33 Movie Quotes about Work Life Balance (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Feb 2, 2026

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

21 I want to know how I stand, where I fit into the picture, what it's all going to mean to me. I can't find that out sitting behind some desk in an office, so as soon as I get enough money together, I'm gonna knock off for a while.

Cary Grant as Johnny Case in Holiday (1938)

22 So, you working hard or hardly working?

Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

23 I'm not going to waste any breath on games. I play them all day long, war games. But I don't bring them into my personal life.

Jack Kelly in The Master (1984)

24 Come on, Chuck. You can't just swim, eat grapes, and play around all the time.

Jan-Michael Vincent as Stringfellow Hawke in Airwolf (1984)

25 You know what they say? All work and no play makes somebody a, uh, somethin' or other.

Paul Winchell as Tigger in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

26 Tell me what he does with his evenings. -Work. -Huh! I'm gonna kill that guy.

Helene Stanton in The Big Combo (1955)

27 Scott, listen to me. You've got to realize there are some things more important to you than your work.

Robert Lansing as Dr. Scott Nelson in 4D Man (1959)

28 Yes, but do you love your family? -Of course I do. You're all I think about. -All you've thought about lately is your job. -Yeah, Dad, you've been so wrapped up in work you haven't had time for us.

Penny Singleton as Jane Jetson; Patric Zimmerman as Elroy Jetson in Jetsons: The Movie (1990)

29 Well, I had thought of this as a honeymoon more than a business trip, sir. -Well, there's no harm in combining a little business with pleasure, is there? I've never found that there was.

Cary Grant as Johnny Case in Holiday (1938)

30 Mother, why do you push yourself so hard? The money doesn't matter.

Rodney Dangerfield as Monty Capuletti in Easy Money (1983)