# NEW! Speak to me in Movie quotes

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**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\
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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:** [August 21, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3362 "2022-08-21T21:11:34Z")

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Yeah? You’re nothing but a rotten, crooked lawyer… supplying the grease that makes this shitty movie business work. You think your life’s a mystery? There isn’t a dirty cover up in this entire business that I don’t know about, and YOUR hand is in EVERY ONE of them… you REEK OF IT!

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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:** [August 22, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3363 "2022-08-22T11:46:53Z")

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You know what I say. Whenever you got business trouble the best thing to do is to get a lawyer. Then you got more trouble, but at least you got a lawyer.

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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:** [August 22, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3364 "2022-08-22T12:06:18Z")

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I feel comfortable using legal jargon in everyday life.

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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:** [August 22, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3365 "2022-08-22T16:23:34Z")

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You go in that courtroom and forget what’s legal and do what’s right.

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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:** [August 22, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3366 "2022-08-22T18:28:35Z")

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The primary duty of a lawyer exercising the office of public prosecutor is not to convict, but to see that justice is done. -The Lawyers’ Code of Ethics.

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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:** [August 22, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3367 "2022-08-22T19:59:43Z")

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Another outburst like that and I’ll clear the courtroom!

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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:** [August 22, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3368 "2022-08-22T20:36:04Z")

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You’re out of order! You’re out of order! The whole trial is out of order!

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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:** [August 23, 2022, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3369 "2022-08-23T09:09:23Z")

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I am the law.

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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:** [August 23, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3370 "2022-08-23T11:29:51Z")

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I’m the new judge. There will be law. There is going to be order, progress, civilization, peace… Above all, peace. And I don’t care who I have to kill to get it.

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**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3371 "2022-08-23T11:54:08Z")

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Are you trying to show contempt for this court?  
On the contrary, your honor. I’m trying to hide it.

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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:** [August 23, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3372 "2022-08-23T15:50:30Z")

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That was the first and last time I saw Judge Roy Bean. I never got back to that country and died of dysentery in old Mexico. I haven’t seen him since, so he probably went to Hell.

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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:** [August 23, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3373 "2022-08-23T18:14:32Z")

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We found him out on the highway, wandering around. He was naked. I’d keep a short leash on him, if I were you.

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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:** [August 23, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3374 "2022-08-23T18:15:18Z")

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The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy. Look at you: you’re the Prodigal Son; you’re quite a prize!

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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:** [August 24, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3375 "2022-08-24T20:32:42Z")

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I’m the only winner on this team. The rest of 'em, they’re losers. Either by choice, or by birth.

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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:** [August 24, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3376 "2022-08-24T23:23:20Z")

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Hear the cheering throng!

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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:** [August 25, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3377 "2022-08-25T00:22:26Z")

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I can’t stop thinking about that audience tonight. You don’t know what it feels like, Mel, when they’re all applauding and yelling and whistling. They did whistle, didn’t they?

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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:** [August 25, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3378 "2022-08-25T20:32:20Z")

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From the soles of your feet, with every ounce of blood you’ve got in your body, lay it on the line until the final whistle blows.

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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:** [August 26, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3379 "2022-08-26T13:38:47Z")

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You don’t have to say anything and you don’t have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You do know how to whistle, don’t you?

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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:** [August 26, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3380 "2022-08-26T15:41:41Z")

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Do me a favor, will you? Keep away from the windows. Somebody might… blow you a kiss

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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:** [August 26, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3381 "2022-08-26T20:21:15Z")

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You don’t think it’s paranoid if I wanna change the locks. Do you?

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