Ray Peterson quotes from The 'Burbs (1989)

Ray Peterson

I'm going to go do something productive. I'm gonna go watch television.

Ray Peterson

Nobody knocks off an old man in my neighborhood and gets away with it.

Ray Peterson

I can't walk anywhere without you asking me where I'm going - I'm going to Paris, France, okay? I'm going to Banff, Canada, alright? That's where I'm going.

Ray Peterson

I'm only trying to take a nap! I'm only laying here with my eyes closed trying to get some goddamn sleep!

Ray Peterson

Shut up. SHUT UP, ART, SHUT UP! God, you don't know when to quit, do you?! Look at me! I'm a shell of a man because of you, Art! YOU LEAVE THEM ALONE! GET OFF THEIR CASE ALREADY! They didn't do anything to us! They didn't do anything to us! All right, so they're different, so they keep to themselves! Can you blame them?! They live next door to people who break into their house and burn it down while they're gone for the day! Remember what you were saying about people in the 'burbs, Art? People like Skip? People who mow their lawn for the 800th time, and then SNAP?! WELL, THAT'S US! IT'S NOT THEM, THAT'S US! WE'RE the ones who are vaulting over the fences, and peeking in through people's windows! We're the ones who are throwing garbage in the street, and lighting fires! WE'RE the ones who are acting suspicious and paranoid, Art! WE'RE THE LUNATICS! US! IT'S NOT THEM! It's us.

Ray

I'm not going to listen to this, I'm not going to hear this now.

Art

Ray! Ray! You're chanting! [points to book] Ray, unconscious chanting! You're chanting!

Art

I want to kill everyone. Satan is good. Satan is our pal. Ray, Ray, you're chanting! Hey, once they get in here... [points to Ray's head] ...it's over, pal.