1 | ->''"Mayday! Mayday! This looks like the end! I never learned how to read!!"'' |
2 | -->-- '''Pit''', ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' |
3 | |
4 | ->'''Tuco:''' ''(reading a note left by Angel Eyes)'' See you soon, id-id-ids...\ |
5 | '''Blondie:''' ''(takes the note)'' Idiots. It's for you. |
6 | -->-- ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' |
7 | |
8 | ->''"What up, I'm Jared, I'm 19, and I never [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] learned how to read."'' |
9 | -->-- [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CqCCBohjaqA This Vine]] |
10 | |
11 | ->''"The fact is that I am unique. I am not interested in what one man may transmit to other men; like the [[Creator/{{Socrates}} philosopher]], I think that nothing is communicable by the art of writing. Bothersome and trivial details have no place in my spirit, which is prepared for all that is vast and grand; I have never retained the difference between one letter and another. A certain generous impatience has not permitted that I learn to read. Sometimes I deplore this, for the nights and days are long."'' |
12 | -->-- '''Asterion''', ''Literature/TheHouseOfAsterion'' |
13 | |
14 | ->''"Ha ha ha, I can't read."'' |
15 | -->-- '''Person''', ''WebAnimation/{{asdfmovie}}2'' |
16 | |
17 | ->''"[[AccidentalMisnaming Miss Puffins]], I'll be square with you. You work with '''exceptionally''' subnormal men. Defectives. Drunks. Sex criminals.'' War ''criminals. I'm fairly certain four of them can't even read."'' |
18 | -->-- '''Saxton Hale''', ''Webcomic/TeamFortress2'' |
19 | |
20 | ->''All those lines and circles, to me, a mystery\ |
21 | Eve pull down the apple and give a taste to me\ |
22 | If she could it would be wonderful, but my pride is in the way\ |
23 | I cannot read to save my life, I'm so ashamed to say'' |
24 | -->-- '''Music/TenThousandManiacs''', "Cherry Tree" |
25 | |
26 | ->''Readin' and-a writin' never did get through to me\ |
27 | But when it came to makin' love, I learned my ay-bee-cees\ |
28 | Now please excuse me for scribblin'\ |
29 | I can barely write my name'' |
30 | -->-- '''Music/WhiteBoyJamesAndTheBluesExpress''', ''VideoGame/Starcraft2'' |
31 | |
32 | ->'''Barbara:''' What's happened, Cass? Speak to me!\ |
33 | '''Cassandra:''' She's hurt. Knocked Out.\ |
34 | '''Barbara:''' What about the book? Did she find the self-destruct command?\ |
35 | '''Cassandra:''' Yes, it's-- it's here.\ |
36 | '''Barbara:''' Well then, what are you waiting for? What is it?\ |
37 | '''Cassandra:''' I-- I don't know. I can't read.\ |
38 | '''Barbara:''' Dammit, Cassie, I know you can't read! Just tell me the letters and I'll work it out, okay?\ |
39 | '''Cassandra:''' There's one of those…uh…straight lines going up, with a round thing on the--\ |
40 | '''Barbara:''' You're kidding -- you still don't even know the damn alphabet?! All those hours you spend practicing martial arts and you can't spare the time to learn your #$%@ ABC's?! For God's sake, Cassie -- how stupid can you be?! |
41 | -->-- ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'' issue 54 |
42 | |
43 | ->''"I am'' not ''illiterate! My parents were married!"'' |
44 | -->-- '''Lord Redbrick''', ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'' |
45 | |
46 | ->''"Oh wait, I can't read."'' |
47 | -->-- '''Knuckles the Echidna''' after trying and failing to read an invitation, ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' |
48 | |
49 | ->''"Turns out you're not dyslexic, you're just really really stupid."'' |
50 | -->-- '''Creator/FrankieBoyle''', ''Series/MockTheWeek'', "Bad things for a teacher to say" |
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