Holidays & Occasions Halloween 45 Halloween Quotes To Celebrate the Spooky Season By Zoe Denenberg Updated on August 30, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Jaredq Eygabroad / EyeEm / Getty Images When the full moon is shining and the wolves are howling, it's time for Halloween's spooky spectacle. The snickering grins of jack-o'-lanterns glow from lit porches. Kids skip down the block in creative costumes, touting bags full of candy and shouting "Trick or Treat!" at the top of their lungs. Watchful parents follow behind, walking the costume-clad dog, and reveling in Halloween's laughter and joy. Halloween combines scares and spooks with laughs and grins—it's simultaneously scary and lighthearted. It's a holiday that's undoubtedly unique, and there are countless ways to celebrate it. The holiday revolves around communities gathering together, from creative costume contests to sophisticated Halloween soirees. Halloween is funny, spooky, cheerful, and nostalgic all at once, so we've rounded up our favorite quotes for all the different spirits that Halloween stirs. 01 of 06 Classic Halloween Movie Quotes Southern Living 1. "It's Halloween; everyone's entitled to one good scare." –Brackett, Halloween 2. "A person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to her own personality." –Lucy Van Pelt, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 3. "It's all just a bunch of hocus pocus!" –Max, Hocus Pocus 4. "Have you come to sing pumpkin carols?" –Linus, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 5. "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." –William Shakespeare, Macbeth 6. "Magic is really very simple, all you've got to do is want something and then let yourself have it." –Aggie Cromwell, Halloweentown 7. "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." –William Shakespeare, Macbeth 8. "Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it!" –Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas 02 of 06 Spooky Halloween Quotes Southern Living 9. "There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls." –George Carlin 10. "'Tis the night—the night of the grave's delight, and the warlocks are at their play; Ye think that without the wild winds shout, but no, it is they—it is they." –Cleveland Coxe 11. "Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat…" –Nicholas Gordon 12. "On Halloween, witches come true; wild ghosts escape from dreams. Each monster dances in the park." –Nick Gordon 13. "The farther we've gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we've come to need Halloween." –Paula Guran 14. "If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween." –Douglas Coupland 15. "Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. Voices whisper in the trees, 'Tonight is Halloween!'" –Dexter Kozen 16. "The world turned upside down—in a good way—for one black velvet night." –Karen Fortunati 03 of 06 Happy Halloween Quotes for Instagram Southern Living 17. "I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner." –Evan Peters 18. "When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween." –Unknown 19. "We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!" –Humbert Wolfe 20. "Nothing on earth is so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night." –Steve Almond 21. "There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch." –Robert Brault 22. "Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story." –Mason Cooley 23. "Ghosts and goblins come to play on October's final day!" –Rusty Fischer 24. "Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves." –Elvis Duran 04 of 06 Funny Halloween Quotes and Sayings Southern Living 25. "Witch parking only. All others will be Toad!" –Unknown 26. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself…and spiders." –Unknown 27. "Reese's in Peace." –Unknown 28. "This witch can be bribed with chocolate." –Unknown 29. "During the day, I don't believe in ghosts. At night, I'm a little more open-minded." –Unknown 30. "Don't make me get my flying monkeys." –Unknown 31. "Hope all the candies don't go to WAIST." –Unknown 32. "Say boo and scary on." –Unknown 05 of 06 Short Halloween Quotes Southern Living 33. "Every day is Halloween, isn't it? For some of us." – Tim Burton 34. "Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween's upon us now." – Richelle E. Goodrich 35. "Where there is no imagination there is no horror." – Arthur Conan Doyle 36. "There is something haunting in the light of the moon." – Joseph Conrad 37. "Everyone is a moon and has a dark side, which he never shows to anybody." – Mark Twain 38. "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." – L. M. Montgomery 39. "There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask." – Colette 06 of 06 Halloween Quotes For Kids Southern Living 40. "He did the mash/He did the monster mash/The monster mash/It was a graveyard smash." –Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Monster Mash 41. "A candy a day keeps the monsters away." –Unknown 42. "Trick or treat, bag of sweets, ghosts are walking down the street." –Unknown 43. "Sticky fingers, tired feet; one last house, trick or treat!" –Rusty Fischer 44. "On Halloween you get to become anything that you want to be." –Ava Dellaria 45. "If the broom fits, ride it!" –Unknown Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit