Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children’s novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. Profoundly inspirational Charlie and The Chocolate Factory quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
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Famous Charlie and The Chocolate Factory Quotes
Mrs. Beauregarde: I can’t have a blueberry as a daughter. How is she supposed to compete? Veruca Salt: You could put her in a county fair.
Willy Wonka: Whipped cream isn’t the same without it being whipped by a whipping stick! EVERYBODY knows that.
Grandma Josephine: I like grapes Grandma Josephine: I like grapes.
Mrs. Gloop: Don’t just stand there, do something! Willy Wonka: Help. Police. Murder.
Willy Wonka: Welcome my friends, welcome to my chocolate factory.
Mrs. Bucket: Oh well, nothing goes better with cabbage than cabbage.
Willy Wonka: I surehope no part of him gets left behind. Mr. Teavee: What do you mean? Willy Wonka: Uh, well… sometimes only half of the little pieces find their way through. If you had to choose only one half of your son, which one would it be? Mr. Teavee: What kind of a question is that? Willy Wonka: No need to snap, just a question.
Charlie Bucket: The grass is edible? Willy Wonka: Of course its edible. Everything in this room is edible. Even I’M edible. But that is called cannibalism, my dear children, and that is frowned upon in most societies.
Mr. Teavee: Who wants a beard? Willy Wonka: Well, beatniks for one, folk singers, and motorbike riders. Y’know. All those hip, jazzy, super cool, neat, keen, and groovy cats.
Grandpa George: The kids who are going to find the golden tickets are the ones who can afford to buy candy bars every day! Our Charlie gets only one a year. He doesn’t have a chance. Grandma Josephine: Everyone has a chance, Charlie. Grandpa George: Mark my words. The kid who finds the first ticket will be fat, fat, fat.
Violet Beauregarde: Let’s be friends. Veruca Salt: Best friends.
Willy Wonka: A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
Willy Wonka: Ew, somebody grab him.
Willy Wonka: So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it.
Veruca Salt: Daddy, I want a flying glass elevator. Mr. Salt: The only thing you’ll be getting today is a bath & that’s final. Veruca Salt: But I WANT it!
Willy Wonka: The suspense is terrible…I hope It’ll last.
Willy Wonka: Wrong sir, wrong! Under section 37B of the contract signed by him. It states quite clearly that all offers shall become null and void if, and you can read it for yourself in this photostatic copy. I the undersigned shall forfeit all rights privileges and licenses herein and herein contained et cetera et cetera… huhh fax mentis incendium gloria culpum et cetera et cetera… huhh memo bis punitor delicatum! It’s all there black and white clear as crystal! You stole fizzylifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilized so you get nothing! You lose! Good day sir! Grandpa Joe: You’re a crook. You’re a cheat and a swindler. That’s what you are! How can you do a thing like this?! Build up a little boy’s hope and then smash all his dreams to pieces! You’re an inhuman MONSTER! Willy Wonka: I SAID GOOD DAY!
Charlie Bucket: Like a blueberry…
Veruca Salt: Daddy, I want a goose! NOW!
Willy Wonka: We are the music makers and we are the dreams of the dreams.
Willy Wonka: Good morning Star shine, the earth says hello!
Oompa Loompa: Listen close, listen hard / The tale of Violet Beauregarde / This gentle girl she sees no wrong / Chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing all day long / She goes on chewing till at last / Her chewing muscles grow so fast / From her face her giant chin / Sticks out just like a violin / Chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing all day long / Oompa Loompa, Oompa Loompa, Oompa Loompa, Oompa Loompa/ For years and years she chews away / Her jaws get stronger every day / And with one great tremendous chew / They bite the poor girl’s tongue in two / And that is why we try so hard / To save Miss Violet Beauregarde / Chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing all day long./ Chewing, chewing all day long./ Chewing, chewing all day long./ Oompa Loompa: Listen close, listen hard / The tale of Violet Beauregarde / This gentle girl she sees no wrong / Chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing all day long / She goes on chewing till at last / Her chewing muscles grow so fast / From her face her giant chin / Sticks out just like a violin / Chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing all day long / Oompa Loompa, Oompa Loompa, Oompa Loompa, Oompa Loompa/ For years and years she chews away / Her jaws get stronger every day / And with one great tremendous chew / They bite the poor girl’s tongue in two / And that is why we try so hard / To save Miss Violet Beauregarde / Chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing all day long / Chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing all day long./ Chewing, chewing all day long./ Chewing, chewing all day long.
