222 Movie Quotes about Work (+ Sound Clips) - page 15

Updated: Apr 30, 2026

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

141 They must have had to learn this from long hours of meaningless, and inhuman work.

Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw in Glory (1989)

142 That fellow you work with, I don't like him. Not that I don't like him, I just think he's silly. I don't think he respects you.

Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976)

143 If you work hard, you will be treated well. But if you do not work hard, you will be punished.

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

144 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

145 I'll tell you why woman's work is never done. Because she's got the toughest boss in this whole world: a husband.

Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden in The Honeymooners (1955)

146 I've got work to do. This ain't no poolroom. No? I could have sworn I just saw an eight-ball.

Dean Martin as Sgt. Puccinelli in At War with the Army (1950)

147 My kid sister don't have to work in no beauty parlor, and mama, she don't have to sew in no factory.

Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface (1983)

148 My son works?

James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer in Coming to America (1988)

149 He worked really hard, Grandma. So do washing machines.

Chevy Chase as Clark in Christmas Vacation (1989)

150 We've got to protect our phoney-baloney jobs, gentlemen.

Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart in Blazing Saddles (1974)