8 Movie Quotes about Working Moms (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Aug 31, 2025

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

1 Up next, a mother of 800 tells us how she does it all.

Katie Couric as Katie Current in Shark Tale

2 Oh, it's not so bad. Eddie says after the baby comes, I can quit one of my night jobs.

Chevy Chase as Clark W. Griswold in Vacation (1983)

3 Do not worry about your future. You and your son... We are just fine. You still have a job.

Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire in Jerry Maguire

4 If they ask me what their mother does for a living, I'll say, She lies. She can look straight into your eyes, and tell the biggest lies you've ever heard in your life. -Really? -Yes.

Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in Le Mans (1971)

5 And your family doesn't object to your career? -They do indeed. Daddy threatened to cut me off without a cent.

Marilyn Monroe as Sugar; Tony Curtis as Joe in Some Like It Hot

6 I don't want you to think I'm choosing this over family. I can't choose between two halves of myself.

Patton Oswalt as Remy The Rat in Ratatouille

7 When I was a kid, my mom worked nights. I never met my father. But the old TV was always there for me.

Matthew Broderick as Steven M. Kovacs in The Cable Guy (1996)

8 Now, I've done all I can. I got my education. I worked two jobs to support you.

Shawn Wayans as Ashtray in Don't Be a Menace

8 Movie Quotes about Working Moms (+ Sound Clips)

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