# NEW! Speak to me in Movie quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 7, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614 "2020-07-07T13:50:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2061 "2021-10-28T17:44:10Z")
…and I thought you’d be taller. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2062 "2021-10-28T20:55:00Z")
Yeah, he looks like Cindy! The youngest one in curls… ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2063 "2021-10-28T21:20:30Z")
Curly Top! You little bundle of joy! Curly Top! You’re like a wonderful toy! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2064 "2021-10-28T21:47:02Z")
Little Cindy Lou Who, who was no more than two. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2065 "2021-10-28T22:44:34Z")
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2066 "2021-10-29T00:12:43Z")
What terrible sins I have working for me. I suppose it’s the wages. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2067 "2021-10-29T17:53:09Z")
I’m not worried. To get that bonus, they’ll carry the entire charge on their backs. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2068 "2021-10-30T01:43:46Z")
You see, Mr. Parker and I feel that the bonus situation has never been on a-an equitable level. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2069 "2021-10-30T05:57:54Z")
As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anybody wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2070 "2021-10-30T13:02:33Z")
I’m gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It’s the only dream you can have - to come out number-one man. He fought it out here, and this is where I’m gonna win it for him. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2071 "2021-10-30T16:50:23Z")
You drove Al Steele to his grave and now you’re trying to stab me in the back. Forget it! I fought worse monsters than you for years in Hollywood. I know how to win the hard way. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2072 "2021-10-31T03:42:43Z")
You’ve had a hard time? I’ve been here five years, they only hung me the right way up yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2073 "2021-10-31T14:29:50Z")
What happened down in the dungeon between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret. So, naturally, the whole school knows. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2074 "2021-10-31T19:33:24Z")
Secrets and lies! We’re all in pain! Why can’t we share our pain? I’ve spent my entire life trying to make people happy, and the three people I love the most in the world hate each other’s guts, and I’m in the middle! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2075 "2021-10-31T20:06:35Z")
Pain is good. It lets you know that you’re alive. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2076 "2021-10-31T23:13:20Z")
Oh… the pain! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2077 "2021-11-01T23:23:21Z")
“You okay, man? I mean, does something else hurt?” “It’s my legs. It’s the nerves. It’s called neurogenic pain. It’s like being on fire.” ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2078 "2021-11-02T12:51:56Z")
It burns! It burns! ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2079 "2021-11-02T13:54:56Z")
goose-stepping morons like yourself should try _reading_ books instead of _burning_ them! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2080 "2021-11-02T14:14:58Z")
Well, it’s a job just like any other. Good work with lots of variety. Monday, we burn Miller; Tuesday, Tolstoy; Wednesday, Walt Whitman; Friday, Faulkner; and Saturday and Sunday, Schopenhauer and Sartre. We burn them to ashes and then burn the ashes. That’s our official motto. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614.md?page=105)