Slave: It is beyond my humble capacity to offer an opinion, Master.
Avon: [smiles broadly] Oh, that's very good. You may turn out to be my kind of computer after all.
Viggo Grimborn: Dagur, did you do what I told you to do with the prisoner?
Dagur the Deranged: Of course! But I'm still thinking-
Viggo Grimborn: Stop thinking, all the thinking has been done! You simply need to do what you're told, follow orders! Can you do that?
Dagur the Deranged: Of course! But I'm still thinking-
Viggo Grimborn: Stop thinking, all the thinking has been done! You simply need to do what you're told, follow orders! Can you do that?
— Dragons: Riders of Berk, Maces and Talons, Part 2
The Chief: Barton, what do ya think?
Agent Barton: I don't think, Chief. That's why I'm a J-Man.
The Chief: Good thinking.
Downey: Doctor, I think—
Cruces: Think? You're not paid to think! Heaven knows where the idiot has got to. I ordered the Guild searched! Why didn't anyone force the door?
Downey: Sorry, doctor, Edward left us weeks ago and I didn't think—
Cruces: You didn't think? What are you paid for?
Cruces: Think? You're not paid to think! Heaven knows where the idiot has got to. I ordered the Guild searched! Why didn't anyone force the door?
Downey: Sorry, doctor, Edward left us weeks ago and I didn't think—
Cruces: You didn't think? What are you paid for?
"Leave the creative thinking to the brothers Horne. You're a bicep — relax, until we say flex."
— Benjamin Horne to Hank Jennings, Twin Peaks
This tired wheeze is the calling card of a sub-par manager. As a matter of fact, you do pay me to think; it might be more accurate for you to say "I don’t like to hear what you think, because it makes me feel insecure when people are smarter than I am." Just saying.
—Forbes, Ten Things Only Lousy Managers Say
Ada Wong: I've obtained "the Amber".
Albert Wesker: Excellent.
Ada Wong: Just one question. What are you planning to do with this?
Albert Wesker: I do not pay you to ask questions.
Albert Wesker: Excellent.
Ada Wong: Just one question. What are you planning to do with this?
Albert Wesker: I do not pay you to ask questions.
Mr. Krabs: Breathe on your own time. I don't pay ya to breathe!
Squidward: You hardly pay us at all.
—SpongeBob SquarePants, "Squid on Strike"
Professor Peterson: (Referring to Kryptonite) I don't think you realize what you have here!
Lex Luthor: On the contrary, I know exactly what I have here; the very tool I need to completely control and humiliate Superman.
Professor Peterson: But surely the rock would be more valuable to mankind!
Lex Luthor: You work for ME, Peterson, don't forget that! There shouldn't be an opinion in your head that I haven't put there!
Professor Peterson: (Defeated) Yes, Mr. Luthor...
Lex Luthor: On the contrary, I know exactly what I have here; the very tool I need to completely control and humiliate Superman.
Professor Peterson: But surely the rock would be more valuable to mankind!
Lex Luthor: You work for ME, Peterson, don't forget that! There shouldn't be an opinion in your head that I haven't put there!
Professor Peterson: (Defeated) Yes, Mr. Luthor...
— Superman: The Animated Series, "A Little Piece of Home"
"Why isn't he dead? Are you talking, who told you to do that!? You don't talk! You don't think, I think, you kill, it's a simple fucking concept!"
— Odin to Thor, God of War Ragnarök
