- Winston Zeddemore: Large quantities of water don't usually gather on the ceiling, do they?
- Dr. Egon Spengler: Not on this planet.
- Winston Zeddemore: I was afraid of that.
- [the water falls down from the ceiling onto the Ghostbusters]
- Dr. Peter Venkman: We're professionals, not vigilantes. People pay us to do this. We can't go chasing after every ghost in the universe just because they're there.
- Dr. Raymond Stantz: I know, Peter, but wouldn't it be fun to try?
- Dr. Raymond Stantz: I can't understand it. We haven't seen a ghost in two weeks!
- Dr. Peter Venkman: It's summer, Ray, they're probably at camp.
- Dr. Peter Venkman: [Peter is having supernatural problems in the bathroom] Ray, can you come in here?
- Dr. Raymond Stantz: Wash your own back, Peter!
- Dr. Peter Venkman: Look.
- Dr. Raymond Stantz: There are ghosts down here. Let's trap 'em!
- Dr. Peter Venkman: Are you crazy? We brought two traps, I counted over forty ghosts before you showed up and they're still going by.
- Dr. Raymond Stantz: Yeah, but...
- Dr. Peter Venkman: [interrupting] And, nobody's paying us for this gig.
- Dr. Raymond Stantz: Well, yeah, but..
- Dr. Peter Venkman: And I'm tired. If one more thing happens, I'm gonna scream.
- Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond Stantz: [they hear the loud rumbling of water] Huh?
- Janine Melnitz: So they didn't believe you about the pillar, but they paid you anyway?
- Dr. Egon Spengler: Right, for stopping the earthquakes.
- Janine Melnitz: Imagine: a single pillar holding up all of Manhattan Island. I'm glad I live in the Bronx.