17 Movie Quotes about Distraction (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Feb 12, 2026

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

11 Patrick. You call that a distraction?

Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

12 You are one distracted guy.

Craig T. Nelson as Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles

13 Listen, you, you daydreaming fool. What are you doing there? I mean... Can't you pay attention when I'm talking? Don't you know what I was saying? You're not listening to me.

Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in A Shot in the Dark (1964)

14 Mmm. I know. I'll go in and create a distraction, and you get the key.

Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

15 We can't afford any distractions!

Russell Brand as Dr. Nefario in Despicable Me

16 Jack was so lost in his daydreams that he didn't hear.

Robert Morse as Jack Frost in Jack Frost (1979)

17 However, this is rarely achieved, owing to man's unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia.

Quote from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life