40 Movie Quotes about Waste (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Mar 29, 2026

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

1 Kevin! You spent 967 dollars on room service?

John Heard in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

2 There's a special rung in hell reserved for people who waste good Scotch. Seeing as I may be rapping on the door momentarily, l must say, damn good stuff, sir.

Michael Fassbender as Lt. Archie Hicox in Inglourious Basterds

3 We dare not stop or waste a drop, so let the paint be spread.

Quote from Alice in Wonderland (1951)

4 Ten years you carry that pistol, and now you waste your shot!

Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean 1: The Curse of the Black Pearl

5 Oh, well. One man's toxic sludge is another man's potpourri.

Jim Carrey as The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas

6 Don't waste your arrows. Let the traitor rot in his watery grave.

Quote from The Hunchback of Notre Dame

7 A culinary masterpiece gone to waste!

Quote from Beauty and the Beast (1991)

8 Yeah, well, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Quote from RoboCop (1987)

9 Hey, you. No time to waste. Let's go.

Quote from The Emperor's New Groove

10 You stupid, pathetic waste!

Quote from Monsters, Inc.