Job quotes

“I think you should know from the start that I am a full-charged nanny. I don't argue and I do not like to be argued with.”

Carol Gillies - Helga Von Haupt

“- Cliff Vandercave: Do you know what we do up here?
- Fred Flintstone: Well, me and the guys have always wondered.
- Cliff Vandercave: We interface, Flintstone. We conceptualize, tenderize, prioritize.
- Fred Flintstone: When do we eat?”
Kyle MacLachlan - Cliff Vandercave
John Goodman - Fred Flintstone

“The biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss, the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year. Sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can't be seen supplying. You call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I'm a...” (continue)(continue reading)

Nicolas Cage - Yuri Orlov

“Few people on this planet knows what it is to be truly despised. Can you blame them? I earn a living fronting an organization that kills 1200 people a day. The face of cigarettes, the Colonel Sanders of nicotine.”
Aaron Eckhart - Nick Naylor

“If you fire me, we're through. It isn't the job, I don't mind that. But it just goes to show me how much you care.”

Barbara Stanwyck - Lily

“- Kristoff: You want to talk about a problem? I sell ice for a living.
- Anna: Ooh, that's a rough business to be in right now. That is really. Ahem. That's unfortunate.”
Jonathan Groff - Kristoff
Kristen Bell - Anna

“- Beatrice: I was involved in a car accident last year. I was a beautician before. They rebuilt part of my face, but it's... it's kind of hard to give advice on beauty now. And, uh, I have to smile a lot in my job, and most of the time it hurts to smile.
- Victor: I don't get to smile so much. My work.
- Beatrice: No?
- Victor: No. Maybe you and...” (continue)(continue reading)
Noomi Rapace - Beatrice
Colin Farrell - Victor

“Tray, I don't want you hangin' out in the streets. I want you to finish school, 'cause without an education the only kind of work you're gonna get is sellin' drugs, pimpin' women, or workin' security for Eddie Murphy.”
Vivica A. Fox - Ashtray's Mother

“- Francis: What? Are you gonna fire me?
- Steve Jobs: No! I already fired you!... Why are you still here?”
Evan Helmuth - Francis
Ashton Kutcher - Steve Jobs

“- Barnes: This kind of thing wasn't in my job description.
- Sergeant: Don't worry, Mr. Barnes. We'll watch your back.
- Barnes: Yeah? Who watches yours?”
Art Evans - Barnes
Ben Lemon - Sergeant

“- Vilos Cohaagen: Richter, you know why I'm such a happy person?
- Richter: No, sir.
- Vilos Cohaagen: Because I have one of the greatest jobs in the solar system.”

Ronny Cox - Vilos Cohaagen
Michael Ironside - Richter

“- Hermione Granger: My parents are dentists.
- Professor Horace Slughorn: Fascinating. And is that considered a dangerous profession?
- Hermione Granger: No... Although, one boy did bite my father once.”
Emma Watson - Hermione Granger
Jim Broadbent - Professor Horace Slughorn

“Handling dirt is... ugh... is not my idea of a rewarding career.”
Woody Allen - Z

- Captain Woods: This job is destroying me... you know how old I am?
- Ashburn: Um.. 58.
- Captain Woods: I'm 43-years-old. I have a five-year-old son who calls me "Grampa".
Thomas F. Wilson - Captain Woods
Sandra Bullock - Ashburn

“- Brian Taylor: This is my day job. Some of you might know me as Brian or Taylor, but here I am Police Officer 2 Brian Taylor. This is where the forces of good prepare to fight the forces of evil. This is my partner, Officer Zavala.
- Mike Zavala: I'm on my chones, dude.”
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brian Taylor
Michael Peña - Mike Zavala

“- Carmine Sabatini: I want you to take this opportunity. Totally legitimate work for $1,000 dollars a week. And I know that you're not gonna disappoint me.
- Clark Kellogg: Well, I don't see how I could say no.
- Carmine Sabatini: This is not a yes. I want to hear yes.”
Marlon Brando - Carmine Sabatini
Matthew Broderick - Clark Kellogg

“The key to French waiters: if you're nice to them, they treat you like shit. Treat them like shit, they love you.”
Meg Ryan - Kate

“Now what you boys want to do is you want to graduate from high school, get decent jobs. Take a shot at white-collar crime, that's where the real money is!”

James Woods - John Moss

“- Vladimir Ivanoff: That be two big Macs, one quarter pounder with cheese, six pieces chicken McNuggets, two boxes Ronald McDonald cookies, one order McFries, two chocolate McShakes. Meh that to go?
- Woman in McDonalds: No, I eat it here.
- Vladimir Ivanoff: Come back McSoon.”
Robin Williams - Vladimir Ivanoff

“Mike asked me tonight if I loved the job like I did before, and for the first time in my life, I didn't know what to say.”
Joaquin Phoenix - Jack Morrison

“- Jerky Boy: Mr. Valentine, you said you're a fireman.
- Larry Valentine: Yes, that is correct.
- Jerky Boy: Do you have two jobs? Because my dad said that you're also a butt pirate.”
Connor Wiles - Jerky Boy
Kevin James - Larrie Valentine

“- Heinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy: I am a baron.
- Miles Massey: Yes, but do you not also hold a day job? Paying job. A... uh, a square job.
- Heinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy: Well, one has to live. I am the concierge of Les Pantalons Rouges at Bad-Gadesbourg in the canton of Uri.
- Miles Massey: And what does that job entail?”
Jonathan Hadary - Heinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy
George Clooney - Miles

“You do not know your job. That's what I'm saying. A man is his job and you are fucked at yours.”

Jack Lemmon - Shelley Levene

“I got a fax from Miranda Priestly herself... saying that of all the assistants she's ever had... you were, by far, her biggest disappointment. And, if I don't hire you, I am an idiot. You must have done something right.”
John Rothman - Editor

“- Tony Stark: Hmmm. Your eyes are red. Tears for your long lost boss?
- Pepper Potts: Tears of joy. I hate job hunting.
- Tony Stark: Yeah, well, vacation's over.”
Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark
Gwyneth Paltrow - Pepper Potts