27 Movie Quotes about Effort with Audio – Page 2

Updated: Aug 11, 2026

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11 All right, I mean, I'll tip if somebody really deserves a tip. If they really put forth the effort, I'll give 'em something extra. But, I mean, this tipping automatically... it's for the birds.

Steve Buscemi as Mister Pink in Reservoir Dogs (1992)

12 But don't expect a miracle unless you help make it to be.

Joel Grey as Joshua Trundle in 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)

13 It's not anyone's fault. It's just the way things are. It's what people want and how hard they want it. And how hard it is for them to get it.

Kirk Douglas as Walter O'Neil in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

14 Do you make an effort to be obnoxious or is it a gift? -It's a gift.

Rene Russo as Agent Lilly Raines; Clint Eastwood as Agent Frank Horrigan in In the Line of Fire

15 A for effort.

Quote from The Tingler (1959)

16 Yes, work tires no one. What tires one is laziness, the mother of all vices.

Peter Sellers as Auguste Topaze in Mr. Topaze (1961)

17 In my humble effort to amuse your fiancée, I was telling her some rather grim tales of my far-off country.

Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in Dracula (1931)

18 I'm not letting you undo all my hard work!

Quote from Wreck-It Ralph

19 I've trained hard to counter his Silkworm Skill. Now... all has gone to waste!

Quote from Return of the Bastard Swordsman

20 Don't I even get credit for a good try?

Quote from Superman (1948)