34 Movie Quotes about Hard Times with Audio – Page 2

Updated: Aug 18, 2026

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11 But it is my day. It is, my friend. After three long, terrible years, it is at last my day.

Herbert Lom as Former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

12 I'm not saying that pain is purposeless or even neutral, but to find meaning in pain, there has to be something else.

Anthony Hopkins as c. s. lewis in Shadowlands

13 Besides, Mother, how do we know what hard times are ahead of us? Maybe we'll do for another depression.

Rosemary DeCamp as Loretta in The Future Is Yours (1948)

14 But I always say the bad times fade away and the good ones adhere themselves to your memory. -Yes. Excuse me. -Oh, it's all right.

Robin Williams as Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire in Mrs. Doubtfire

15 In good times, they offered produce to the gods and slaughtered animals, but in bad years, when the harvest had been poor... the sacrifice was a human being.

Edward Woodward as Sgt. Neil Howie in The Wicker Man (1973)

16 The world lives in pain and despair, but is at least kept alive by a few dedicated men.

Vincent Price as Prince Prospero in The Masque of the Red Death

17 Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen.

Jennifer Connelly as Sarah in Labyrinth (1986)

18 Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed, but still, you find reasons to keep living.

Quote from Princess Mononoke

19 Ah, I don't know what I am. Why does life have to be so hard for some of us?

Dirk Benedict as Faceman in The A-Team

20 I don't have to tell you things are bad, everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job.

Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network (1976)