37 Movie Quotes about Work Life Balance with Audio – Page 3

Updated: Nov 10, 2026

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21 Very well, we'll give them shorter hours. We'll start by cutting their lunch hour to 20 minutes.

Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly in Duck Soup (1933)

22 Well, I got nothing against honest manual labor. It's just that I'd like to see if I could make a living sitting down, like you're doing over there.

Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Rocky II

23 Today, we rest. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

Sessue Hayakawa as Colonel Saito in The Bridge on the River Kwai

24 I think people place too much emphasis on their careers. Gosh, I wish we could all live in the mountains. At high altitudes. That's where I see myself in five years. How about you?

Bill Murray as Phil Connors in Groundhog Day

25 I don't know. I just don't seem to have any time anymore. I have so many things to do.

James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey (1950)

26 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)

27 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)

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

Quote from Easy Money (1983)

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

Quote from 4D Man (1959)

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

Helene Stanton in The Big Combo (1955)