These Ghostbusters quotes will give every fan their dose of iconic one-liners, funny dialogues, and witty slogans!
If you hear that Bill Muray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis are together in a movie, you’ll immediately know how great it would be. These three amazing stars were together in Ghostbusters.
They played some of our favorite characters: Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler. Together, they formed a group that captures paranormal entities around New York. This is how this team of ghost hunters came to be.
Though their business was initially a flop, people soon noticed their service. In the end, the Ghostbusters were welcomed like heroes!
This movie is deeply embedded in pop culture, and its mark can never be erased. So, continue reading to revisit your favorite scenes and lines from the movie. We have the best Ghostbusters quotes in this collection!
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Best Ghostbusters Quotes
1. “We came! We saw! We kicked its ass!” – Peter Venkman
2. “No job is too big, no fee is too big.” – Peter Venkman
3. “Back off, man. I’m a scientist.” – Peter Venkman
4. “Drop everything, Venkman. We got one.” – Raymond Stantz
5. “I’ll call that a big yes.” – Peter Venkman
6. “Ray, when someone asks you if you’re a God, you say yes!” – Winston Zeddemore
7. Peter Venkman: “This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.”
Mayor Lenny Clotch: “What do you mean, ‘biblical?’”
Raymond Stantz: “What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor—real wrath of God type stuff.”
Peter Venkman: “Exactly.”
Raymond Stantz: “Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!”
Egon Spengler: “Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes—.”
Winston Zeddemore: “The dead rising from the grave!”
Peter Venkman: “Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!”
Mayor Lenny Clotch: “Alright, alright! I get the point!”
8. Egon Spengler: “There’s something very important I forgot to tell you.”
Peter Venkman: “What?”
Egon Spengler: “Don’t cross the streams.”
Peter Venkman: “Why?”
Egon Spengler: “It would be bad.”
Peter Venkman: “I’m fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, ‘bad?’”
Egon Spengler: “Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.”
Raymond Stantz: “Total protonic reversal.”
Peter Venkman: “Right. That’s bad. Okay. Alright. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.”
9. Raymond Stantz: “You know, it just occurred to me that we really haven’t had a successful test of this equipment.”
Egon Spengler: “I blame myself.”
Peter Venkman: “So do I.”
Raymond Stantz: “Well, no sense in worrying about it now.”
Peter Venkman: “Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back.”
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10. “Who you gonna call?” – Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler, and Peter Venkman
11. “There is no Dana, only Zuul.” – Dana Barrett
12. “There’s something you don’t see every day.” – Peter Venkman
13. “He slimed me. I feel so funky.” – Peter Venkman
14. “Have you or any member of your family ever been diagnosed schizophrenic or mentally incompetent?” – Peter Venkman
15. “You don’t act like a scientist. You’re more like a game show host.” – Dana Barrett
16. “Egon, somehow, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole in your head. Do you remember that?” – Peter Venkman
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17. Raymond Stantz: “Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night?”
Egon Spengler: “Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic?”
Peter Venkman: “Have you or your family ever seen a spook, specter, or ghost?”
Raymond Stantz: “If the answer is ‘Yes,’ then don’t wait another minute. Pick up the phone and call the professionals.”
Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler, and Peter Venkman: “Ghostbusters.”
Raymond Stantz: “Our courteous and efficient staff is on call 24 hours a day to serve all your supernatural elimination needs.”
Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler, and Peter Venkman: “We’re ready to believe you.”
18. “That’s a big Twinkie.” – Winston Zeddemore
19. “Don’t. Shut it. Off. I’m warning you.” – Peter Venkman
20. “Oh, don’t leave yet! Maybe if we start dancing, other people will join in?” – Louis Tully
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21. “That would have worked if you hadn’t stopped me.” – Egon
22. “We both have the same problem: you.” – Dana Barrett
23. Janine Melnitz: “Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster, and the theory of Atlantis?”
Winston Zeddemore: “Ah, if there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll believe anything you say.”
24. Raymond Stantz: “Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.”
Walter Peck: “They caused an explosion!”
Mayor Lenny Clotch: “Is this true?”
Peter Venkman: “Yes, it’s true. This man has no dick.”
Walter Peck: “Jeez!”
Mayor Lenny Clotch: “Break it up! Hey, break this up! Break it up!”
Walter Peck: “Alright, alright, alright!”
Peter Venkman: “Well, that’s what I heard!”
25. Janine Melnitz: “You’re very handy, I can tell. I bet you like to read a lot, too.”
Egon Spengler: “Print is dead.”
Janine Melnitz: “Oh, that’s very fascinating to me. I read a lot myself. Some people think I’m too intellectual, but I think it’s a fabulous way to spend your spare time. I also play racquetball. Do you have any hobbies?”
Egon Spengler: “I collect spores, molds, and fungus.”
26. “If I’m wrong, nothing happens! We go to jail—peacefully, quietly. We’ll enjoy it! But if I’m right, and we can stop this thing, Lenny, you will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters.” – Peter Venkman
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27. Janine Melnitz: “You are so kind to take care of that man. You know, you’re a real humanitarian.”
Egon Spengler: “I don’t think he’s human.”
28. Dana Barrett: “That’s the bedroom, but nothing ever happened in there.”
Peter Venkman: “What a crime.”
29. Egon Spengler: “Vinz, you said before you were waiting for a sign. What sign are you waiting for?”
Vinz Clortho: “Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day; I can tell you!”
30. “Gozer the Gozerian, good evening. As a duly designated representative of the city, county, and state of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension.” – Raymond Stantz
31. “I’m Winston Zeddmore, Your Honor. I’ve only been with the company for a couple of weeks, but these things are real. Since I joined these men, I’ve seen shit that’ll turn you white.” – Winston
32. “Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities; we didn’t have to produce anything! You’ve never been out of college! You don’t know what it’s like out there! I’ve worked in the private sector. They expect results.” – Raymond Stantz
33. Raymond Stantz: “I think we’d better split up.”
Egon Spengler: “Good idea.”
Peter Venkman: “Yeah, we can do more damage that way.”
34. Raymond Stantz: “Symmetrical book stacking. Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947.”
Peter Venkman: “You’re right. No human being would stack books like this.”
35. “Let’s show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown. Throw it!” – Peter Venkman
Are You Ready to Call on the Ghostbusters?
There were tons of hit movies released in 1984—the same year as Ghostbusters. But, Ghostbusters deserves a special place in everyone’s hearts! It’s funny to think that kids who grew up during this time are more likely to call their hotline instead of 911; they’re just that iconic.
To start with, Ghostbusters is not just about the supernatural. More than all the ghosts, they show us what true camaraderie is and why believing in yourself is so important. In one of the scenes, Winston tells Ray, “Ray, when someone asks you if you’re a God, you say yes!”
It’s a bit of an exaggeration, but this line shows that Ghostbusters wants us to put faith in ourselves. We might think that something’s unthinkable for us to reach—like them capturing ghosts—but as long as we believe in our capabilities, nothing’s truly impossible.
Sometimes, all it takes is a little effort, persistent determination, and never-ending faith in ourselves. Be like Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters, and do what you think is right and what will make you happy!
