139 Halloween Quotes and Sayings for Instagram

Halloween is one of the most fun times of the year. The air is cool, the leaves are changing colors, and it’s time to carve pumpkins, decorate, find the perfect costume, and enjoy.

We’ve collected a list of the best, funniest, cutest, and spookiest Halloween quotes and sayings.

Whether you want a funny quote to make you laugh, a caption for your Halloween photos, or some humor for your decorations, you’ll find what you need here.

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Halloween Quotes and Sayings

“Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows’ Eve.” — Ray Bradbury
“During the day, I don’t believe in ghosts. At night, I’m a little more open-minded.” — Unknown
“Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.” — Edgar Allan Poe
“Where there is no imagination there is no horror.” — Arthur Conan Doyle
“Villainy wears many masks, none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.” — Ichabod Crane
“Witch parking. All others will be toad.” — Unknown
“Goodbye cruel world.” — Winifred Sanderson
“The world turned upside down, in a good way, for one black velvet night.” — Karen Fortunati
“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!” — Bram Stoker
“It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night.” — Edgar Allan Poe
“You must believe me, it was a horseman, a dead one! Headless!” — Ichabod Crane
“When the witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ’tis near Halloween.” — Unknown
“Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?” — Shirley Jackson
“We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!” — Humbert Wolfe
“On Halloween you get to become anything that you want to be.” — Ava Dellaria
“Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.” — J.K. Rowling
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” — L.M. Montgomery
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” — William Shakespeare
“Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween’s upon us now.” — Richelle E. Goodrich
“There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight.” — Unknown
“If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.” — Douglas Copeland
“A house is never still in darkness to those who listen intently; there is a whispering in distant chambers.” — J.M. Barrie
“My Halloween costume was so bad that people opened their doors and took candy from me.” — Glen Nesbitt
“A mask tells us more than a face.” — Oscar Wilde
“Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said, ‘Never take candy from strangers.’ And then they dressed me up and said, ‘Go beg for it.'” — Rita Rudner
“Eat, drink, and be scary!” — Rosie O’Donnell
“Suddenly the day was gone, night came out from under each tree and spread.” — Ray Bradbury
“It’s just a bunch of Hocus Pocus.” — Max Dennison
“I am the pumpkin king.” — Jack Skellington
“Trick or treat, bag of sweets, ghosts are walking down the street.” — Unknown
“Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas.” — Stephen Graham Jones
“Mystery is my mistress. I must heed her sweet call.” — Velma, Scooby Doo 2
“Halloween shadows played upon the walls of the houses. In the sky the Halloween moon raced in and out of the clouds.” — Eleanor Estes
“There is something haunting in the light of the moon.” — Joseph Conrad
“On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me.” — Rodney Dangerfield
“I dropped the candies into the children’s bags, thinking: You small mortals don’t realize the power of your stories.” — Karen Russell
“I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner.” — Evan Peters
“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
“I might play with my cat and then go trick people to death.” — Scott Holstad
“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
“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
“Relax, it’s only magic.” — Sarah Bailey
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” — Stephen King
“Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. Voices whisper in the trees, ‘Tonight is Halloween!'” — Dexter Kozen
“Not every witch lives in Salem.” — Unknown
“The dead rise again, bats fly, terror strikes and screams echo, for tonight it’s Halloween.” — Unknown
“Hocus pocus. Time to focus.” — Unknown
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself… and spiders.” — Unknown
“Witch and ghost make merry on this last of dear October days.” — Unknown
“Beneath this stone my wife doth lie. Now she’s at rest and so am I.” — Unknown
“Here lies the body of Lester Moore. Three slugs from a forty-four. No Les, no more.” — Unknown
“Here Lies Mozart. Decomposing.” — Unknown
“Here Lies Our Beloved Randy. Kicked the Bucket From Too Much Candy.” — Unknown
“Shot in the head by a golfer’s gun. He sure put a hole in Juan!” — Unknown
“Too much candy made Billy burst. They boxed up the pieces in the hearse.” — Unknown
“William Gunder, Made one little blunder, Now he’s six feet under.” — Unknown
“Ghouls just wanna have fun!” — Unknown
“This witch can be bribed with chocolate.” — Unknown
“Swish swish, witch.” — Unknown
“What’s up, witches?” — Unknown
“Ghostest with the mostest.” — Unknown
“No tricks, just treats!” — Unknown
“Keep calm and scare on.” — Unknown
“Don’t make me get the flying monkeys.” — Unknown
“Something wicked this way comes.” — Unknown
“We had a fang-tastic time!” — Unknown
“Have a spooktacular night.” — Unknown
“Too cute to spook.” — Unknown
“Boo from the crew.” — Unknown
“Everything’s better with a little magic.” — Unknown
“Creature feature.” — Unknown
“Trick or treat yo’ self.” — Unknown
“Here for the boos.” — Unknown
“I have no body to dance with.” — Unknown
“Came for the party, stayed for the boos.” — Unknown
“Brrr… it’s cold in here. There must be some spirits in the atmosphere!” — Unknown
“You can’t scare me I’m a ghost!” — Unknown
“Keep calm and carry a wand.” — Unknown
“Can’t trick this treat.” — Unknown
“Of course, we witches love the BOOs.” — Unknown
“Nothing much. Just a basic witch.” — Unknown
“I would like to give fangs to all my friends.” — Unknown
“Sorry, you just seem like my blood type.” — Unknown
“I’ve got a bat idea.” — Unknown

