Wizarding Sayings:

1. "Merlin's Beard!" / "In the name of Merlin!"
- Muggle equivalent: "Goodness sake!"
2. "The cat's really among the pixies now."
- Muggle equivalent: "The cat's among the pigeons."
3. "No use in crying over spilt potion."
- Muggle equivalent: "No use crying over spilt milk."
4. "Hold ye Hippogriffs." (Hagrid)
- Muggle equivalent: "Hold your horses."
5. "God Rest Ye Merry Hippogriffs" (A song)
- Muggle equivalent: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
6. "Galloping Gargoyles!"
- Muggle equivalent: "Goodness gracious!"
7. "I'll never lay a wand on …"
- Muggle equivalent: "I'll never lay a hand/finger on ... "
8. "Time is Galleons, little bro, time is Galleons." (Fred to Ron)
- Muggle equivalent: "Time is money."
9. "A poisonous toadstool never changes its spots."
- Muggle equivalent: "A leopard never changes its spots"
10. "Never tickle a sleeping dragon."
- Muggle equivalent: "Let sleeping dogs lie"
11. "Not enough room to swing a crup in here."
- Muggle equivalent: "Not enough room to swing a cat in here"

Dumbledore quotations:

'Fear of a name increases fear of a thing itself.'
- Albus Dumbledore, book 1

'To the well organised mind, death is but the next great adventure.'
- Albus Dumbledore, book 1

'You fail to recognise Cornelius, that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow up to be!'
- Albus Dumbledore to Cornelius Fudge, book 4

'Before begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words and here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!'
- Albus Dumbledore to the rest of Hogwarts, book 1

'What happened between you and Quirrel down through the trapdoor is a complete secret, so naturally, the whole school knows.'
- Albus Dumbledore, book 1

'Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.'
- Albus Dumbledore, book 2

'I am not joking Mr Weasly, though, now that you mention it, I did hear an excellent one over the summer about a troll, a hag and a leprechaun who all go into a bar -'
Professor McGonagall cleared her throat loudly.
- Albus Dumbledore to Fred Weasley, book 4

'It's lucky it's dark. I haven't blushed so much since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs.'
- Albus Dumbledore to Prof. McGonagal, book 1

'Scars can come in useful. I have one myself above my left knee which is a perfect map of the London Underground.'
- Albus Dumbledore to Prof. McGonagal, book 1

"We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided"
- Albus Dumbledore, book 4
(Thanks to Dana for this quote)

'The consequences of our actions are so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.'
- Albus Dumbledore to Harry

'Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.'
- Albus Dumbledore, book 5

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Weasley quotations:

'Yeah, someone might slip dragon dung into it (in tray) again, eh, Perce?'
'That was a sample of fertiliser from Norway! It was nothing personal!'
' It was. We sent it.' Fred whispered to Harry.
- Fred Weasely to Percy Weasley, book 4

'Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs," sighed George, patting the heading of the map. "We owe them so much.'
'Noble men, working tirelessly to help a new generation of lawbreakers.' said Fred solemnly.
- Fred and George to Harry, book 3

"You haven't got a letter on yours (Weasley jumper). I suppose she (Mrs Weasley) thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid - we know we're called Gred and Forge."
- Georgeto Ron, book 1

"Mad-Eye Moody?" said George thoughtfully. "Isn't he that nutter..."
"Your father thinks very highly of Mad-Eye", said Mrs Weasly sternly.
"Yeah, well dad collects plugs, dosent he? Birds of a feather..."
- George to Mrs Weasley, book 4

"Oh, are you a Prefect, Percy? You should have said something, we had no idea."
"Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it. Once-"
"Or twice-"
"A minute-"
"All summer-"
"Oh, shut up," said Percy the Prefect.
- Fred & George to Percy, book 1

"What's that?" said one of the twins suddenly, pointing at Harry's lighting scar.
"Blimey," said the other twin. "Are you - ?"
"He is," said the first twin. "Aren't you?" he added to Harry.
"What?" said Harry.
"Harry Potter!" chorused the twins.
"Oh, him," said Harry. "I mean, yes, I am."
- Fred and George to Harry, book 1
(Thanks to Amy for this quote)

