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

Updated: Oct 20, 2025

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 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

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

Telly Savalas as Lt. Theo Kojak in Kojak

153 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

154 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)

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

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

156 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

157 Now, listen, Joe. This is the joint where you're working. And don't you be forgetting it, either.

Edward G. Robinson as Little Caesar in Little Caesar (1931)

158 Our high school guidance counselor used to ask us what you would do if you had a million dollars, didn't have to work. And, invariably, whatever you'd say, that was supposed to be your career.

Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons in Office Space

159 What would you say you do here?

John C. Mcginley in Office Space

160 This isn't so bad, huh? Making bucks, getting exercise, working outside.

Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons in Office Space

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

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