Only Murders in the Building gave us some of television's most quotable moments. Below are the best quotes from Only Murders in the Building, grouped by the characters who said them. Click any character to see their full collection of quotes and trivia.
Mabel Mora
"I grew up in this building. I thought I knew every secret it had. I was wrong."
— Mabel Mora, Season 1, Episode 1 - True Crime
"Everyone in my life has either died or disappointed me. At some point you stop being surprised by that."
— Mabel Mora, Season 1, Episode 6 - To Protect and Serve
"I don't need two old men telling me what to do. I've been figuring things out on my own my whole life."
— Mabel Mora, Season 1, Episode 4 - The Sting
"The truth is always in the thing no one wants to talk about."
— Mabel Mora, Season 2, Episode 3 - The Last Day of Bunny Folger
Oliver Putnam
"I have directed seventeen Broadway productions. None of them ran more than a week. But that is not the point."
— Oliver Putnam, Season 1, Episode 3 - How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors?
"A podcast is just theater for people who are too scared to buy a ticket."
— Oliver Putnam, Season 1, Episode 2 - Who Is Tim Kono?
"Every great mystery needs a director. Lucky for you both, I'm available."
— Oliver Putnam, Season 1, Episode 1 - True Crime
"I know about betrayal, Charles. I've had more understudies stab me in the back than you've had hit records."
— Oliver Putnam, Season 2, Episode 4 - Here's Looking at You
Charles-Haden Savage
"I played a detective for thirty years on television. I think I know a thing or two about murder."
— Charles-Haden Savage, Season 1, Episode 2 - Who Is Tim Kono?
"My ex-wife got the apartment, the storage unit, and apparently my will to live. Yet here I am."
— Charles-Haden Savage, Season 1, Episode 1 - True Crime
"I may not be the man I was on Brazzos, but I'm still Charles-Haden Savage. That counts for something."
— Charles-Haden Savage, Season 2, Episode 1 - Persons of Interest
"There is nothing more human than the desire to tell a story. And nothing more dangerous than believing your own."
— Charles-Haden Savage, Season 3, Episode 1 - The Show Must...
Howard Morris
"I have lived in this building for twenty-two years. I know where all the bodies are buried. Figuratively. Mostly."
— Howard Morris, Season 1, Episode 3 - How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors?
"Cats understand the darkness in people. That is why I trust them more than most humans."
— Howard Morris, Season 2, Episode 2 - Framed
"I did not move to New York to be ignored. And yet."
— Howard Morris, Season 1, Episode 5 - Twist