“- Stanley: I got fired today!
- Eugene Morris Jerome: Fired? You mean for good?
- Stanley: You don't get fired temporarily. It's a permanent lifetime firing.”
Brian Drillinger - Stanley
Jonathan Silverman - Eugene Morris Jerome

“- Patience Philips: I'm sorry!
- George Hedare: Sorry? Sorry is not nearly enough!
- Patience Philips: Ok, then lemme try the remix. I'm sorry for every second I wasted working for an untalented, unethical, egomaniac like you!
- George Hedare: Clean out your cubicle. You are fired.”
Halle Berry - Patience Phillips
Lambert Wilson - George Hedare

“- Charles 'Chuck' Lane: You're fired, Steve.
- Stephen Glass: What?
- Charles 'Chuck' Lane: You're fired, Steve. You've lost your job.”
Peter Sarsgaard - Charles 'Chuck' Lane
Hayden Christensen - Stephen Glass

“If you fire him, some of these people will leave. I don't know if we'd still have a magazine at the end of the day.”

Mark Blum - Lewis Estridge

“- Whitaker: One more word out of you, Cynthia, and you're fired.
- Cynthia: Oh, and which word would that be? Asshole? Shithead?”
Rob Reiner - Whitaker
Ellen Lee DeGeneres - Cynthia