Fun Halloween Quotes & Sayings
Halloween is a great time to be creepily creative! Whether you're helping your kids write a spooky story or looking for some inspiration while scrapbooking Halloween memories, we put together a list of spook-tacular Halloween quotes, sayings and riddles!
Halloween Quotes:
Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.
— William Shakespeare - "Macbeth"
Where there is no imagination there is no horror
— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
— Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"
The blood is life.
— Bram Stoker "Dracula"
Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!"
— Dexter Kozen
When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, May luck be yours on Halloween.
— Author Unknown
Halloween Sayings:
- Eat, drink and be scary!
- Ghostly Greetings!
- Halloween is a real treat
- Have a fang-tastic night
- Happy Haunting!
- Have a bootiful Halloween
- Don't be a scaredy cat
- I witch you a Happy Halloween
- Stop in for a spell
- Please park all brooms at the door
- Caution! Witch Crossing
- Boo to you from our crew
- If you want a tasty sweet...
- Be sure to holler trick or treat!
Halloween Jokes and Riddles:
What do you get when you divide the circumference of your jack-o'-lantern by its diameter?
— Pumpkin ∏
Knock! Knock!
Who's there?
Wanda Witch!
Wanda Witch who?
— Wanda Witch you a Happy Halloween!
What is a ghost's favorite dessert?
— Boo-berry pie with ice scream!
Why didn't the skeleton go to the Halloween party?
— Because he had no-body to go with!
Why do demons and ghouls always hang out together?
— Because demons are a ghoul's best friend.
Know why mummies never reveal their true age?
— 'Cause they like to keep it under wraps.
How can you tell if a vampire has a cold?
— Because of the coffin!
What do spiders do for fun on Halloween?
— Surf the web!
Know how Frankenstein likes his potatoes?
— Monster-mashed!
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Quotations & Sayings for Halloween
Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!"
— Dexter Kozen.
'Tis the night — the night Of the grave's delight...
— Arthur Cleveland Coxe.
If a man harbors any sort of fear, it makes him landlord to a ghost.
— Lloyd Douglas.
Hark! Hark to the wind! 'Tis the night, they say, When all souls come back from the far away — The dead, forgotten this many a day!
— Virna Sheard.
Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.
— from "Macbeth".
You wouldn't believe
On All Hallow Eve
What lots of fun we can make,
With apples to bob,
And nuts on the hob,
And a ring—and—thimble cake.
— Carolyn Wells.
I'll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.
— Author Unknown
As spirits roam the neighborhoods at night, Let loose upon the Earth till it be light...
—Nicholas Gordon
Eat, drink and be scary.
—Author Unknown
Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite,
All are on their rounds tonight;
In the wan moon's silver ray,
Thrives their helter—skelter play.
—Joel Benton
A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.
— Erma Bombeck
Witch and ghost make merry on this last of dear October’s days.
— Author Unknown
Halloween wraps fear in innocence, As though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat...
— Nicholas Gordon
... We in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true.
— Titus Lucretius Carus.
Fear is nature's warning signal to get busy.
— Henry C. Link.
Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.
— River Phoenix.
Proof of our society's decline is that Halloween has become a broad daylight event for many.
— Robert Kirby.
Charlie Brown is the one person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star of his own Halloween special.
— Chris Rock.
This Halloween the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.
— Conan O'Brien.
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about but few have seen.
— Anonymous.
Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.
— Steve Almond
Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things.
— Dee Snider
At first cock—crow the ghosts must go back to their quiet graves below.
— Theodosia Garrison
Never let your kids buy an off—the—shelf Halloween costume. Forbid it, no matter how close you may be to the witching hour. Instead, help them make their own. Encourage them to use their imaginations and their ingenuity. Show them that what can be created is often better than what can be bought. And besides, don't the darkest, most frightening things live inside us anyway?
— Joe Kita, "What I Know" (The Best Halloween Costume), Wisdom of Our Fathers, 1999
Hold on, man. We don't go anywhere with "scary," "spooky," "haunted," or "forbidden" in the title.
— From Scooby-Doo
When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween.
— Author Unknown
I don't know that there are real ghosts and goblins, but there are always more trick-or-treaters than neighborhood kids.
— Robert Brault
There is a child in every one... The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
— H. P. Lovecraft.
To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
— Sir Francis Bacon.
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
— Sir Francis Bacon.
Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things.
— Dee Snider
This Halloween the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.