'Kreacher did not see young master, nasty little brat of a blood traitor it is.'
'Sorry? Didn't catch that last bit.'
'Kreacher said nothing ... and there's its twin, unnatural little beasts they are.'
- Kreacher and George Weasley, book 5

'I don't believe it! I don't believe it! Oh, Ron, how wonderful! A prefect! That's everyone in the family!'
'What are Fred and I, next-door neighbours?' said George indignantly, as his mother pushed him aside and flung her arms around her youngest son.
- Molly and George Weasley, book 5

'You don't mind if we don't kiss you, do you, Ron?' said Fred in a falsely anxious voice.
'We could curtsey, if you like,' said George.
'Oh, shut up,' said Ron, scowling at them.
- Fred, George and Ron, book 5

'...Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps it's brain.'
- Arthur Weasley, book 2

"They run off eckeltricity, do they?" he said knowlingly. "Ah, yes, I see the plugs, I collect plugs and batteries. Got a large collection of batteries. My wife thinks I'm mad, but there you are."
- Arthur to Uncle Vernon, book 4

"Anti-Muggle pranksters. We had two last week, one in Wimbledon, one in Elephant and Castle. Muggles are pulling the flush and instead of everything disappearing - well, you can imagine. The poor things keep calling in those - pumbles, I think they're called - you know, the ones who mend pipes and things."
"Plumbers?"
"Exactly, yes."
- Arthur and Harry, book 5

"Your sons flew that car to Harry's house and back last night!. What have you got to say about that, eh?"
"Did you really?" said Mr Weasley eagerly. "Did it go alright? I-I mean," he faltered, as sparks flew from Mrs Weasley's eyes, "that-that was very wrong boys, boys - very wrong indeed."
- Molly Weasley to Arthur Weasley, book 2

'Wild!' ' ... I can make that old bloke down there pick his nose again... and again... and again...'
- Ron Weasley, book 4

'Aaaaah,' said Ron imitating Prof. Trelawney's mystical whisper, 'when two neptunes appear in the sky, it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being born, Harry…'
- Ron to Harry, book 4

'Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?'
- Ron to Lavender Brown in Divination, book 4

"So Dobby stopped us getting on the train and broke your arm... You know what Harry? If he doesn't stop trying to save your life, he's going to kill you."
- Ron to Harry, book 2

"You could have fried and egg on your face. You'd better hope Creevey doesn't meet Ginny, they'll be starting a Harry Potter Fan Club."
- Ron to Harry, book 2

"If he raided our house, he'd have to put himself under arrest. It drives Mum mad"
- Ron to Harry on his dad's experiments with muggle things, book 2

"Yeah, well, Percy wouldn't want to work for anyone with a sense of humor, would he?"
"Percy wouldn't recognize a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing Dobby's tea cozy."
- Ron talking about Percy, book 4
(Thanks to Brynn for this quote)

"We should get a move on you know ... ask someone. He's right. We don't want to end up with a pair of trolls." (Ron)
"A pair of ... what, excuse me? Oh, I see. So basically, you're going to take the best-looking girl who'll have you, even if she's completely horrible?" (Hermione)
"Er - yeah, that sounds about right." (Ron)
- Ron to Harry and Hermione, book 4

'His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad'
his hair as black as a blackboard,
I wish he was mine he's really divine,
the boy who conquered the dark lord.'
- A valentine to Harry from Ginny Weasley, book 2

"Oh, that. Well, Percy's got a girlfriend. It's that Ravneclaw prefect, Penelope Clearwater. I walked in on them kissing in an empty classroom. He was so upset when she was - you know - attacked.
You won't tease him though will you?"
" Wouldn't dream of it." said Fred who was looking like his birthday had come early.
"Definitely not." said George, sniggering.
- Ginny Weasley to Fred & George, book 2

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Malfoy quotations:

'Longbottom, if brains were gold then you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.'
- Draco Malfoy, book 3

"Well your team is made up of people who are less fortunate: You've the Weasleys who've got no money, You've got Potter who's got no parents, Longbottom you should be on the team: you've got no brains."
- Draco to the Gryffindor Quidditch team, book 3

