The Mist quotes

43 total quotes

Amanda Dumfries
Dan Miller
David Drayton

View Quote Golf Cap: [parting shot to Mrs. Carmody] Hey crazy lady, I believe in God too. I just don't think he's the bloodthirsty asshole you make him out to be.

View Quote Jim Grondin: [after Norm is killed by tentacles from the mist] Hey, I'm sorry. How the hell was I supposed to know what you meant? You said you heard something. How the hell was I supposed to know? You should have said what you meant better! I don't know, I thought maybe it was a big bird or something!

View Quote MP: It's our fault... it's all our fault...

View Quote Jim: I'm sorry about the kid. We didn't twist his arm or anything!
David Drayton: Yeah, he was a ****ing kid. He's supposed to be stupid. What's your excuse?

View Quote [As David addresses the crowd, a skeptical Bud Brown chastises Ollie for drinking after witnessing Norm's death]
Bud Brown: For Christ's sake, Ollie. You want me to report you? You want to lose your job? I'm going to be taking down names, starting with you. And I am prepared to file a police report.
Ollie Weeks: Fine, Bud. Write down your names.
Bud Brown: I will.
Ollie Weeks: And in the meantime, shut the **** up and listen.

View Quote Ollie: Those of you who aren't local should know that Mrs. Carmody is known in town for being... unstable.
Golf Cap: No shit. What was your first clue?

View Quote David Drayton: [referring to a clothesline] Tie this around your waist.
Brent Norton: What for?
David Drayton: It'll let us know you got at least three hundred feet.

View Quote David Drayton: You're sure there's no way I can talk you out of this?
Brent Norton: David, there's nothing out there. Nothing in the mist.
David Drayton: And if you're wrong?
Brent Norton: Then, I guess... the joke will be on me, after all.

View Quote David Drayton: We have to get out of here. I mean permanently.
Mike Hatlen: Why? We've got plenty to eat!
David Drayton: But what happens when one of those things decides to break through this window? I'm talkin' one of the big ones, like the one that killed Norm.
Dan Miller: Yeah, the flaming torch idea didn't work out so well. Almost burned the goddamn store down.

View Quote Amanda Dumfries: Who knows how far this mist has spread? It could be the entire eastern seaboard.
David Drayton: It could be the whole world for all we know. It wouldn't make us any less dead.

View Quote David Drayton: What do you know about this mist?
Private Jessup: I don't know nothing. I've got nothing to do with it.
David Drayton: That's not what the MP said in the pharmacy before the spiders came out of his skin.

View Quote Private Jessup: I heard stuff. Like they thought that there were other dimensions. Other worlds, all around us. They wanted to try and make a window so they could look through and see what's on the other side.
Mrs. Carmody: Well maybe your window turned out to be a door!

View Quote Ollie Weeks: I... killed her....
David Drayton: Thank you, Ollie.
Ollie Weeks: I shot her, David. I wouldn't have done that if there had been any other way.
David Drayton: Like I said, thank you, Ollie