Ghost of Christmas Present Quotes in Scrooged (1988)

Ghost of Christmas Present: Close your eyes...! And think of snowflakes and moonbeams and whiskers on kittens...

[She notices Frank peeking and goes to jab his eys with two fingers]

Ghost of Christmas Present: Nooooo peeking!

[Frank blocks the jab and closes his eyes]

Ghost of Christmas Present: Of rainbows, forget-me-nots... of misty meadows and sun-dappled pools. Oh, look! There's Mr Hedgehog. I wonder where he's going? Perhaps to HARLEM!

[She punches Frank]

Frank Cross: My jaw!

Ghost of Christmas Present: Sometimes the truth is painful, Frank.

[She slaps his face]

Ghost of Christmas Present: But it's made your cheeks rosy and your eyes bright!

Frank Cross: If you TOUCH ME AGAlN, I'll rip your goddamned wings off! Okay?

Frank Cross: [about Calvin] He's a bright little guy. What's wrong with him?

Ghost of Christmas Present: He hasn't spoken since he saw his father killed five years ago. He just drifted away, like Sleeping Beauty.

Frank Cross: I didn't know Grace's husband died.

Ghost of Christmas Present: Oh Frank, don't you remember the time she wore black for a year?

Frank Cross: I remember her wearing black... I thought it was a fashion thing. Everybody was wearing black!

Ghost of Christmas Present: Oh Frank.

Frank Cross: Well, is he going to be okay?

Ghost of Christmas Present: It's his choice, only he can break the spell.

Ghost of Christmas Present: Sometimes you have to *slap* them in the face just to get their attention!

Ghost of Christmas Present: [repeating the question] On the "Addams Family", what instrument did Lurch play?

Frank Cross: I may be invisible, but I am *not deaf!*

Ghost of Christmas Present: You know I like the rough stuff, don't you, Frank?

Ebenezer Scrooge: I don't think I've ever met anybody like you before.

Ghost of Christmas Present: Really? Over 1800 of my brothers have come before me!

Ebenezer Scrooge: 1800? Imagine the grocery bills!

Ebenezer Scrooge: This is Bob Crachit's house?

Ghost of Christmas Present: How do you know that?

Ebenezer Scrooge: You just told me.

Ghost of Christmas Present: Well, I'm *usually* trustworthy.

Ebenezer Scrooge: You're a little absent-minded, spirit.

Ghost of Christmas Present: No, I'm a LARGE absent-minded spirit!

Ghost of Christmas Present: There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more.

Ebenezer Scrooge: [Ghost of Christmas Present has brought Scrooge to Bob Cratchit's home] I want to look in the window.

Ghost of Christmas Present: It will cost you nothing, which I'm sure is good news for you.

Ebenezer Scrooge: Will they be able to see me?

Ghost of Christmas Present: No, which I'm sure is good news for them.

[Scrooge is covertly watching Harry's Christmas party]

Tom - Friend of Harry's: Harry, I've visited you every Christmas for the past five years, and to this day I can never understand this extraordinary ritual of toasting the health of your old uncle Ebenezer. I mean, everyone knows he's the most miserable old skinflint that ever walked God's earth.

Ebenezer Scrooge: [glaring] Who's he?

Ghost of Christmas Present: Oh... just a friend.

Nephew Fred: My dear Tom, it's very simple. He is indeed a despicable old miser, worse than you could ever possibly imagine.

[Ghost of Christmas Present bursts out laughing]

Ebenezer Scrooge: You find this amusing?

Ghost of Christmas Present: Believe it or not, he likes you.

Nephew Fred: See, I look at it this way: If I can wish a Merry Christmas to him, who is beyond dispute the most obnoxious and parsimonious of all living creatures, then I know in my heart that I am truly a man of goodwill.

Ebenezer Scrooge: [rising to lunge at Fred] Scoundrel!

Ghost of Christmas Present: Wait! There's more to come.

Nephew Fred: And besides... I like old Scrooge!

Ghost of Christmas Present: What did I tell you?

Ebenezer Scrooge: I hate life!

Ghost of Christmas Present: Nonsense, man! Why?

Ebenezer Scrooge: Because life hates me, that's why!

Ghost of Christmas Present: Scrooge, you're an even bigger fool than I took you for!

Ebenezer Scrooge: [asking about the ghost's elder brothers] How many of them are there?

Ghost of Christmas Present: What year is this?

Ebenezer Scrooge: Eighteen hundred and sixty.

Ghost of Christmas Present: Then I have eighteen hundred and fifty-nine brothers.

Ghost of Christmas Present: [to Scrooge] Come over here, you weird little man!

Ghost of Christmas Present: How many of my brothers have you rejected in your miserable lifetime!

Ebenezer Scrooge: I have never met any of your brothers, sir!

Ghost of Christmas Present: You have never looked for them!

Ghost of Christmas Present: [to Scrooge] I must admit I found it hard to believe you'd be as horrible as they said you'd be... but now that I look at you, I can see that they were understating the truth!