122 Movie Quotes about Career with Audio – Page 4

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31 And if it doesn't work for you, it's because you're lazy. And you should get a job at McDonald's.

Quote from The Wolf of Wall Street

32 I'm gonna end up working in a lumberyard the rest of my life. -What's wrong with lumber? I own two lumberyards. I noticed you don't spend too much time there. -I'm not sure where they are. -Ah.

Chevy Chase as Ty Webb; Michael O'Keefe as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack (1980)

33 Tell her to pick another career.

Quote from Taken (2008)

34 No, I've been working since I was ten. I want to find out why I'm working. The answer can't be just to pay bills or to pile up more money. Even if you do, the government's gonna take most of it.

Cary Grant as Johnny Case in Holiday (1938)

35 I got a motto: Like your work, love your wife.

John Candy as Del Griffith in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

36 Sounds like a pretty tame profession, doll. Not exactly the job where enemies can be made.

Lorenzo Music as Garfield in Garfield's Babes and Bullets (1989)

37 I'm not special. I've never been exceptional. This is, though, what I'm doing. My work.

Kevin Spacey as John Doe in Se7en (1995)

38 Oh, I don't know really. I just sort of do it. You see, my aunt said that spaceship guard was a good career for a young Vogon, you know. The uniform, the low-slung stun-ray holster, the mindless tedium...

Quote from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

39 The grande finale. The climax of my performance. The zenith of my career!

Cesar Romero as The Joker in Batman (1966)

40 Well, Papa, if losing a case depresses you so, why don't you quit practicing law and go into another line of business? -That's a good idea. Beginning tomorrow, I intend to play at first base for the Baltimore Orioles.

Judy Garland as Esther Smith; Leon Ames as Mr. Alonzo Smith in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)