Willy Wonka: Remember Charlie, don’t forget the tale of the man who got everything he wanted. Charlie: What happened? Willy Wonka: He lived happily ever after.
Dr. Wonka: Everything in this room is eatable, even I am eatable! But that is called cannibalism and is in fact frowned upon in most societies. Yeah, Enjoy!
Grandma Georgina: You smell like peanuts. I love peanuts. Willy Wonka: Oh, thank you. You smell like… old people. And soap. I like it.
Violet Beauregarde: Look mother, I’m much more flexible now. Mrs. Beauregarde: Yes, but you’re blue.
Mrs. Beauregarde: How is she supposed to compete? Veruca Salt: You could put her in a county fair.
Willy Wonka: The best kind of prize is a SURprise! hahahahahahahaha Willy Wonka: The best kind of prize is a SURprise! Haha.
Willy Wonka: Everything in this room is eatable. Even I’m eatable.
Charlie Bucket: You can eat the grass? Willy Wonka: Of course you can! Everything in this room is eatable, even I’m eatable! But that is called cannibalism , my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies.
Oompa Loompa: Augustus Gloop / Augustus Gloop / The great big greedy Nincompoop / Augustus Gloop, so big and vile, so greedy foul and infantile / Come on, we cry, the time is ripe to send him shooting up the pipe / But don’t, dear children be alarmed, Augustus Gloop will not be harmed, Augustus Gloop will not be harmed / Although of course we must admit, he will be altered quite a bit / Slowly wheels go round and round, and cogs begin to grind and pound / This greedy brute, this louces ear, is loved by people everywhere, for who could hate or bare a grudge against a luscious bit of fudge?
The best kind of prize is a surprise!
Willy Wonka: I don’t feel so hot. What makes you feel better when you feel terrible? Charlie Bucket: My family.
Willy Wonka: Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker! Willy Wonka: Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker!
Charlie Bucket: candy doesn’t have a point, that’s what makes it candy. Charlie Bucket: Candy doesn’t have to have a point. That’s why it’s candy.
Grandpa Joe: If Slugworth wants a gobstopper, he can have one!
Mike Teavee: Die! Die! Die! Mr. Teavee: Doesn’t seem like they stay kids very long.
Mike Teavee: Why is everything here completely pointless? Charlie Bucket: Candy doesn’t have to have a point. That’s why it’s candy.
Charlie Bucket: Why hold on to it, Why not start a new piece? Violet Beauregarde: Because I’d never be a champion, I’d be a loser, like you.
Willy Wonka: There, see. Completely unharmed. Mrs. Teevee: You call that unharmed?
Willy Wonka: Invention is 93% perspiration 6% inspiration 3% perspiration and 2% butter scotch ripple.
Mike Teavee: You don’t understand anything about science! First off, there’s a difference between waves and particles! DUH! Second, the amount of power it would take to convert energy into matter would be like nine atomic bombs!
Grandpa Joe: Mr. Wonka, I don’t know if you remember me, but I used to work here in the factory! Willy Wonka: [taken aback] Were you one of those despicable spies who everyday tried to steal my life’s work and sell it to those parasitic copycat candy making cads? Grandpa Joe: No, sir. Willy Wonka: Good, then welcome back!
Willy Wonka: You can’t run a chocolate factory with a family hanging over you like an old, dead goose. No offense. Grandpa George: None taken. …Jerk.