Funny Halloween Quotes

“I see my face in the mirror and go, ‘I’m a Halloween costume? That’s what they think of me?'” — Drew Carey
“Bing, bong. ‘C’mon lady, let’s go. Halloween, doorbells, candy. Let’s pick it up.'” — Jerry Seinfeld
“Happy Halloween to all. And to all a good fright.” — Hubie Dubois, Hubie Halloween
“Being normal is vastly overrated.” — Aggie Cromwell, Halloweentown
“I go for a look which I call ‘Dead but Delicious.'” — Vladislav, What We Do in the Shadows
“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
“Let’s turn on the juice and see what shakes loose.” — Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
“Ah, the old express bus to Hell. No lines, no waiting!” — Cyrus, The Frighteners
“I’ve seen enough horror movies to know that any weirdo wearing a mask is never friendly.” — Elizabeth, Friday the 13th
“Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat…” — Nicholas Gordon
“Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it’s about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves.” — Elvis Duran
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” — William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“It’s showtime!” — Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
“I don’t see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one.” — Linus, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
“‘Tis the night, the night of the graves 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
“On Halloween, witches come true; wild ghosts escape from dreams. Each monster dances in the park.” — Nicholas Gordon
“I like to say I believe in ghosts so I don’t get haunted by one.” — Ella Henderson
“Witches don’t look like anything. Witches are. Witches do.” — Franny Billingsley
“Run for it? Running’s not a plan! Running’s what you do once a plan fails!” — Earl Bassett, Tremors
“Isn’t the view beautiful? It takes my breath away. Well, it would if I had any.” — The Corpse Bride
“And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids!” — Villain, Scooby-Doo
“Pardon me, boy, is this the Transylvania station?” — Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein
“I don’t understand it. I went trick-or-treating and all I got was a bag full of rocks.” — Charlie Brown, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
“The suspense is terrible. I hope it’ll last.” — Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
“When the witches went waltzing.” — Linda Williams

Short Halloween Quotes for Instagram

“Sticky fingers, tired feet; one last house, trick or treat!” — Rusty Fischer
“Never trust the living.” — Beetlejuice
“I didn’t know if you have kids you need five different costumes.” — Mindy Kaling
“How many more months of Halloween this year?” — Jim Gaffigan
“Every day is Halloween, isn’t it? For some of us.” — Tim Burton
“For Halloween I’m going as a narcissist.” — Conan O’Brien
“Halloween is just finals week for parents.” — Jim Gaffigan
“If you’ve got it, haunt it.” — Rose Pressey
“Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.” — Mason Cooley
“I would die for her. I would kill for her. Either way, what bliss.” — Gomez, The Addams Family
“I see dead people.” — The Sixth Sense
“There’s a little witch in all of us.” — Aunt Jet Owens
“Halloween is an opportunity to be really creative.” — Judy Gold
“Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.” — Bill Watterson
“I’m wicked through and through.” — Elphaba, Wicked
“It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus.” — Max, Hocus Pocus
“There’s only 365 days left until next Halloween!” — The Nightmare Before Christmas
“Where my ghouls at?” — Monster High
“Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep.” — A Nightmare on Elm Street