37 Movie Quotes about Work Life Balance with Audio

Updated: Nov 10, 2026

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1 Dag nabbit! The trouble with all this fun and games stuff is that it takes too long. I got things to do. Hmm!

Michael Gough as Gopher in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

2 After all the work I've done, I deserve a vacation. Nothing too long, of course. Just a day visiting my relations.

Ken Sansom as Rabbit in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

3 You understand? You get a job, you become the job.

Peter Boyle as Wizard in Taxi Driver (1976)

4 Isn't this fun? But we're supposed to be having fun. It's on the schedule. It's on... the schedule.

Ken Sansom as Rabbit in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

5 Should we play? -Or work? -Mm. Yes. -Yes? By dinghy, that makes sense to me. -Right. We'll do both.

Michael Gough as Gopher; Ken Sansom as Rabbit in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

6 I finish work, I go home, read a book, have a couple of beers, take myself for a walk and go to bed. -Nice and simple.

Jim Henson as Rowlf the Dog in The Muppet Movie (1979)

7 You never hear somebody say, 'With the time I've saved by using my word processor, I'm gonna go to a Zen monastery and hang out.' You don't hear that.

Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunrise

8 Haven't you done enough already? Go to your doghouse!

Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse in Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas

9 Jumpin' crawdaddies! How's a guy supposed to get any work done with all this playing going on?

Michael Gough as Gopher in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

10 Now, you work for my company on occasion. Why is it that I sometimes feel that my time is your time and that I work for you?

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