30 Movie Quotes about Literature (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Jan 6, 2026

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

21 This happens to be a masterpiece of American literature, that's why.

Tom Berenger as Taylor in Major League (1989)

22 This is literature? A 2-year-old could have written this. All right.

Steve Carell as Gru in Despicable Me

23 They get their art and literature from dreams. Just wake up and write it down.

Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street

24 Name the great characters in American literature.

Peter Billingsley as Ralphie Parker in A Christmas Story (1983)

25 There is also a certain man, a writer of subversive literature, who has been howling for your blood.

Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange

26 Embedded in the crystals before you is the total accumulation of all literature and scientific fact from dozens of other worlds spanning the 28 known galaxies.

Marlon Brando as Jor El in Superman (1978)

27 I knew you weren't suited for literature.

Dave Goelz as The Great Gonzo in The Muppet Christmas Carol

28 He's a teacher of medieval literature. The one the students hope they don't get.

Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

29 Several languages... Knowledge of music... literature. Knowledge of... Knowledge of...

Toole as T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia

30 Oh? You're interested in literature? -Interested? Oh, there's nothing I like better than to hide away by myself with a book... a good book. Oh! Well, you may write that down.

James Stewart as Anthony Amberton in The Moon's Our Home (1941)

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