179 Movie Quotes about Business (+ Sound Clips) - page 8

Updated: May 21, 2026

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

71 Business is a ruthless business, my dear.

Charlie Chaplin as Monsieur Henri Verdoux in Monsieur Verdoux

72 That's the history of many a big business. Wars, conflict - it's all business.

Charlie Chaplin as Monsieur Henri Verdoux in Monsieur Verdoux

73 Is white guilt supposed to make me forget I'm running a business?

Robert Forster as Max Cherry in Jackie Brown

74 Fella in his business hasn't got a right to get mad. He gets mad, he's not so good, so the madder he gets, the better I like it.

John Wayne as Cole Thornton in El Dorado (1966)

75 And, too, with me, it's, 'always put things off.' But with you, Miss, it's 'business before pleasure' every time. Heh, I tell ya, it's like an inspiration.

Humphrey Bogart as Charlie Allnut in The African Queen (1952)

76 No, baby. There's no future in this business.

Humphrey Bogart as Major Jed Webbe in Battle Circus (1953)

77 Yes, I would say that business here is definitely... looking up.

Harry H. Corbett as Sergeant Sidney Bung in Carry On Screaming!

78 He suddenly quit business one day. Started up the elevator, came right down again and never went back. He said he wasn't having any fun.

Fay Wray as Alice in You Can't Take It with You (1939)

79 Business! You're not a business man! You are a lion in the jungle! -Yes! And I've got the longest and the sharpest claws, too!

Edward Arnold as Mr. Kirby in You Can't Take It with You (1939)

80 Your business is your business. Of course, some people wouldn't care for that kind of business, but somebody has to do the dirty work. It's just too bad it had to be somebody as nice as you.

Barbara Stanwyck as Lee Leander in Remember the Night (1940)