26 Movie Quotes about Capitalism (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: August 4, 2025

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

1 He decided to put his information to good use and make a little money out of it. What could be more American than that?

Tim Curry as Wadsworth in Clue (1985)

2 Which brings us, once again, to the urgent realization of just how much there is still left to own.

Graham Chapman in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

3 What's wrong with this country, Marty? Money. You taught me that. Evil defense contractors had it, noble causes did not.

Ben Kingsley as Cosmo in Sneakers (1992)

4 What's the matter with you? All you think about is Gimme, gimme, gimme. Get, get, get. -That's called survival, baby.

Quote from It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

5 Capitalists like myself who carry large sums of money often have such safety contrivances.

Quote from Batman (1966)

6 You know what capitalism is? Getting _ed.

Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface (1983)

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

Charlie Chaplin as Monsieur Henri Verdoux in Monsieur Verdoux

8 If I really knew you, I know what I would find instead of a brain, a cash register, instead of a heart, a bottom line.

Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly in You've Got Mail

9 Like all members of the oldest profession, I'm a capitalist, and I'm gonna sell my secrets, your secrets, to the highest bidder.

Lesley Ann Warren as Miss Scarlet in Clue (1985)

10 Aw, you crumbs, it's skin off your nose if somebody wants to make a buck?

Lee Van Cleef in The Naked Street (1955)