Job quotes

“What men do after work is what made us rich. No need to screw them at work as well.”
Paul Newman - John Rooney

“- Anna Valerious: For me this is all personal. It's all about family and honor. Why do you do it? What do you hope to get out of it?
- Van Helsing: Oh, I don't know. Maybe some self-realization.
- Anna Valerious: And what have you got out of it so far?
- Van Helsing: Nightmares.”

Kate Beckinsale - Anna Valerious
Hugh Jackman - Abraham Van Helsing

- Prince Akeem: Oh sir, the Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. And in the end, the Giants triumphed by kicking an oblong ball made of pigskin through a big "H". It was a most ripping victory.
- Cleo McDowell: Son, I'm only going to tell you this one time.
- Prince Akeem: Yes?
- Cleo McDowell: If you want to keep working here,... (continue)(continue reading)
Eddie Murphy - Prince Akeem
John Amos - Cleo McDowell

“- Patient: This is the best my back has felt in three years. Joseph, you're a genius.
- Joseph: That's my job. I'm a surgeon. But I'm no genius.”
Paul Kiernan - Patient
Kevin Kline - Joseph

“We're soldiers. It's my profession and I'm proud of it. Nobody said you had to be crap at it. As for the men who tortured us, they had a job to do as well. It's just that some of them enjoyed it a but too much. If I met any of them in the street tomorrow, and thought I could get away with it, I'd slot them.”
Sean Bean - Andy McNab

“- Captain Robinson: I've been with Agora for 11 years. I've been working on submarines for nearly 30. I lost my family to this job.
- Liam: They... They'd like you to clear your desk. Today.”

Jude Law - Robinson
Karl Davies - Liam

“- Edward Wilson: If we continue down this road, there will be a third world war. I dont think either of us wants a real war.
- Ulysses: What would you do for a living then?”
Matt Damon - Edward Wilson
Oleg Shtefanko - Ulysses

“- Will Holloway: [by radio] They're nearing position. Anything?
- Malcolm Wynn-Jones: Not a sausage. The self-perpetuating algorithm I wrote last night is constantly updating, revising all potential vantage points.
- Will Holloway: Sudoku not cutting it then?”
Kit Harington - Will Holloway
Hugh Simon - Malcolm Wynn-Jones

“- Terry Randall: The trouble with you is you're all trying to be comics. Don't you ever take anything seriously?
- Judith: After you've sat around for a year trying to get a job, you won't take anything seriously either.”
Katharine Hepburn - Terry Randall
Lucille Desiree Ball - Judith

“- Joe Dirt: You wanna fight? Why don't you stick your head up my butt and fight for air.
- Zeke: That's it. You and me, let's go.
- Joe Dirt: You know I'd love to beat your ass all up and down this place but I gotta go back to work.
- Oil Rig Boss: Joe Dirt, your fired. Here's your week's pay.
- Joe Dirt: Dang.”
David Spade - Joe Dirt
Lee Walker - Zeke
Gordon Michaels - Oil Rig Boss

“The key of undercover work... is to blend in. You act as a gentile would.”

Adam Goldberg - Mordechai Jefferson Carver

“My job takes me to a lot of places. It's got its down sides: I sleep alone. I eat alone. I'm used to it, though. I'd like to meet someone. But it's tough when you live out of a suitcase. I go where I'm told... do what I'm told. I shouldn't complain. The work is steady. The money's good. But it's not for everyone.”

Nicolas Cage - Joe

“- John R. Cash: Aw, June, love's more important than the tour.
- June Carter: Is that right?
- John R. Cash: Yes, it is.
- June Carter: Well, then start loving yourself, so we can go back to work.”
Joaquin Phoenix - John R. Cash
Reese Witherspoon - June Carter

“- Oscar Galvin: Now you stop your pursuit or I will fire you!
- Frank: Fire... You already did.
- Oscar Galvin: Already did what?
- Frank: You've already fired me. I received my 90 day notice in the mail... 72 days ago.”
Kevin Dunn - Galvin
Denzel Washington - Frank

“- Shay Stanley: What exactly does Mr. Macintosh do anyway?
- Preston Waters: A little of this and a little of that. You know.
- Shay Stanley: No I'm afraid I don't. Is he an entrepreneur?
- Preston Waters: No, he's American.”
Karen Duffy - Shay Stanley
Brian Bonsall - Preston Waters

“Allow me to untangle this web of shit. I don't care if his last job was jugging apples for a hut full of pygmies on the outskirts of the Congo! This man fits the bill, and you need him! And that's why the rhino's going to get exactly what he deserves.”

Danny DeVito - Burke Bennett

“- Nurse: You wouldn't shoot.
- Shuck: Lady, I castrate sheep with my teeth for a living.”
Marquetta Senters - Nurse
Kris Kristofferson - Shuck

“- Harry Monroe: Tell me about the job opportunity.
- Skip Donahue: It's in banking.
- Harry Monroe: I don't know a darn thing about banking.
- Skip Donahue: We don't have to know anything about banking. I've sold the manager on a new promotion idea.”
Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe
Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue

“When you're a detective and a man comes to see you, it's usually about his wife.”

Milo Parker - Roger
Sir Ian McKellen - Sherlock Holmes

“- Fred Flintstone: I just want my old job back and my old life.
- Barney Rubble: Hey, Fred.
- Fred Flintstone: Oh, and two weeks paid vacation for all the men in the quarry, an annual cost-of-living increase, and those little packets of ketchup in the lunch room.”
John Goodman - Fred Flintstone
Rick Moranis - Barney Rubble

“- Cale: Hello, this is Special Agent Carol Finnerty. To whom am I speaking?
- Tyler: That sounds official.”
Channing Tatum - Cale
Jimmi Simpson - Tyler

“- Knute Rockne: I've decided to take up coaching as my life's work.
- Father John Callahan, C.S.C: Hmmmm.
- Knute Rockne: You think I'm making a mistake, don't you?”
Pat O'Brien - Knute Rockne
Donald Crisp - Father John Callahan, C.S.C

“- Pete Klein: Have you thought about what you'll do when your contract is up?
- Gus: Sure, sign another one for more money.”
John Goodman - Pete Klein
Clint Eastwood - Gus

“- Adaline Bowman: The civic archives, please.
- Cab Driver: May take a while, Market is jammed.
- Adaline Bowman: Okay then, please take California to Hyde.
- Cab Driver: There's construction on Hyde.
- Adaline Bowman: Why don't you stay on this, take this to Gough, Gough to Bush, Bush to Polk, Polk to Grove, and then just leave me on the corner...” (continue)(continue reading)
Blake Lively - Adaline Bowman
Fulvio Cecere - Cab Driver

“The only way to resign from our profession is to die.”
Lewis Stone - Andriani