42 Movie Quotes about Duty (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Jun 3, 2026

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

1 I give all my time and energy to my duties and what do I get? -You get awfully tiresome after a while.

Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly in Duck Soup (1933)

2 Duty calls. -But our date. -Well, come along. We'll have our date after you watch me heroically whomp a major villain.

Jim Cummings as Darkwing Duck in Darkwing Duck (1991)

3 So... you have confessed to the crime of touching the king's crown. -Yes, but... -But what? -But it's my job, Your Highness. I'm the royal crown polisher.

Quote from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

4 Just doing my civic duty, sir.

Quote from Pirates of the Caribbean 1: The Curse of the Black Pearl

5 One more, one more. Why did the hero flush the toilet? Say why? -Why? -Because it was his doodie!

Sarah Silverman as Vanellope Von Schweetz in Wreck-It Ralph

6 I will destroy the man. It is my sworn duty.

Quote from Duel to the Death

7 Hey, hey, hey, what's this? Sleeping on duty? Hey, hey, you two. Rise and shine. Hit the deck.

Daws Butler as Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss, Huckleberry Hound, Augie Doggie; Yogi Bear in Yogi's First Christmas (1980)

8 Sorry. It is my duty to run away first.

Steve Martin as Captain Smek in Home (2015)

9 A crown to wear in grace and beauty as is thy right and royal duty.

Quote from Sleeping Beauty (1959)

10 And besides, I've got a job to do, too. It may not be as fancy as being president, but it's my duty. And it's a big duty!

John C. Reilly as Wreck It Ralph in Wreck-It Ralph