10 I thought grownups weren't afraid of anything. -Quite the contrary. All grownups get scared, just like children.

— Miss Honey (Embeth Davidtz), Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson)

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