Books quotes

Dr. Bradford? Hi. I borrowed a book from your dad. "Power Learning Through Speed Study". It took me forever to get through it.
Matthew Broderick - John Brown

Ironically, we were studying "The Scarlet Letter", but isn't that always the way? The books you read in class always seem to have a strong connection with whatever angsty adolescent drama is being recounted.

Emma Stone - Olive

- Joanna Eberhart: Hey, aren't you Bobbie Markowitz? I love your books. What was the name of that book, the one about your mother?
- Bobbie Markowitz: "I Love You, But Please Die".
Nicole Kidman - Joanna Eberhart
Bette Midler - Bobbie Markowitz

“- Mr. Marcus: The books have been classified as obscene and will not be allowed through the border. Now, if I can just get you to sign here.
- Frances: Little Red Riding Hood is obscene?
- Mr. Marcus: Well, we, we thought it was something else.”
Jay Brazeau - Mr. Marcus
Ann-Marie MacDonald - Frances

“I never make up anything. I get everything from my books. They're all true.”
Edna May Wonacott - Ann Newton

“- Lt. Quinn: The Hudson broad...
- M.J. Monahan: What about her?
- Lt. Quinn: The commissioner thinks, and I agree with him on this, that's she's leakin' like a rusty bucket. Maybe she's trying to hype her new book. I don't know, I don't care! She's just not reliable, especially after lunch.”
J.E. Freeman - Lt. Quinn
Holly Hunter - M.J. Monahan

“- Osbourne Cox: Some clown, or two clowns, have gotten a hold of my memoirs.
- Katie Cox: Your what?
- Osbourne Cox: Stolen it, or I don't know...
- Katie Cox: Your what?
- Osbourne Cox: My memoirs, the book I'm writing.
- Katie Cox: Well why in God's name would anyone think that's worth anything?”
John Malkovich - Osborne Cox
Tilda Swinton - Katie Cox

“- Bill Hudley: My friends and I are on a road trip. We're driving across country and writing a book on off-beat roadside attractions. You know, the crazy shit you see when you're driving across the country.
- Captain Spaulding: I don't drive cross country.
- Bill Hudley: But if you did...
- Captain Spaulding: But I don't.”
Rainn Wilson - Bill Hudley
Sid Haig - Captain Spaulding

“Did you know, Helen, that more books have been written about Jack the Ripper than Abraham Lincoln? It's a sick world, isn't it, Helen?”
William McNamara - Peter Foley

“I may already be dead, just not typed.”
Will Ferrell - Harold Crick

“Books change each time you read them.”
Thomas Hill - Koreander

“- Dean Corso: It's an impressive collection. You have some very rare editions here. Are you sure you want to sell them all?
- Old Man's Son: They're of no use to father. Not anymore. Not since he's been this way. His library was his whole world. Now it's just a painful memory.”
Johnny Depp - Dean Corso
Joe Sheridan - Old Man's Son

“Books are like eggs. You got to crack 'em open to get anything out of them.”
Polly Bergen - Miss Maybry

“- Griffen Grayson: Have you ever read any Judy Blume books? … Have you ever read any books?
- Scott: Does 'Sports Illustrated' count?”
Austin Nichols - Griffen Grayson
Billy Aaron Brown - Scott

“- Vada Sultenfuss: I love the fragrance of vintage books.
- Nick Zsigmond: I love the fragrance of chili dogs.”
Anna Chlumsky - Vada Sultenfuss
Austin O'Brien - Nick Zsigmond

- Gail Wallens: Author of "Hostage Terrorist, Terrorist Hostage: A Study in Duality". Dr. Hasseldorf, what can we expect in the next few hours?
- Dr. Hasseldorf: Well, Gail, by this time the hostages should be going through the early stages of the Helsinki Syndrome.
- Harvey Johnson: As in Helsinki, Sweden.
- Dr. Hasseldorf: Finland.
Mary Ellen Trainor - Gail Wallens
George Christy - Dr. Hasseldorf
David Ursin - Harvey Johnson

The guy wants to run for president, he thinks "Moby Dick" is a venereal disease.
Christopher Walken - Secretary Cleary

“- Eva: You taught me out of books, but I have a life of my own. You didn't create me! You didn't create me!
- Dr. Frankenstein: As a matter of fact... I did.”
Jennifer Beals - Eva
Sting - Dr. Frankenstein

“I have reached the end of your book and there are so many things that I need to ask you. Sometimes I'm afraid of what you might tell me. Sometimes I'm afraid that you'll tell me that this is not a work of fiction. I can only hope that the answers will come to me in my sleep.”

Jake Gyllenhaal - Donnie Darko

“I hate those comic books. They never get the eyes right.”
Ronald Francis Perlman - Hellboy

“Where is a book before it is born? Who are a book's parents? Does a book need two parents - a mother and a father? Can a book be born inside another book? Where is the parent book of books? How old does a book have to be before it can give birth?”
Vivian Wu - Nagiko

“- Lily: I never did get much good out of books.
- Cragg: You are a fool. You could learn a lot from that book. But if you are content to stay here like a dumb animal in this miserable life, then I wash my hands from you.”

Barbara Stanwyck - Lily
Alphonse Ethier - Cragg

“- Julie: You have so many great books.
- Dex: The better to seduce you with.
- Julie: What?
- Dex: The better to deduce the truth with.”
Dana Goodman - Julie
Donal Logue - Dex

“- Jamal: We've been talking about your book at school.
- Forrester: People have been talking about it for years. They just haven't been saying anything.
- Jamal: I think I got it down, though. I figure you were writing about how life never works out.
- Forrester: Really? You had to read a book to figure that out?”
Rob Brown - Jamal Wallace
Sir Sean Connery - William Forrester

“Men who keep books are never very happy.”
William Powell - Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.