Job quotes

“There you are, your own number on your very own door. And behind that door, your very own office! Welcome to the team, DZ-015.”

Ian Richardson - Mr. Warrenn

“The two most important things are the work that you choose and sex.”
Woody Allen - Harry Block

“You risked the lives of some damn fine pilots ... but that's my job!”
Lloyd Bridges - Adm. Thomas 'Tug' Benson

“Making movies is the most wonderful thing in the world. Working with friends - entertaining people - yes, I suppose I miss it.”
Sir Ian McKellen - James Whale

“Walk in very serious. You are not applying for a boy's job. Money is to pass. Be quiet, fine, and serious. Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.”
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“- Angelica: So, what did you do before you signed on with Daddy?
- Joe: I was an advertising librarian for a medical supply company.
- Angelica: Oh, I have no response to that.”
Meg Ryan - Angelica
Tom Hanks - Joe

“- Shirlee: I'm returning the car. It came with the job.
- Gordon: Wherever you go you'll need a car.
- Shirlee: Nobody needs a 60 thousand dollar car. Besides, I'm not really a Mercedes, I'm just a plain ol' Pontiac... maybe a Chevy.”
Dolly Parton - Shirlee
Keith MacKechnie - Gordon

“- George Newman: Well... I've got good news and bad news.
- Bob Steckler: Okay, give me the bad news first.
- George Newman: Well... given our current financial status, compounded with fixed income and outstanding invoices... I figure this station will be flat broke by the end of the week.
- Bob Steckler: Well, what's the good news?
- George...” (continue)(continue reading)
Weird Al - George Newman
David Bowe - Bob Steckler

“- Sir Mason Harwood: Just be patient, your opportunity will come in due time.
- Margaret Harwood: So it's now, then?
- Sir Mason Harwood: When you're ready, dear!
- Margaret Harwood: That's what I thought you'd say. This is my resignation.”
Ian Richardson - Sir Mason Harwood
Penelope Ann Miller - Margaret Harwood

“What do I want to be when I grow up? Alive.”
Robin Williams - Jack Powell

“- Ralph: How long do you think you're gonna be needing me? I've never held a job for more than six months.
- Phipps: Well, you see, a king is a king for life.
- Ralph: Good, 'cause my schedule's wide open.”
John Goodman - Ralph
Richard Griffiths - Phipps

“- Icky: I was a spy once.
- Hank: What was your mission?
- Icky: I don't know. It was so secret they didn't tell me.”
Barry Fitzgerald - Icky
Edward Gargan - Hank

“I'm an engineer. I see what I see when I see it.”
John Wesley Shipp - Bastian's Father

“- Violet Newstead: I'm a murderess. I'm gonna go to the pen. My poor kids. I'm gonna lose my job.
- Judy Bernly: Violet, stop this.
- Violet Newstead: I'm no fool. I've killed the boss, you think they're not gonna fire me for a thing like that?”
Lily Tomlin - Violet Newstead
Jane Seymour Fonda - Judy Bernly

“The only thing I wish for you, and I wish it most sincerely, I wish you would get fired.”

Matt Dillon - Jay Phillips

“Your father's a scientist, Flora. He's discovered more about preserving food than any man living and Jack and I were employed to help him. That's a plain, straightforward job.”

William Harrigan - Dr. Arthur Kemp

“- Warren T. Rat: Tiger, how did he get away?
- Tiger: He overpowered me.
- Warren T. Rat: You're fired.
- Tiger: Good. I never liked you. And besides, your music stinks.”

John Finnegan - Warren T. Rat
Dom DeLuise - Tiger

“- Cook: What's your line?
- Starman: Line?
- Cook: Work. Whaddya do when you're not hitchin' rides?
- Starman: Oh, I make maps.
- Cook: Make any money?
- Starman: I make maps.
- Cook: Well, you don't get rich cookin' either!”

George 'Buck' Flower - Cook
Jeff Bridges - Starman

“It's only my second day in San Miguel, and I'll tell ya', I'm ready to hitchhike to Jonestown for a few laughs and a cool drink. This place is hotter than Dolly Parton's minipad. My job takes me all over the world. Lebanon, Nicaragua... Newark. You name it, I'm in there. Always where the action is.”
Chevy Chase - Eddie Muntz

“- Debi Newberry: You're a psychopath.
- Martin Q. Blank: No, no. Psychopaths kill for no reason. I kill for money. It's a job. That didn't come out right.”
Minnie Driver - Debi Newberry
John Cusack - Martin Q. Blank

“- Ray Barboni's Bodyguard: This man is the man, you understand what I'm saying, motherfucker? He's Mister Bones. And you speak to Mister Bones from now on.
- Chili Palmer: Come on, you can do better than him, can't you?
- Ray Barboni's Bodyguard: Not these days. Not unless you speak Spanish.”

Big Daddy Wayne - Ray Barboni's Bodyguard
John Travolta - Chili Palmer

“Turtles, it's not just a job. It's an adventure.”
Robbie Rist - Michaelangelo

“- Trenholm: I am surprised. I didn't expect you to stick to the job.
- Lily: That's why I stuck.”
George Brent - Trenholm
Barbara Stanwyck - Lily

“- Lisa: Let me get this straight: is he an actor or isn't he?
- Abbie: Exactly.”
JoBeth Williams - Lisa
Billy Crystal - Abbie

“- Leah Russell: Don't suppose you've got any jobs in your new pub?
- Sandra Gangel: No. But if I ever do turn it into a brothel I'll get back to you, ok?”
Tameka Empson - Leah Russell
Linda Henry - Sandra Gangel