43 Movie Quotes about Crisis (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Mar 4, 2026

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

1 The energy crisis will only get worse because of you!

John Goodman as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan in Monsters, Inc.

2 Man the lifeboats! Women and children first! Ah-ooga! Ah-ooga! Dive! Dive!

Jim Cummings as Winnie The Pooh in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

3 For God's sake, strap yourselves down, quick!

Max Von Sydow as Emperor Ming The Merciless in Flash Gordon (1980)

4 Guess what, Chuck. Disaster time.

Phillip Lucier as Peppermint Patty in It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown

5 Critical situations only become crises when oxen and women get excited. -I see.

William Conrad as Leiningen in Leiningen Versus the Ants (1948)

6 Well, anyway, the recession came and we thought, thought it would save a lot of bother if we just slept through it. So we programmed the computers to revive us when it was all over.

Richard Evelyn Vernon as Slartibartfast in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

7 Dad, the boat's on fire. Aaaah! Dad, the boat's on fire!

Kurt Russell as Captain Ron in Captain Ron

8 We're moving in with you. -Couldn't very well stay where we were. -Not with the sky falling down on our noggins.

Peter Cullen as Eeyore; Paul Winchell as Tigger; Peter Cullen as Rabbit; Jim Cummings as Winnie The Pooh in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

9 Please remain calm. This is not a drill.

John Goodman as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan in Monsters, Inc.

10 I don't think we should delay at all, we're facing a crisis. I feel we have no choice of the matter.

Quote from Secret Shaolin Kung Fu