126 Movie Quotes about Reading (+ Sound Clips) - page 6

Updated: Sep 1, 2025

Memorable quotes about 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.

51 When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first. That way, in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends.

Billy Crystal as Harry Burns in When Harry Met Sally...

52 Ooh, a real page-turner!

Amy Poehler as Joy in Inside Out

53 Yo, I'm reading this new book, man. Yo, this _ is so deep, yo. This _ got my mind thinking about a whole new other format, man.

Nas as Sincere in Belly (1998)

54 Well, I think I'll leave you to your reading. I'm sure it will help to fill the gaps in your education.

Quote from Mr. Topaze (1961)

55 I can't read or write, you know that. -Listen, you don't read and write a man into jail.

Quote from Dark Command (1940)

56 Had I known you were around this neck of the woods, I'd have posted signs saying keep out, but, unfortunately, you couldn't have read them.

Walter Pidgeon as Will Cantrell in Dark Command (1940)

57 Yeah, did you guys read the book? -The flap, I read the back flap and saw the pictures.

Jack Black as Jeff Portnoy in Tropic Thunder (2008)

58 I can't read nothin' no more. Read that for me.

George Peppard as Col. John Hannibal Smith in The A-Team

59 Hand me my purse, will you, darling? A girl can't read that sort of thing without her lipstick.

Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's

60 I'm having trouble reading my own writing. I guess I was a little more tired than I thought.

Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert in Apollo 13