Mrs. Gloop: Augustus, please don’t eat your fingers. Augustus Gloop: But I taste so good.
Charlie: Mr. Wonka, they won’t really be burned in the furnace, will they? Willy Wonka: Hm… well, I think that furnace is only lit every other day, so they have a good sporting chance, haven’t they? Willy Wonka: Hm, well, I think that furnace is only lit every other day, so they have a good sporting chance, haven’t they?
Mike Teavee: Just put me back in the other way. Willy Wonka: There is no other way. It’s television not telephone. There’s quite a difference.
In the end, Charlie Bucket won a chocolate factory. But Willy Wonka had something even better, a family. And one thing was absolutely certain, life had never been sweeter.
Willy Wonka: The snozberries taste like snozberries.
Did you guys know that chocolate contains a property that triggers the release of endorphins? Gives one the feeling of being in love.
Willy Wonka: Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker Willy Wonka: Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.
There’s plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there’s only five of them in the whole world, and that’s all there’s ever going to be. Only a dummy would give this up for something as common as money.
Prince Pondicherry: It is perfect, in every way. Willy Wonka: Yeah, but it wont last long. You better star eating right now. Prince Pondicherry: Nonsense. I will not eat my palace, I intend to live in it.
Dr. Wonka: The best kind of prize is a Surprise Dr. Wonka: The best kind of prize is a ‘Sur’prise.
Grandpa Joe: Mr. Wonka? Willy Wonka: I’m extraordinary busy sir. Grandpa Joe: Uh I just want to ask about the chocolate. Uh the lifetime supply of chocolate for Charlie. When does he get it? Willy Wonka: He doesn’t. Grandpa Joe: Why not? Willy Wonka: Because he broke the rules. Grandpa Joe: What rules? We didn’t see any rules, did we Charlie?
Willy Wonka: It will be the end of all kitchens because this little chewing gum turns speech card around has all the flavors of a three course meal! Willy Wonka: It will be the end of all kitchens because this little chewing gum [turns speech card around] has all the flavors of a three course meal!
Charlie Bucket: You can eat the grass? Willy Wonka: Of course you can. Every thing in this room is eatable even I’m eatable but that is called caniblism and it is frowned upon in most of science.
Willy Wonka: You both went into the soda room without permission! You both bumped into the ceiling, which must be washed and sterilized, so you get NOTHING! YOU LOSE! GOOD DAY SIR!
Willy Wonka: That’s just it, isn’t it. I make the candy I fell like, but now I fell terrible so the candy’s terrible! You’re very good.
Grandma Georgina: You smell like chocolate Grandma Georgina: You smell like chocolate. Dr. Wonka: You smell like old people!
Mr. Salt: I’ll get you for this, Wonka if it’s the last thing I’ll ever do! I’ve got a blueberry for a daughter.
Willy Wonka: Strike that! Reverse it!
Willy Wonka: Time is a precious thing. Never waste it.
Grandpa George: Mark my words. The kid who finds the first ticket wil be fat, fat, fat!
Charlie Bucket: What do you have against my family? Willy Wonka: It’s not just your family, it’s the whole idea of…You know, they’re always telling you what to do, what not to do and it’s not conducive to a creative atmosphere! Charlie Bucket: Usually they’re just trying to protect you, because they love you.
Willy Wonka: Hey, by the way, did you guys know that chocolate contains a property that triggers the release of endorphins? Gives one the feeling of being in love. Mrs. Beauregarde: [flirtily] You don’t say?
Mr. Beauregarde: You’re turning violet, Violet! Violet Beauregarde: What are you talking about?
Mr. Salt: (about the chocolate river) It’s polluted! Mr. Salt: [about the chocolate river] It’s polluted! Willy Wonka: It’s chocolate!
Veruca Salt: Daddy, I want to go in. Mr. Salt: It’s 9:59, sweetheart. Veruca Salt: Make time go faster.
Mrs. Beauregarde: Violet! You’re turning… violet!
