99 Movie Quotes about Wasting Time (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Sep 15, 2025

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

1 And you, my friend, are responsible for delaying my rendezvous with Star Command!

Tom Hanks as Sheriff Woody in Toy Story (1995)

2 Stop goofin' around! We got work to do!

Bill Farmer as Goofy in A Goofy Movie (1995)

3 Of course, if I bumped the loathing to 9:00, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling, and slip slowly into madness. But what would I wear?

Jim Carrey as The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas

4 Something's wrong with you. Really. You're wasting my time.

Albert Brooks as Marlin in Finding Nemo

5 Okay. Only I'm too sad to walk. Just give me a few... hours.

Phyllis Smith as Sadness in Inside Out

6 Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn't allow it: 4:00, wallow in self-pity. 4:30, stare into the abyss.

Jim Carrey as The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas

7 The very idea. Spend all my time laying eggs for serpents like her.

Kathryn Beaumont as Alice in Alice in Wonderland (1951)

8 What ya doin'? Hibernatin'?

Hardie Albright as Bambi in Bambi (1942)

9 Why am I wasting time on a dime store putz like you when I could be doing something much more dangerous? Like rearranging my sock drawers.

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack Slater in Last Action Hero

10 And don't spend your time lookin' around for something you want that can't be found when you find out you can live without it and go along not thinkin' about it.

Baloo The Bear in The Jungle Book (1967)

99 Movie Quotes about Wasting Time (+ Sound Clips)

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