110+ Astonishing Willy Wonka Quotes, The Eccentric Owner of The Wonka Chocolate Factory

Best Willy Wonka Quotes

If you want the best ones, check some of these Willy Wonka quotes below.

• “Good morning Starshine…the earth says hello!”

• “Everything in this room is edible. Even I’m edible. But, that would be called cannibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies.”

• “That’s just it, isn’t it. I make the candy I feel like, but now I feel terrible so the candy’s terrible! You’re very good.”

• "Here. A small step for mankind, but a giant step for us. All ashore!"

• “There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.”

• “Next time, try to open your mouth a little wider when you speak.”

• "Round the world and home again, that's the sailor's way."

• "Is it my soul that calls upon my name?

• "Time is a precious thing. Never waste it."

• “It’s gotta be real big, ’cause you know how on TV you can film a regular-sized man and he comes out looking this tall? Same basic principle.”

• "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!"

• “Don’t argue, my dear child, please don’t argue!” cried Mr. Wonka. “It’s such a waste of precious time!”

• "Everybody has had ONE, and ONE is enough for anybody. Now come along."

• "Uh, Little Boy, my chocolate must be untouched by human hands!"

• “I don’t want a grown-up person at all. A grownup won’t listen to me; he won’t learn. He will try to do things his own way and not mine. So I have to have a child. I want a good sensible loving child, one to whom I can tell all my most precious candy-making secrets-while I am still alive.”

• "Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours."

• “Oh, you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about.”

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

• “Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration.”

• “Why, I believe they’re going to treat us to a little song. It is quite a special occasion, of course. They haven’t had a fresh audience in many a moon.”

• “You can’t run a chocolate factory with a family hanging over you like an old, dead goose. No offense.”

• "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

• "Little boy, don't push my button."

• Mrs. Teevee: "I assume there's an accident indemnity clause."
  Willy Wonka: "Never between friends."
  

• Veruca Salt: “Spitting’s a dirty habit.”
  Willy Wonka: “I know a worse one.”
  

• Charlie Bucket: "Mr. Wonka, what'll happen to the other kids? Augustus, Veruca?"
  Willy Wonka: "My dear boy, I promise you they'll be quite all right. When they leave here, they'll be completely restored to their normal, terrible old selves. But maybe they'll be a little bit wiser for the wear. Anyway, don't worry about them."
  

Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory Quotes

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Let's check some Willy Wonka quotes from the movie Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory.

• "I can't go on forever, and I don't really want to try. So who can I trust to run the factory when I leave and take care of the Oompa Loompas for me? Not a grown up. A grown up would want to do everything his own way, not mine. So that's why I decided a long time ago that I had to find a child. A very honest, loving child, to whom I could tell all my most precious candy making secrets."

• "That's right. So the factory is yours, Charlie. You can move in immediately."

• "The whole family. I want you to bring them all."

• "Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head?"

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

• "I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses herein and herein contained, et cetera, et cetera... Fax mentis incendium gloria cultum, et cetera, et cetera... Memo bis punitor delicatum!"

• "It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal! You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir!"

• "There's no better time to learn."

• "Stop. Don't. Come back."

• “Of course they’re real people. They’re Oompa-Loompas…Imported direct from Loompaland…And oh what a terrible country it is! Nothing but thick jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world – hornswogglers and snozzwangers and those terrible wicked whangdoodles. A whangdoodle would eat ten Oompa-Loompas for breakfast and come galloping back for a second helping.”

• "Well, fortunately, small boys are extremely springy and elastic. So I think we'll put him in my special taffy-pulling machine. That should do the trick."

• "You'll find the boy in his mother's purse."

• "No, no, don't speak. For some moments in life, there are no words. Run along now."

• "All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by. All aboard, everybody."

• "Oh ginger ale, ginger pop, ginger beer, beer bubbles, bubbleade, bubblecola, double cola, double-bubble-burple-cola, and all the crazy carbonated stuff that tickles your nose. Few people realize what tremendous power there is in one of those things."

• "Nil desperandum, my dear lady. Across the desert lies the promised land."

• "They don't know that. I'm trying to get ahead for next year."

• "Nicely handled, Veruca! Now there's a girl who knows where she's going."

• "In springtime, the only pretty ring time, birds sing hey ding... a-ding, a-ding, sweet lovers love... the spring."

• Mr. Salt:" What is this, Wonka? Some kind of funhouse?"
  Willy Wonka: "Why? Are you having fun?"
  

• Mrs. Gloop: "He's gone! He'll be made into marshmallows in five seconds."
  Willy Wonka: "Impossible, my dear lady! That's absurd! Unthinkable!"
  Mrs. Gloop: "Why?
  Willy Wonka: "Because that pipe doesn't go to the marshmallow room, it goes to the fudge room!"
  Mrs. Gloop: "You terrible man!"
  

• Willy Wonka: "But Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted."
  Charlie: "What happened?"
  Willy Wonka: "He lived happily ever after."
  

