91 Cynical Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Oct 3, 2025

A selection of cynical quotes with sound bites from famous or less known movies, as rated by our visitors, accompanied by short MP3 or WAV audio samples.

1 In his will he left me enough money to pay for his tombstone. Ha! And I had him buried at sea!

Ebenezer Scrooge; Scrooge Mcduck in Mickey Mouse

2 If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips would be cooked with his own turkey, and buried with a stake of Holly through his heart.

Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol

3 Well, you realize if you give money to the poor, they won't be poor anymore, will they?

Ebenezer Scrooge; Scrooge Mcduck in Mickey Mouse

4 You work all your life to get money, and people want you to give it away.

Ebenezer Scrooge; Scrooge Mcduck in Mickey Mouse

5 How can you justify destroying a $7 million mini mall to rescue a girl whose ransom is only $25,000?

Sylvester Stallone as John Spartan in Demolition Man

6 Since it's impossible in this world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves.

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho

7 My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone.

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho

8 Man, look. Let me give you the same advice my father gave me, all right? Give up hope. Look at me. Dreams are for suckers. Ain't no future for you.

Shawn Wayans as Ashtray in Don't Be a Menace

9 I want to see this dead grandmother, firsthand.

Jeffrey Jones as Ed Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

10 There's got to be a way to get those stiffs off my property.

Jonathan Winters as Harry And Wilbur Glenworthy in The Loved One (1965)

91 Cynical Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips)

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