The Best Quotes From 'Ghost' (1990)
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1Secretary
Sam Wheat: Write it down.
Oda Mae Brown: (trying to get Molly to do it) He wants you to write it down.
Sam Wheat: No, you write it down!
Oda Mae Brown: I ain't no damn secretary!
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2Orlando
Oda Mae Brown: (being possessed by Orlando) Ortisha? Where you at? I can't hardly see!
Ortisha: Orlando? Orlando!
Oda Mae Brown: Damn, baby, what'd you do to yo hair?
Ortisha: Orlando, you like it? It's "Autumn Sunrise."
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3Go Out With Him
Oda Mae Brown: I don't know you! I don't know Sam, but let me tell you what he did to me. He kept me up all night singing "I'm Henry the Eighth I Am."
Molly Jensen: That's how he got me to go out with him.
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4White, But Cute
Oda Mae Brown: He's cute. White, but cute.
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5Ditto
Sam Wheat: I love you, Molly. I've always loved you.
Molly Jensen: Ditto.
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6Rattle Some Chains
Oda Mae Brown: Why don't you go haunt a house? Rattle some chains or something.
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7See Ya
Sam Wheat: It's amazing, Molly. The love inside, you take it with you. See ya.
Molly Jensen: See ya. Bye.
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8In Danger
Sam Wheat: Molly, you're in danger.
Oda Mae Brown: You can't just blurt it out like that! And quit moving around, because you're starting to make me dizzy. I'll just tell her in my own way...Molly, you in danger, girl.
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9I Will
Sam Wheat : Hand her the check.
Oda Mae Brown: (trying really hard to not hand the check over) I will!
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10Cashier's Check
Oda Mae Brown: Four-million dollars?
Lyle Furgeson: Yes. Four-million dollars. And, um, how would you like that, Mrs. Miller?
Oda Mae Brown: Tens and twenties?
Sam Wheat: No, a cashier's check!
Oda Mae Brown: Actually... I think better a cashier's check.
Lyle Furgeson: Right...
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11I Knew It
Oda Mae Brown: I'm feeling something... did he know someone by the name of Ana? Consuelo? Lucita? Julieta? Josefina? Linda? Maria?
Rosa Santiago: Sí, sí! His mamá! She is Maria!
Oda Mae Brown: Yes! Praise God, I knew he was with his mama!
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12Chill Out
Ortisha's Friend: Can we get started soon?
Oda Mae Brown: Oh, chill out. Chill. Out!
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13Now Do You
Sam Wheat: (to Carl) Now do you believe in ghosts?
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14Another One
Oda Mae Brown: I'm sorry, but, could I get another one? I... uh... signed the wrong name.
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15Relax
Oda Mae Brown: He's stuck, that's what it is. He's in between worlds. You know it happens sometimes that the spirit gets yanked out so fast that the essence still feels it has work to do here.
Sam Wheat: Would you stop rambling?
Oda Mae Brown: I don't think I'm rambling, I'm just answering the question. He's got an attitude now.
Sam Wheat: I don't have an attitude.
Oda Mae Brown: Yes, you do have an attitude. If you didn't have an attitude, you would not have raised your voice at me now, would you?
Sam Wheat: Godd*mmit...
Oda Mae Brown: Don't you "Godd*mmit" me. Don't you take the Lord's name in vain with me. I don't take that!
Sam Wheat: Would you relax?
Oda Mae Brown: No, you relax, you're the dead guy!
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16Check
Oda Mae Brown: I know you don't think I'm giving this four-million dollars to a bunch of nuns!
Sam Wheat: Think of it this way, you'll go to Heaven.
Oda Mae Brown: I don't want to go to Heaven, I want to go to the bank and cash a godd*mn check!!
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17Gettin' There Fast
Oda Mae Brown: My mother had it. My mother's mother had it. They both had the gift. They always said I had it, but I never did. I never had it. They told me what it was like. They told me all about it, but now that I got it, I don't think I want it. So do me a favor, just go away. Find somebody else.
Sam Wheat: Somebody else? You're out of your mind.
Oda Mae Brown: I'm gettin' there fast.
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18A Transfusion
Sam Wheat: (telling Oda to talk to the teller) Tell her to send this to the third-floor file because you have a transaction to make.
Oda Mae Brown: Can you send this to the third-floor file? I have a transfusion to make.
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19Cyanide
Molly Jensen: Carl, are you all right?
Carl Bruner: It's just my stomach! Do you have anything like Pepto Bismol or something like that?
Sam Wheat: Cyanide!
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20Fertilizer
Sam Wheat: They're going to kill you, Carl. You and Willie! You're going to be fertilizer. They're gonna bury you right next to Jimmy Hoffa.
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21One Drag
Sam Wheat: How long have you been here?
Subway Ghost: Since they pushed me.
Sam Wheat: Someone pushed you?
Subway Ghost: Yeah, someone pushed me.
Sam Wheat: Who?
Subway Ghost: What, you don't believe me? You think I fell? You think I jumped? Well, f*ck you! It wasn't my time! I wasn't supposed to go! I'm not supposed to be here!
(the subway ghost shows that he can kick the machine, cigarettes pop out)
Subway Ghost: Oh, I'd give anything for a drag! Just one drag!
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22All Your Emotions
(the subway ghost flicks a bottle cap)
Sam Wheat: How did you do that?
Subway Ghost: You take all your emotions! All your anger, all your love, all your hate! And push it way down here into the pit of your stomach! And then let it explode, like a reactor! Pow!
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23I Had A Life
Sam Wheat: You b*stard! You godd*mn b*stard! Why?! I had a life, godd*mn you! I had a life!
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24Push A Penny
Sam Wheat: Oda Mae, push a penny under the door.
Oda Mae Brown: What?
Sam Wheat: Push a penny under the door!
Oda Mae Brown: Whatch' you mean, push a penny under the door!
Sam Wheat: Just do it, okay?
(Sam pushes the penny up the wall)
