“Father had just one reason for ever starting this unfortunate enterprise: vanity.”

Mary Field - Miss Totten

“- Gang Member: Why are you working for these people? Pakis.
- Johnny: It's work, that's why.”
Daniel Day-Lewis - Johnny

“- Peter: The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.
- Bob Porter: Don't... don't care?
- Peter: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation?”
Ron Livingston - Peter
Paul Willson - Bob Porter

“I know how comfortable it is to curl up with a nice, fat book full of big words and think you're going to solve all the problems in the universe. But you're not, you know. A bit of action is required every now and then.”
Teresa Wright - Carol Beldon

“I do not understand American workers. They come five minutes late, leave two minutes early. They stay home when they are sick. They put themselves above company. You seem to feel the same way as they do.”

Gedde Watanabe - Oishi Kazihiro