"Well I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive,"
said Malfoy sarcastically.
"Who wouldn't want pets that can burn, sting, and bite all at once?"
- Draco to Rubeus Hagrid referring to the Blast-Ended Screwts, book 4
(Thanks to Hannah-Banana for this quote)

"Good Lord, Arthur," he said softly. "What did you have to do to get seats in the top box? Surely your house wouldn't have fetched this much?"
- Lucius Malfoy to Arthur Weasley at the Quidditch World Cup, book 4

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Harry quotations:

'You know your mother Malfoy? That expression she's got, like she's got dung under her nose? Has she always looked like that, or was it just because you were with her?'
- Harry Potter to Draco Malfoy after Malfoy had insulted Ron's mother, book 4

"Shame it doesn't come with a parachute - incase you get too near a dementor." (Looking at Harry's broomstick - Firebolt)
"Maybe you should attach an extra arm to yours (broomstick), Malfoy, then it could catch the Snitch for you."
- Harry to Draco Malfoy, book 3

"Congratulations Harry! I wonder if you could give me a quick word? How you felt facing the dragon? How you feel now about the fairness of the scoring?"
"Yeah, you can have a word. Goodbye."
- Harry to Rita Skeeter (Daily Prophet reporter), book 4

"I never know, what's the difference between a stalagmite and a stalagtite?" Harry called to Hagrid.
" Stalagmite's got an 'm' in it," said Hagrid."And don't ask me anymore questions right now, I think I'm gonna be sick."
- Harry and Rubeus Hagrid travelling in a
mine-cart on the way to their underground vaults in Gringotts, book 1

"Your aunt and uncle will be proud, though, won't they? When they hear what you did this year?" (Hermione)
"Proud? Are you mad? All those times I could've died, and didn't mange it? They'll be furious..." (Harry)
- Harry and Hermione Granger, book 2

"Hang on ... there's an empty chair at the staff table ... where's Snape?" Harry muttered to Ron.
"Maybe he's ill!" said Ron hopefully.
"Maybe he's left, because he missed out on the Defence Against the Dark Arts job again!" said Harry.
"Or he might have been sacked!" said Ron enthusiastically, "I mean, everyone hates him-"

"Or maybe," said a very cold voice right behind them, "he's been waiting to hear why you two didn't arrive on the school train."
- Harry, Ron and Snape after Harry and Ron arrived at Hogwarts by the Weasleys' flying car, book 2

"Wangoballwime?"
- Harry asking Cho Chang to the Yule Ball, book 4
(Thanks to Teddy for this quote)

"And Snape said..."
"That's Professor Snape, Harry"
"Yeah, him."
- Harry to Dumbledore, book 1
(Thanks to Kaitlyn for this quote)

'Manners, Potter, or I'll have to give you a detention. 'You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments.'
'Yeah, but you, unlike me, are a git, so get out and leave us alone.'
- Draco Malfoy to Harry, book 5

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Hermione quotations:

'Just because they're not very pretty, doesn't mean they're not useful.'
- Hermione Granger, book 4

"Hard to see why we'd want the book really, if we weren't going to make one of the potions."
"I think, that if we made it sound as though we were just interested in the theory, we might stand a chance..."
"Oh, come one, no teacher's going to fall for that. They'd have to be really thick..."

Since the distastrous episode of the pixies, Professsor Lockhart had not brought live creatures to class...
- Ron and Hermione discussing getting out Moste Potente Potions from the Library's restricted section, book 2

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Sirius & Remus quotations:

'If you made a better rat than a human, that's not much to boast about'
- Sirius Black to Peter Pettigrew, book 3

'Then you should have died! Died rather than betray your friends as we would have done for you!'
- Sirius to Pettigrew, book 3

'If you want to know what a man is like, take a good look at how how treats his inferiors, not his equals.'
- Sirius to Ron, book 4

'Kreacher is cleaning, Kreacher lives to serve the Noble House of Black -'
'And it's getting blacker every day, it's filthy.'
'Master always liked his little joke. Master was a nasty ungrateful swine who broke his mother's heart -'
'My mother didn't have a heart, Kreacher, she kept herself alive out of pure spite.'
- Kreacher and Sirius, book 5

