41 Memorable Ghostbusters Quotes to Bust Your Laughter (2024)

One of the great 80s comedies, Ghostbusters is also a movie stacked with memorable Ghostbusters quotes and hilarious lines of dialogue. Written byactors Dan AykroydandHarold Ramis and directed by the great Ivan Reitman, the film follows threeparapsychologists–Bill MurrayasDr Peter Venkman, Aykroyd as Dr Ray Stanz, and Ramis as Dr Egon Spengler–who start their own supernatural ghost-catching business in New York.

As supernatural activity rises, the Ghostbusters soon become famous and recruit Ernie Hudson’sWinston Zeddemore to help with the growing demand. When the group is shut down by Walter Peck of theEnvironmental Protection Agency and put in jail, Gozer the Gozerian, the ancient and evil god of destruction, rises to power, causing chaos across the city.

Finally understanding the severity of the situation, the city releases Ghostbusters from custody and allows then to do their thing, culminating in a showdown with a giganticStay Puft Marshmallow Manand Gozer himself.

A stone-cold classic, Ghostbusters was released to critical acclaim in 1984. Not only were movie reviewers enamored with the movie, but so too were cinema fans, with the supernatural comedy making a whopping $282.2million during its initial theatrical run. The special effects for the time were incredible while Ray Parker Jr.’s theme song, “Ghostbusters,” topped the charts.

Ghostbusters cemented Murray and Aykroyd as comedy stars while also increasing the profile of Ramis and the extended cast, including Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, William Atherton, and Annie Potts. A pop culture phenomenon, Ghostbusters has spawned a multi-million dollar franchise that includes three sequels/reboots, an animated TV series, comic books, video games, and all sorts of other merchandise opportunities.

Its popularity continues today with many of the movie’s best quotes, one-liners, and monologues used by people daily. To celebrate the movie and its impact, we’ve compiled a list of the most memorable quotes from Ghostbusters.

30 Most Memorable Ghostbusters Quotes

1. “Drop everything, Venkman. We got one.” –Ray Stantz
2. “We came! We saw! We kicked its ass!” – Peter Venkman
3. “I’m always serious.” – Egon Spengler
4. “Ray, when someone asks you if you’re a God, you say yes!” – Winston Zeddemore
5. “Egon, somehow this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole in your head. Do you remember that?” – Peter Venkman
6. “There is no Dana, only Zuul.” –Dana Barrett
7. “No job is too big, no fee is too big.” – Peter Venkman
8. “You’re very handy, I can tell. I bet you like to read a lot, too. 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?” – Janine Melnitz
9. “This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.” – Peter Venkman
10. 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!”
11. “I’ll call that a big yes.” –Peter Venkman
12. “Okay, who brought the dog?” –Louis Tully
13. “I collect spores, molds, and fungus.” – Egon Spengler
14. “You don’t act like a scientist. You’re more like a game show host.” – Dana Barrett
15. “I’m gonna go for broke. I am madly in love with you.” –Peter Venkman
16. “I couldn’t help it… it just popped in there!” –Ray Stantz
17. “We got one!” – Janine Melnitz
18. “Everybody, this is Ted and Annette Fleming! Ted has a small carpet cleaning business in receivership; Annette’s drawing a salary from a deferred bonus from two years ago. They got 15 thousand left on the house at 8 percent, so they’re OK! So does anybody wanna play Parcheesi?” –Louis Tully
19. “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 Stanz
20. “Alright! This chick is toast!” –Peter Venkman
21. 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.”
22. “There’s something you don’t see every day.” –Peter Venkman
23. “We both have the same problem: You.” –Dana Barrett
24. “He slimed me. I feel so funky.” –Peter Venkman
25. Dana Barrett: [possessed by Zuul] “Do you want this body?” Peter Venkman: “Is this a trick question?”
26. “Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.” – Ray Stantz
27. Peter Venkman: “Alice, I’m going to ask you a couple of standard questions, okay? Have you or any of your family been diagnosed schizophrenic? Mentally incompetent?” Librarian Alice: “My uncle thought he was Saint Jerome.” Peter Venkman: “I’d call that a big yes. Uh, are you habitually using drugs? Stimulants? Alcohol?” Librarian Alice: “No.” Peter Venkman: “No, no. Just asking. Are you, Alice, menstruating right now?” Library Administrator: “What has that got to do with it?” Peter Venkman: “Back off, man. I’m a scientist.”
28. “This job is definitely not worth 11.5 a year.” – Winston Zeddemore
29. “Sorry Venkman, I’m terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.” – Egon Spengler
30. “You’re gonna endanger our client – the nice lady, who paid us in advance before she became a dog.” – Peter Venkman
31. 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.”
32. “Don’t. Shut it. Off. I’m warning you.” –Peter Venkman
33. “That’s a big Twinkie.” – Winston Zeddemore
34. “Listen… you smell something?” – Ray Stantz
35. Dana Barrett: “That’s the bedroom, but nothing ever happened in there.” Peter Venkman: “What a crime.”
36. “Yes it’s true, this man has no dick.” – Peter Venkman
37. “I love this town!” – Winston Zeddemore
38. “Oh, don’t leave yet! Maybe if we start dancing, other people will join in?” –Louis Tully
39. “We’ve been going about this all wrong. This Mr. Stay Puft’s okay! He’s a sailor, he’s in New York; we get this guy laid, we won’t have any trouble!” – Peter Venkman
40. 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.” Raymond Stantz: “Yep. Let’s get ready. Switch me on!”
41. “Who you gonna call? – the Ghostbusters