How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Ghostbusters.
Quote #1
DEAN YEAGER: No! You're being moved off campus. The board of regents has decided to terminate your grant. You are to vacate these premises immediately.
PETER: This is preposterous. I demand an explanation.
DEAN YEAGER: Fine. The university will no longer continue any funding of any kind for your group's activities.
When we first meet our Ghostbusters-to-be they're having some serious money troubles. In some ways, the whole movie is a classic rags-to-riches kind of story. We also don't miss the irony here that they lose their funding right after they've just had their first real ghost sighting at the library. Maybe, they should've brought Dean Yeager down to that haunted library?
Quote #2
RAY: Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities. We didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college. You don't know what it's like out there. I've worked in the private sector. They expect results.
PETER: For whatever reasons, Ray, call it fate. Call it luck. Call it karma. I believe that everything happens for a reason. I believe that we were destined to get thrown out of this dump.
Here, the movie suggests that the world of academia can be a bit cushier than the for-profit world of business. Venkman brushes aside Ray's worries, though. Our guess is that Peter is already cooking up the scheme to make some cash off of this ghost thing.
Quote #3
PETER: You're never going to regret this, Ray!
RAY: My parents left me that house! I was born there!
PETER: You're not going to lose the house. Everybody has three mortgages nowadays.
RAY: But at nineteen percent! You didn't even bargain with the guy!
EGON: Ray, for your information, the interest rate alone for the first five years comes to $95,000.
Ray is the one who takes the serious financial risk to fund the Ghostbusters—and it's a serious risk. Even though a lot of the movie is about far-out supernatural theories, it constantly keeps its characters grounded in everyday concerns. Some audiences want to root for heroes who have the same kinds of problems as them.