72 Movie Quotes about Time Management (+ Sound Clips) - page 7

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.

61 Very well, we'll give them shorter hours. We'll start by cutting their lunch hour to 20 minutes.

Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly in Duck Soup (1933)

62 Don't ask me. I don't watch the clock. I own the joint.

James Whitmore as Gus Minissi in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

63 Why do you shamelessly waste my time like this?

Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

64 Time. Time's of the essence. We have a tight schedule.

Frank Gorshin as The Riddler in Batman (1966)

65 Why should I waste my time on you when I'm hungry?

Quote from Game of Killers (1978)

66 Would you like some tea? -No. I've got to crack this case, and I'm on a tight schedule.

Ted Wass as Sgt. Clifton Sleigh in Curse of the Pink Panther

67 Well, get me out fast. I'm way behind in my hold-up schedule.

Daws Butler as Snagglepuss in Snagglepuss (1961)

68 Sorry, time's up.

Tim Blaney as Number 5 The Robot in Short Circuit (1986)

69 Yeah, the busy life of a retiree. Every day a new adventure.

Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills in Taken (2008)

70 Michael, we don't have a lot of time on this earth. We weren't meant to spend it this way.

Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons in Office Space