31 Movie Quotes about Misery (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Feb 2, 2026

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

11 I spent my whole life not knowin' what I wanted outta life, just chasin' my tail. Now for the first time I know exactly what I want, and who. And that's the damnable misery of it.

Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp in Tombstone (1993)

12 You're not worth 300 dollars. You'll never mean anything but misery to any man.

Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939)

13 I will not make money out of the enforced labour and misery of others.

Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939)

14 Kids... 10 seconds of joy, 30 years of misery. I got married three times, but at least I was never dumb enough to have any.

Tom Arnold as Albert Gibson in True Lies

15 I reckon he's got a more interesting misery than you got, Sheriff.

Arthur Hunnicutt as Bull Harris in El Dorado (1966)

16 Well, this city is run by a bunch of crooks. They force people into a life of misery and debt and shame.

Quote from Kung Fu Girl Fighter (1972)

17 If you're into pain and agony agony, if you love the great indoors. Welcome to the good ship Misery, the misery's all yours.

Martin Short as Hubie The Penguin in The Pebble and the Penguin

18 Hey, this is the life, huh? And they say money can't buy happiness. -Yeah, but at least you can pick your own kind of misery.

Rodney Dangerfield as Monty Capuletti in Easy Money (1983)

19 Well, I don't know what to say except it's Christmas and we're all in misery.

Beverly Dangelo as Ellen Griswold in Christmas Vacation (1989)

20 Would you like people make money off your misery?

Robert Kerman as Professor Harold Monroe in Cannibal Holocaust