222 Movie Quotes about Work (+ Sound Clips) - page 16

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.

151 Well, if you weren't busy oogling girlie pictures you might get some work done around here.

Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask (1994)

152 How come you ain't been to work in a week? -Because look what I got here.

Queen Latifah as Cleo; Kimberly Elise as T.T. in Set It Off (1996)

153 Hey, it's only an eternity of servitude.

Robin Williams as The Genie Of The Lamp in Aladdin (1992)

154 Use that shovel like it was your spoon. Shag it, man.

George Kennedy as Dragline in Cool Hand Luke

155 The next day after work we just went to the beach. Far away from anything. Everything.

Will Smith as Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

156 That's your job, and that's what you get paid for: keeping your eyes open.

Telly Savalas as Lt. Theo Kojak in Kojak

157 That's good work. I'll make sure there's something a little extra in your paycheck at the end of the week.

Telly Savalas as Lt. Theo Kojak in Kojak

158 These don't belong to a lady. You've been working with them like a field hand!

Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939)

159 Whistle me a tune, Dan. I like music while I work.

Robert Stack as John Sullivan in The High and the Mighty (1954)

160 It's hard work, and I try to keep up, but my hands hurt most of the time.

James Whitmore as Brooks Hatlen in The Shawshank Redemption