— Conan O'Brien
Bring forth the raisins and the nuts- Tonight All-Hallows' Spectre struts Along the moonlit way.
—John Kendrick Bangs
From ghoulies and ghosties
And long—leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
—Scottish Saying
This Halloween the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.
— Conan O'Brien
'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.
— Arthur Cleveland Coxe
'Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
— William Shakespeare
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
A house is never still in darkness to those who listen intently; there is a whispering in distant chambers, an unearthly hand presses the snib of the window, the latch rises. Ghosts were created when the first man awoke in the night.
— J.M. Barrie
Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
— William Shakespeare
"Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite,
All are on their rounds tonight;
In the wan moon's silver ray,
Thrives their helter-skelter play."
— Joel Benton
"Nothing beats a haunted moonlit night on All Hallows Eve.... And on this fatal night, at this witching time, the starless sky laments black and unmoving. The somber hues of an ominous, dark forest are suddenly illuminated under the emerging face of the full moon."
— Kim Elizabeth
"Men say that in this midnight hour,
The disembodièd have power
To wander as it liketh them,
By wizard oak and fairy stream."
— William Motherwell
Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen...
"At first cock-crow the ghosts must go
Back to their quiet graves below."
— Theodosia Garrison
'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.
— Arthur Cleveland Coxe
What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night! With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window! How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted specter, beset his very path! How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet; and dread to look over his shoulder, lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him! and how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast, howling among the trees, in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scouring!
— Washington Irving (a quote from "The Legend of Sleep Hollow")
Those seemingly interminable dark walks between houses, long before street-lit safety became an issue, were more adrenalizing than the mountains of candy filling the sack. Sadly Halloween, with our good-natured attempts to protect the little ones, from the increasingly dangerous traffic and increasingly sick adults, has become an utter bore.
— Lauren Springer
Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
— Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.
Just like a ghost, you've been a-hauntin' my dreams,
So I'll propose on Halloween.
Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you.
— Classics IV
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
— George Carlin
Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen,
Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!"
— Dexter Kozen
There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.
— Joseph Conrad
There is a sacred HORROR about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills;
but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a
masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.
— Victor Hugo
"There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dis-passionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery."
— Joseph Conrad
"Those seemingly interminable dark walks between houses, long before street-lit safety became an issue, were more adrenalizing than the mountains of candy filling the sack. Sadly Halloween, with our good-natured attempts to protect the little ones, from the increasingly dangerous traffic and increasingly sick adults, has become an utter bore."
— Lauren Springer
Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.
— Richard Harris Barham
If a man harbors any sort of fear, it makes him landlord to a ghost.
— Lloyd Douglas
Men say, that in this midnight hour,
The disembodied have power
To wander as it liketh them,
By wizard oak and fairy stream,-
Through still and solemn places,
And by old walls and tombs, to dream,
With pale, cold, mournful faces....
— William Motherwell, "Midnight and Moonshine"
Charlie Brown is the one person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star of his own Halloween special.
— Chris Rock
A gypsy fire is on the hearth,
Sign of the carnival of mirth;
Through the dun fields and from the glade
Flash merry folk in masquerade,
For this is Hallowe'en!
— Author Unknown
Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have as much sweetness as one can possibly want and hold.
— Judith Olney
Auld Daddy Darkness creeps frae his hole,
Black as a blackamoor, blin' as a mole....
— James Ferguson
"I'm so happy that Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year!" said no teacher ever.
— Author Unknown
Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire,
And airy tongues that syllable men's names.
— John Milton
Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.
— River Phoenix
Stir the fire till it lowe
How like a queen comes forth the lonely Moon
From the slow opening curtains of the clouds
Walking in beauty to her midnight throne!
— George Croly
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about but few have seen.
— Author Unknown
Backward, turn backward,
O Time, in your flight
make me a child again
just for to-night!
— Elizabeth Akers Allen
They that are born on Halloween shall see more than other folk.
— Saying of unknown origin
Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for Halloween everyday.
— Gwen Stefani
You wouldn't believe
On All Hallow Eve
What lots of fun we can make,
With apples to bob,
And nuts on the hob,
And a ring-and-thimble cake.
— Carolyn Wells
On Halloween, witches come true;
Wild ghosts escape from dreams.
Each monster dances in the park....
— Nicholas Gordon
"Bring forth the raisins and the nuts-
Tonight All-Hallows' Spectre struts
Along the moonlit way."
