58 Movie Quotes about Progress (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Apr 14, 2026

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

1 I think we've all arrived at a very special place, eh? Spiritually. Ecumenically. Grammatically.

Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 1: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2 We're still working on it. It's a work in progress but, hey, we need ushers.

Quote from Monsters, Inc.

3 Well, I think Dad has made some excellent progress today but I think it's time we wind down now.

Sarah Vowell as Violet Parr in The Incredibles

4 What progress, Batman? Is there hope?

Quote from Batman (1966)

5 If you're faithful to your daily practising you will find your progress is encouraging.

Quote from The Aristocats

6 If a cannibal used a knife and fork, would you call that progress too?

Anne Bancroft as Senator Lillian DeHaven in G.I. Jane

7 OK, step two. -I thought we'd be dead by step two, so this is going great!

Garry Shandling as Verne in Over the Hedge

8 Everything we gonna do is changing. We are change. We're gonna change the way we run. We're gonna change the way we eat. We're gonna change the way we block. We're gonna change the way we tackle. We're gonna change the way we win.

Denzel Washington as Coach Herman Boone in Remember the Titans

9 You're getting him moving faster, all right... slowly.

Michael Gough as Gopher in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

10 Now, first of all, lad, we've got to get all of these medieval ideas out of your head. Clear the way for new ideas.

Karl Swenson as Merlin in The Sword in the Stone (1963)