63 Funny Quotes About Work from Movies (+ Audio Clips) - page 6

Updated: Apr 23, 2026

A collection of funny quotes about work from movies, complete with audio samples in mp3 & wav formats — great for ringtones or laughs.

51 I can promise you I'll be back in the shop tomorrow and I'll be on my toes! I'll sell more goods than I ever sold before.

Margaret Sullavan as Klara Novak in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

52 How much is the pay? -2 pesos. Of course, I can't pay in advance. I got to wait till I get to town so I can get the money.

Humphrey Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

53 Did you just make that? -Yeah. Where do you think I've been for three hours?

Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts; Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark Iron Man in Iron Man 2

54 When I think of the time and the money I've wasted on your training, and you still turn out to be a blithering idiot.

Stacy Keach as Sgt. Stedenko in Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke

55 I'll be here all week. In fact, I'll be here for my whole life. Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, including Christmas, Hanukkah, Halloween, Kwanzaa.

Chris Rock as Marty The Zebra in Madagascar

56 Sounds like a _ job. Funny, I was thinkin' the same thing.

Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield; Tim Roth as Ringo in Pulp Fiction

57 I'd say in a given week, I probably only do about 15 minutes of real, actual work.

Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons in Office Space

58 Michael, we don't have a lot of time on this earth. We weren't meant to spend it this way.

Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons in Office Space

59 I can't believe we drove around all day and there's not a single job in this town. There is nothing, nada, zip! -Yeah, unless you want to work 40 hours a week. Pfft!

Lauren Holly as Mary Swanson; Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber

60 They make the honey, and we make the money.

Ray Liotta in Bee Movie