222 Movie Quotes about Work (+ Sound Clips) - page 7

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.

61 I got a motto: Like your work, love your wife.

John Candy as Del Griffith in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

62 If you don't get a job, Yubaba will turn you into an animal.

Quote from Spirited Away

63 And if she doesn't work hard, roast her, boil her, do whatever you want.

Quote from Spirited Away

64 I would ask my driver to help you, but he detests physical labor.

Quote from The Silence of the Lambs

65 No, no, no. Don't think of it as work. The whole point is just to enjoy yourself.

Tim Matheson as Eric "Otter" Stratton in Animal House (1978)

66 I was workin'... which is more than any of youse kids can say.

Jeff Conaway as Kenickie Murdoch in Grease (1978)

67 I'm about to get ready to go to work... something you might not never know nothing about.

Mike Epps as Daymond "Day Day" Jones; Day Day in Next Friday (2000)

68 You don't sound happy in your work.

Kim Hunter as Zira; Dr. Zira in Planet of the Apes (1968)

69 Can't you see what we're walking out on? The grind. 365 days a year.

Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy in Holiday Inn (1942)

70 I hope you get a lot of work, holidays included, dance yourselves into beautiful nervous breakdowns.

Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy in Holiday Inn (1942)