161 Movie Quotes about Punishment (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Aug 14, 2025

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

11 God doesn't punish the wicked and reward the righteous. Everyone dies. Some die because they deserve to. Others die simply because they come from Minneapolis. It's random, and it's meaningless.

John Malkovich as Mitch Leary in In the Line of Fire

12 If you work hard, you will be treated well. But if you do not work hard, you will be punished.

Sessue Hayakawa as Colonel Saito in The Bridge on the River Kwai

13 Do you think I don't know the law? Wasn't it me who wrote it? And I say that this man has broken the law.

Tina Turner as Aunty Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

14 What will they do to me? -Oh, you'll probably get away with crucifixion. -Crucifixion? -Yeah, first offense.

Michael Palin in Monty Python's Life of Brian

15 Oh yeah, if we didn't have crucifixion, this country'd be in a right bloody mess.

Michael Palin in Monty Python's Life of Brian

16 Now take my case. They hung me up here five years ago. Every night, they take me down for 20 minutes, then they hang me up again, which I regard as very fair in view of what I've done.

Michael Palin in Monty Python's Life of Brian

17 Next? Crucifixion? -Yes. -Good. Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each.

Michael Palin in Monty Python's Life of Brian

18 You would not find me suitable. Because my first official act would be to have you all crucified.

Alec Guinness as Marcus Aurelius in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

19 Now... are you ready for your sentence?

Kathryn Beaumont as Alice in Alice in Wonderland (1951)

20 A pity they let the old punishments die. There was a time detention would find you hanging by your thumbs in the dungeons.

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

161 Movie Quotes about Punishment (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

11 God doesn't punish the wicked and reward the righteous. Everyone dies. Some die because they deserve to. Others die simply because they come from Minneapolis. It's random, and it's meaningless.

12 If you work hard, you will be treated well. But if you do not work hard, you will be punished.

13 Do you think I don't know the law? Wasn't it me who wrote it? And I say that this man has broken the law.

14 What will they do to me? -Oh, you'll probably get away with crucifixion. -Crucifixion? -Yeah, first offense.

15 Oh yeah, if we didn't have crucifixion, this country'd be in a right bloody mess.

16 Now take my case. They hung me up here five years ago. Every night, they take me down for 20 minutes, then they hang me up again, which I regard as very fair in view of what I've done.

17 Next? Crucifixion? -Yes. -Good. Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each.

18 You would not find me suitable. Because my first official act would be to have you all crucified.

19 Now... are you ready for your sentence?

20 A pity they let the old punishments die. There was a time detention would find you hanging by your thumbs in the dungeons.

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