24 Movie Quotes about Unemployment (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Jul 17, 2025

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

11 We got no food. We got no jobs. Our pets' heads are falling off!

Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber

12 And it's because of slimy politics that we have all this unemployment here.

Quote from Meet John Doe (1941)

13 Does anybody need an unemployed vice president?

George O'Hanlon as George Jetson in The Jetsons

14 These are desperate days, my dear. Millions starving and unemployed.

Charlie Chaplin as Monsieur Henri Verdoux in Monsieur Verdoux

15 Next year, in my opinion, we'll see widespread depression and unemployment.

Myrna Loy as Milly Stephenson in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

16 When do we get going on the better? -Whenever I get wise to myself, I guess. Whenever I wake up and realize I'm not an officer and a gentleman anymore. I'm just another soda jerk out of a job.

Dana Andrews as Fred Derry in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

17 Did you say job? I happen to be financially embarrassed. Mortified, even.

Daws Butler as Snagglepuss in Snagglepuss (1961)

18 You know, I've never worked in all my life. In all my life, I've never worked.

Charles Boyer as Michel Marnet in Love Affair (1939)

19 I know that thousands of people in Charlestown have lost jobs with the mill closing and all.

Paul Newman as Reggie "Reg" Dunlop in Slap Shot (1977)

20 I just want to say to all you unemployed folks out there that we can get a whole new lease on life with these records, nothing will bother you anymore.

Dave Killer Carlson in Slap Shot (1977)