132 Movie Quotes about Reading (+ Sound Clips) - page 13

Updated: Mar 15, 2026

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

121 You should read the new book Mark Twain's writing now.

Quote from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

122 One whole day and I did one page. And they said I gotta do the whole book. It'll take me forever.

Jackie Chan as Dubbed By Unknown Actor in Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)

123 Give me all your money, bookworm, or I blow your brains out.

Peter Weller as Alex Murphy RoboCop in RoboCop (1987)

124 Lifting and trying to read every book in the library.

Tyrin Turner as Kaydee "Caine" Lawson in Menace II Society

125 Reading, writing, arithmetic. Too much homework makes me sick.

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Detective John Kimble in Kindergarten Cop

126 Most kindergarten children can't read yet. -My son can.

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Detective John Kimble in Kindergarten Cop

127 Yeah, whatever. Shut up and read it.

Will Smith as Captain Steven Hiller in Independence Day (1996)

128 The more and more I was reading the Minister's book, the more I realized how _ed up our whole thought process was.

Nas as Sincere in Belly (1998)

129 You're going to teach me to read, then? -If you like. -Aye. -In what language?

Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart (1995)

130 But he hasn't finished reading his story.

Gena Rowlands as "Allie" Hamilton in The Notebook (2004)