• Willy Wonka: "This little piece of gum is a three-course dinner."
  Mr. Salt: "Bull."
  Willy Wonka: "No, roast beef. But I haven't got it quite right yet."
  

• 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 Johnny Depp Quotes

Here are some Willy Wonka quotes played by Johnny Depp in Charlie and the chocolate factory movie (2005).

• "I've just been informed that the incinerator's broken, so there should be about three weeks of rotten garbage to break their fall!"

• "That's the one. Says here in the papers his new candies aren't selling very well. But, I suppose maybe he's just a rotten egg who deserves it."

• "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!"

• "I have to be more careful where I park this thing."

• "The best kind of prize is a *sur*prise!"

• "Oh, they're not for sale. She can't have one."

• "Slide me some skin, soul brother!"

• "I always thought a verruca was a type of wart you got on the bottom of your foot."

• "Little girl? Don't touch that squirrel's nuts! It'll make him crazy!"

• "Improvisation is parlor trick, anyone can do it."

• "There it is. There it isn't."

• "MUMBLER! Seriously, I can't understand a word you're saying!"

• "Can't imagine how it would matter."

• "Well, I told you I hadn't quite got it right, 'cause it goes a little funny when it gets to the dessert. It's the Blueberry Pie that does it. I'm terribly sorry!"

• "Ew, somebody grab him."

• "I realized in that moment, "I must find a heir."

• "Well, you do seem confident and confidence is key."

• "And you, well, you're just lucky to be here, aren't you?"

• "... 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."

• Charlie Bucket: "So, if I go with you to the factory, I won't ever see my family again?"
  Willy Wonka: "Yeah! Consider that a bonus!"
  

• Charlie Bucket: "You want me to go with you?"
  Willy Wonka: "Hey! Hey, what a great idea! Yeah!"
  

• Willy Wonka: "... What makes you feel better when you feel terrible?"
  Charlie Bucket: "My family."
  Willy Wonka: "Ew!"
  

• Willy Wonka: "Now, how many children are left?"
  Grandpa Joe: "Mr. Wonka, Charlie's the only one left, now."
  Willy Wonka: "You mean, you're the only one?"
  Charlie Bucket: "Yes."
  Willy Wonka: "What happened to the others?"
  

Quotes from Willy Wonka

Down here you can find more Willy Wonka quotes to read.

• “Oh, my sainted aunt! Don’t mention that disgusting stuff in front of me! Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!”

• “The waterfall is most important. Mixes the chocolate. Churns it up, makes it light and frothy. By the way, no other factory in the world mixes its chocolate by waterfall, my dear children, and you can take that to the bank.”

• “Bubbles, bubbles everywhere, and not a drop to drink… yet.”

• "No need to snap, just a question."

• "Once again you really shouldn't mumble, 'cause it's kinda starting to bum me out."

• "I'd rather not talk about this one."

• "Oh, thank heavens... he's completely unharmed."

• "I'm sorry, I was having a flashback."

• "Well, I couldn't very well watch the show from up there, now, could I, little girl?"

• “Buttons, buttons, whose got the button?”

• "Well, well, well, two naughty, *nasty* little children gone. Three good, sweet little children left."

• “Whipped cream isn’t whipped cream at all if it hasn’t been whipped with whips, just like poached eggs isn’t poached eggs unless it’s been stolen in the dead of the night.”

• "Swifter than eagles! Stronger than lions!"

• "Little surprises around every corner, but nothing dangerous. So don't be alarmed. As soon as your outer vestments are at hand, we'll begin."

• "Now, don't get excited. Don't lose your head, Augustus. We don't want anybody to lose that."

• Charlie: “What was that we just went through?”
  Willy Wonka: “Hsawaknow.”
  Mrs. Teevee: “Is that Japanese?”
  Willy Wonka: “No, that’s Wonkawash spelled backwards.”
  

• Willy Wonka: "You're all quite short, aren't you?"
  Violet Beauregarde: "Well yeah, we're children."
  Willy Wonka: "Well that's no excuse. I was never as short as you."
  Mike Teavee: "You were once."
  Willy Wonka: "Was not. Know why? Because I distinctly remember putting a hat on top of my head. Look at your short little arms. You could never reach."
  

• Violet Beauregarde: "Mr. Wonka, I'm Violet Beauregarde."
  Willy Wonka: "Oh. I don't care."
  

• Dr. Wonka: "Heavens. I haven't seen bicuspids like these since... since... Willy?"
  Willy Wonka: "Hi, Dad."
  Dr. Wonka: "All these years and you haven't flossed."
  Willy Wonka: "Not once."
  

• Willy Wonka: "An important room, this. After all, it is a chocolate factory."
  Mike Teavee: "Then, why is the door so small?"
  Willy Wonka: "That's to keep all the great big chocolatey flavor inside."
  

Those are all more than 110 Willy Wonka quotes and sayings collected by Tripboba from the movies and the books.
Now you can see how eccentric and funny he is. But, you can also find so many life lessons in his words. Such an iconic character that has ever been created.