72 Movie Quotes about Time Management (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

Updated: Apr 14, 2026

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

31 Sorry. A bit busy at the moment. You seem to have rather a lot to get on with yourself.

Jonathan Pryce as Sam Lowry in Brazil (1985)

32 You're on dangerous ground here. You're causing a major disturbance on my time.

Ray Walston as Mr. Hand in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

33 Busy? Take a look at my button-pushing finger. What do you think?

George O'Hanlon as George Jetson in The Jetsons

34 Good, you're not dead. I've been trying to get in touch with you for 45 minutes.

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in Apollo 13

35 My time is extremely valuable, so I can stick away into minutes, minutes become hours, hours disappear into days and weeks, weeks suddenly form months and months have a habit of becoming years.

Vincent Price as Burnbridge Waters in Champagne for Caesar

36 Well do that at our leisure, when our more important work is done.

Frank Welker as Megatron in The Transformers (1984)

37 I fear at this moment, time's too precious to spend with our admirers. We must get cracking.

Adam West as Batman in Batman (1966)

38 You know something? You ought to spend a little more time trying to do something with yourself, and a little less time trying to impress people. You might be better off.

Paul Gleason as Richard Vernon in The Breakfast Club

39 Every day I see you reading. What's with this reading? Some guy makes up some story... _ 'em! It's a waste of time.

Wesley Snipes as Flipper Purify in Jungle Fever

40 Yeah. Yes, we can only get more of everything except time. Can't send home for more time.

Humphrey Bogart as Major Jed Webbe in Battle Circus (1953)