— John Kendrick Bangs
From ghoulish and ghosties and long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
— Scottish saying
The witches fly
Across the sky,
The owls go, "Who? Who? Who?"
The black cats yowl
And green ghosts howl,
"Scary Halloween to you!"
— Nina Willis Walter
Halloween wraps fear in innocence,
As though it were a slightly sour sweet.
Let terror, then, be turned into a treat...
— Nicholas Gordon
There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world.... There is nothing more unhealthy than this childish sorcery, behind all the dressing up and the presents...
— Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007), Amérique, 1986, translated by Chris Turner (America, 1988)
May Jack-o-lanterns burning bright
Of soft and golden hue
Pierce through the future’s veil and show
What fate now holds for you.
— Author Unknown
October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins....
Merry October!
— Rainbow Rowell, Attachments
On Hallowe'en the thing you must do
Is pretend that nothing can frighten you
And if somethin' scares you and you want to run
Just let on like it's Hallowe'en fun.
— Author Unknown
Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.
— Mason Cooley
Proof of our society's decline is that Halloween has become a broad daylight event for many.
— Robert Kirby
Hark! Hark to the wind! 'Tis the night, they say,
When all souls come back from the far away-
The dead, forgotten this many a day!
— Virna Sheard
When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam,
May luck be yours on Halloween.
— Author Unknown
There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask.
— Colette
Hobgoblins know the proper way to dance:
Arms akimbo, loopy legs askew,
Leaping into darkness with delight,
Lusting for the ecstasy of fright,
Open to the charm of horrors new....
— Nicholas Gordon
Let loose upon the Earth till it be light... Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things.
— Dee Snider
At first cock-crow the ghosts must go
Back to their quiet graves below.
— Theodosia Garrison
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
— George Carlin
Just like a ghost, you've been a-hauntin' my dreams, So I'll propose on Halloween. Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you.
— Classics IV
Nothing beats a haunted moonlit night on All Hallows Eve.... And on this fatal night, at this witching time, the starless sky laments black and unmoving. The somber hues of an ominous, dark forest are suddenly illuminated under the emerging face of the full moon.
— Kim Elizabeth
Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.
— Fernando Pessoa
Forget love - I'd rather fall in chocolate!
— Attributed to Sandra J. Dykes
After eating chocolate you feel godlike, as though you can conquer enemies, lead armies, entice lovers.
— Emily Luchetti
On Hallowe'en the thing
you must do
Is pretend that nothing
can frighten you
An' if somethin' scares you
and you want to run
Jus' let on like
it's Hallowe'en fun.
— from an Early Nineteenth Century Halloween Postcard
One need not be a chamber to be haunted;
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.
— Emily Dickinson
'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.
— Arthur Cleveland Coxe
If a man harbors any sort of fear, it makes him landlord to a ghost.
— Lloyd Douglas
Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!"
— Dexter Kozen
Fear is nature's warning signal to get busy.
— Henry C. Link
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
— H. P. Lovecraft
Be wary then; best safety lies in fear.
— Shakespeare "Hamlet"
Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.
— Shakespeare "Macbeth"
Hark! Hark to the wind! 'Tis the night, they say, When all souls come back from the far away- The dead, forgotten this many a day!
— Virna Sheard
From ghoulies and ghosties and long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!
— Scottish saying
Men say that in this midnight hour,
The disembodièd have power
To wander as it liketh them,
By wizard oak and fairy stream.
— William Motherwell
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
— Sir Francis Bacon, Essays [1625], "Of Death"
To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
— Sir Francis Bacon, Essays [1625], "Of Seditions and Troubles
Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.
— Richard Harris Barham
For as children tremble and fear everything in the blind darkness, so we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true.
— Titus Lucretius Carus [99-55 B.C.], De Rerum Natura, bk. III, l. 87
Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
There is a sacred HORROR about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.
— Victor Hugo
The dream reveals the reality which conception lags behind. That is the horror of life-the terror of art.
— One of the best quotes by Franz Kafka
From ghoulish and ghosties and long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!
— Scottish saying
Halloween Night Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth
boil and bubble.
— William Shakespeare (a quote from "Macbeth")
What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night! With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window! How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted specter, beset his very path! How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet; and dread to look over his shoulder, lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him! and how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast, howling among the trees, in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scouring!
— Washington Irving (a quote from "The Legend of Sleep Hollow")
Bring forth the raisins and the nuts- Tonight All-Hallows' Specter struts Along the moonlit way.
— John Kendrick Bangs
