# 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:** [October 24, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3582 "2022-10-24T12:14:38Z")

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Listen up. I’m not going to go down in history as the President who was in office when the world came to an end, so somebody think of something, and think of it fast!

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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:** [October 24, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3583 "2022-10-24T12:58:15Z")

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[Mission Control](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673989/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Buckaroo, The White House wants to know is everything ok with the alien space craft from Planet 10 or should we just go ahead and destroy Russia?

[Buckaroo Banzai](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000693/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Tell him yes on one and no on two.

[Mission Control](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673989/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Which one was yes, go ahead and destroy Russia… or number 2?

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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:** [October 24, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3584 "2022-10-24T18:27:07Z")

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For ten talents of gold, I’ll give you the wealth of Egypt! Give me my freedom and I’ll give you the scepter!

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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:** [October 24, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3585 "2022-10-24T22:46:13Z")

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No time to argue! Throw me the idol, I’ll throw you the whip!

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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:** [October 25, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3586 "2022-10-25T12:55:44Z")

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You know, nasty little fellows such as yourself always get their comeuppance.

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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:** [October 25, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3587 "2022-10-25T15:39:12Z")

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Now we’ll talk all day if you want to. But, come sundown, there’s gonna be two things true that ain’t true now. One is that the United States Department of Justice is goin’ to know what in the good Christ - e’scuse me, Angie - is goin’ on around here. And the other’s I’m gonna have somebody’s ass in my briefcase.

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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:** [October 25, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3588 "2022-10-25T22:25:43Z")

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The trouble you brew today, you’ll drink tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3589 "2022-10-25T23:28:04Z")

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I’ll have what she’s having!

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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:** [October 27, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3590 "2022-10-27T16:58:14Z")

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Like hell she will!

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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:** [October 27, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3591 "2022-10-27T18:21:51Z")

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Yes, folks, this is Hellzapoppin’!

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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:** [October 27, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3592 "2022-10-27T20:51:23Z")

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God damn Army jeep!

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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:** [October 28, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3593 "2022-10-28T13:32:33Z")

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I’m curious. I see people driving these things. What do you know that I don’t? Are floods coming? Hoover Dam broke? What’s going on?

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3594 "2022-10-28T14:26:12Z")

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The guy did a Peter Pan right off of this dam, right here!

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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:** [October 28, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3595 "2022-10-28T16:13:42Z")

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The dam wasn’t a gift of peace. It was a trick.

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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:** [October 28, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3596 "2022-10-28T18:51:51Z")

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Are you ever going to stop falling for that?

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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:** [October 28, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3597 "2022-10-28T21:26:10Z")

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That’s not flying! That’s just falling – with style.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [October 29, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3598 "2022-10-29T00:16:11Z")

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Ease off, Rex. He hasn’t flown for years; it’s not his fault. It could happen to any pilot.

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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:** [October 29, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3599 "2022-10-29T23:06:02Z")

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But on that glorious day in May 1963, Gordo Cooper went higher, farther, and faster than any other American - 22 complete orbits around the world; he was the last American ever to go into space alone. And for a brief moment, Gordo Cooper became the greatest pilot anyone had ever seen.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3600 "2022-10-30T00:34:07Z")

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The funky spaceman over there is Mr. Cooper; what exactly is it you do on board this ship Coop?

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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:** [October 30, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/3601 "2022-10-30T17:10:33Z")

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But I assure you, sir, that the execution of my duties is entirely unaffected by my private opinion of you.

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