Quotes from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

A little bit of magic can go a long way in making dreams come true.

Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.

There is no life I know, to compare with pure imagination.

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.

Nobody ever goes in, and nobody ever comes out.

There’s no earthly way of knowing, which direction we are going.

I have just the thing to cure you… a lifetime supply of chocolate!

This room is my masterpiece. I can’t tell you how pleased I am with it.

Candy doesn’t have to have a point. That’s why it’s candy.

So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it.

Whipped cream isn’t whipped cream at all unless it’s been whipped with whips.

Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.

I want a bean feast!

If the Good Lord had intended us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented roller skates.

Everything in this room is eatable, even I’m eatable! But that, my dear children, is called cannibalism, and is, in fact, frowned upon in most societies.

I’m sure with just one sip, you’ll feel a little bit of magic inside.

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

Everything in this room is edible. Even I’m edible. But that would be called canibalism. It is frowned upon in most societies.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.

Do you like my meadow? Try some of my grass! Please have a blade, please do, it’s so delectable and so darn good looking!

But Charlie, don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted… He lived happily ever after.

So much time, and so little to do! Strike that. Reverse it!

But how can you know I’m telling the truth? Because it’s written, that’s how!

Hold your breath, make a wish, count to three.

Come on, my dear little friends. The tour’s about to begin. It’s better than I ever dreamed it would be.

And everything he did, he did it with a sense of style.

But, Charlie, don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted. What happened? He lived happily ever after.

This is known as Wonka’s Wondrous Boat Ride.

What is this, Wonka, some kind of funhouse? Why? Having fun?

She’s a bad nut, Mr. Salt.

No, sir! I wouldn’t do it! I won’t do it! I couldn’t!

Invention is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.

A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.

The suspense is killing me, I hope it lasts.

He sent her up to the taffy-pulling machine, and said, ‘All right, pull her apart!’

Of course you don’t.

Mr. Wonka: Don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted.

Little surprises around every corner, but nothing dangerous.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

This way, please. And mind your head. There’s not much clearance.

Is that a fact? Well, at least now we know where we are.

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.

Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.

Hold your breath, make a wish, count to three.

Come with me, and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination.

Want to change the world? There’s nothing to it.

We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.

Watch out for the gappledump and fizzwiggler! They have been known to take off fingers and toes!