'It was my father's. Kreacher wasn't quite as devoted to him as to my mother, but I still caught him snogging a pair of my father's old trousers last week.'
- Sirius to Harry, book 5

'That suggests that what you fear most of all - is fear. Very wise Harry.'
- Remus Lupin to Harry Potter, book 3

'Your parents gave their lives to keep you alive, Harry. A poor way to repay them - gambling their sacrifice for a bag of magic tricks.'
- Remus to Harry, book 3

'Well, as everyone thinks I'm a mad mass-murderer and the Ministry's put a ten thousand Galleon price on my head, I can hardly stroll up the street and start handing out leaflets, can I?'
'And I'm not a very popular dinner guest with most of the community. It's an occupational hazard of being a werewolf.'
- Sirius and Remus to Harry, book 5

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Lockhart quotations:

'When I was 12, I was as much a nobody as you are now, maybe more so. I mean a couple of people have heard of you - with all that business about You Know Who. I know, I know it's not as good as winning Witch Weekly's Most Charming Smile award 5 times in a row, but it's a start Harry, it's a start.'
- Gilderoy Lockhart to Harry Potter about fame, book 2

Deaf to Harry's stammers, Lockhart swept Harry down a corridor..'Let me just say that handing out signed photos at this stage career isn't sensible - looks a tad bigheaded, Harry, to be frank. There may well come a time when, like me, you'll need to keep a stack handy whereever you go, but-' he gave a little chortle, 'I don't think you're quite there yet.'
- Gilderoy Lockhart to Harry Potter about fame, book 2

"Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. Celebrity as celebrity does."
- Lockhart to Harry, book 2

"Amazing! Amazing! This is just like magic!"
- Gilderoy Lockhart, book 2

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General quotations:

'I'm not putting them on," "I like a healthy breeze around my privates, thanks.'
- Archie, an old wizard wearing a night gown to a Ministry wizard trying to convince him to wear pants at the Quidditch World Cup, book 4

'There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it.'
- Prof. Quirrel, book 1

'Ah, of course. There is no need to tell me any more Ms. Granger. Which one of you will be dying this year?'
- Prof. McGonagall, book 3

'Harry, this is no time to be a gentleman!... Knock her off her broom if you have to!'
- Oliver Wood, book 3

'Won't say nothing if you don't say please!'
'Alright, please.'
'Nothing! Ha! Told you I'd say nothing if you said please!'
- Peeves to Filch, book 1

'Mr Moony presents his compliments to Prof. Snape and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.'
- The Marauder's Map, book 3

' I think I am right in saying, my dear, that you were born in mid-winter?'
' No,' said Harry, ' I was born in July'
Ron hastily turned his laugh into a hacking cough.
- Professor Trelawney to Harry Potter, book 3

"Vell, ve fought bravely."
"You can speak English! And you've been letting me mime everything all day!"
"Vell, it vos very funny."
- Cornelius Fudge and Mr Obalonsk (Bulgarian Minister for Magic), book 4

"Oh, well ... I'd just been thinking. If you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet." said Murtle, blushing silver.
"Urgh!" said Ron."Harry! I think Murtle's got fond of you! You've got competition, Ginny!"
- Moaning Murtle and Ron Weasley to Harry and Ginny, book 2

"Why are you going to London?" Harry asked.
"Taking Dudley to hospital. Got to have that ruddy tail removed beofre he goes to Smeltings."
- Harry Potter and Uncle Vernon Dursley, book 1

"You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts ... but you cannot deny he's got style ..."
- Phineas Nigellus to Cornelius Fudge, book 5

'Don't put your wand there, boy! What if it ignited? Better wizards than you have lost buttocks, you know!' (Moody)
'Who d'you know who's lost a buttock?' (Tonks)
'Never you mind, you just keep your wand out of your back pocket!'
- Mad-Eye Moody to Nymphadora Tonks, book 5

'And this is Nymphadora -'
'Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus, it's Tonks.
'Nymphadora Tonks, who prefers to be known by her surname only,'
'So would you if your fool of a mother had called you Nymphadora,'
- Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks, book 5

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Have any 'quick-quotes' not included here? If so, I would really appreciate it if you could send them to me.