# NEW! Speak to me in Movie quotes

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**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\
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**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:** [January 22, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2462 "2022-01-22T01:17:49Z")

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Get away from her, you BITCH!

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**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:** [January 22, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2463 "2022-01-22T18:44:29Z")

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You’ve always had everything, while people like me have had nothing. Well, now it’s my turn, And you are not taking it from me. Ever!

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**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:** [January 22, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2464 "2022-01-22T21:36:33Z")

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I was a captain, Lieutenant. And I’m ordering you to cool off!

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**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:** [January 22, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2465 "2022-01-22T23:13:16Z")

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_Order_, eh? Who does he think he is?

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2466 "2022-01-23T01:27:41Z")

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Mallory Grace: The book was in here with a big warning that said “Do not read”, and you read it?  
Jared Grace: It’s a book. I didn’t think reading it would unleash goblin fury, okay?

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**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:** [January 23, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2467 "2022-01-23T11:44:51Z")

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Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.

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**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:** [January 23, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2468 "2022-01-23T14:20:42Z")

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The Death Star will be completed on schedule.

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**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:** [January 23, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2469 "2022-01-23T15:28:00Z")

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That’s not true!

It IS true you… pompous ass!

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2470 "2022-01-23T18:25:49Z")

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The truth is what everybody accepts. Right, Owen? I mean, psychiatry: it’s the latest religion. We decide what’s right and wrong. We decide who’s crazy or not. I’m in trouble here. I’m losing my faith.

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**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:** [January 23, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2471 "2022-01-23T18:55:54Z")

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Now, when a man collects books on a subject, they’re usually grouped together, but notice, your King James Bible, your Book of Mormon, and Koran are separate, across the room in fact, from your Hebrew Bible and Talmud, which sit on your desk. Now these books have a special importance for you not connected with a general study of religion, obviously.

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**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:** [January 23, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2472 "2022-01-23T20:05:59Z")

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Did you know Jews can read each other’s minds?

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2473 "2022-01-24T00:22:19Z")

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Your mind is like an open book to me!

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**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:** [January 24, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2474 "2022-01-24T01:07:14Z")

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Back off, man. I’m a scientist.

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**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:** [January 24, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2475 "2022-01-24T01:47:13Z")

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I don’t know how long this tranquilizer will keep him harmless. We must get him back to my lab before the effects wear off.

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2476 "2022-01-24T02:56:20Z")

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Yes, Miss Granger. Desperately tricky to make. Disastrous should you get it wrong. But brewed correctly, as this has been, it has remarkable powers. One sip and you will find that all your endeavors succeed… at least until the effects wear off.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2477 "2022-01-24T05:40:38Z")

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You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control.

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**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:** [January 24, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2478 "2022-01-24T16:50:57Z")

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My brilliant research in brain transplantation is unsurpassed, and will probably make my name live beyond eternity.

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2479 "2022-01-24T21:59:10Z")

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Ladies and gentlemen, I can envision a day when the brains of brilliant men can be kept alive in the bodies of dumb people.

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**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:** [January 24, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2480 "2022-01-24T22:24:38Z")

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Is stupidest theory I ever heard.

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**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:** [January 24, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/2481 "2022-01-24T22:40:32Z")

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Anyone can learn science if they put their mind to it.

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