# NEW! Speak to me in Movie quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614>\
**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:** [February 24, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4342 "2023-02-24T00:34:23Z")

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As of now I’m skipper, and anybody who don’t like it can get out and swim to Bermuda. What about that?

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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:** [February 24, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4343 "2023-02-24T16:08:14Z")

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You should take a swim in the pool. The water is cold. It will wake you up.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4344 "2023-02-24T16:11:20Z")

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You’re really old!  
You should meet my father.  
Your father’s still alive?  
No, but you should meet him.

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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:** [February 24, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4345 "2023-02-24T16:51:58Z")

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I’m 94 years old. What the hell do I care?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4346 "2023-02-24T23:33:51Z")

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Huh, check out Mr Magoo, here.

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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:** [February 25, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4347 "2023-02-25T02:59:01Z")

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I may be blind, but I 'ave acute 'earing!

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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:** [February 25, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4348 "2023-02-25T16:46:10Z")

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What’s the matter, you’re dealing with the stockings, you have a cute little earring, I think it’s coherent.

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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:** [February 25, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4349 "2023-02-25T20:45:50Z")

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You could always tell what kind of a person a man thinks you are by the earrings he gives you. I must say, the mind reels.

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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:** [February 25, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4350 "2023-02-25T21:15:57Z")

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I’m prepared to be the Queen of Sheba for some lucky man, or at the very least the best wife that any man could hope for.

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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:** [February 25, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4351 "2023-02-25T22:26:51Z")

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And what is it you love about me – my mind?

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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:** [February 25, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4352 "2023-02-25T22:51:43Z")

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It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you’re the smartest person in the room.

No. It’s awful.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4353 "2023-02-26T05:11:15Z")

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You’re not as smart as I thought you were.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4354 "2023-02-26T13:38:21Z")

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You know, people think I’m smart, but I’m not smart.

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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:** [February 26, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4355 "2023-02-26T16:37:19Z")

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Years ago my mother used to say to me, she’d say, “In this world, Elwood, you must be” - she always called me Elwood - “In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.” Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.

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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:** [February 26, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4356 "2023-02-26T19:33:18Z")

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And Jake. Shit, the Blues Brothers!

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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:** [February 26, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4357 "2023-02-26T22:23:23Z")

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My brother and I seek a map to a Phoenix Gem.

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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:** [February 27, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4358 "2023-02-27T00:29:58Z")

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We ain’t in any rush, we just wanna get there in a hurry.

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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:** [February 27, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4359 "2023-02-27T05:56:06Z")

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Don’t rush me, sonny. You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4360 "2023-02-27T06:51:08Z")

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We’ll need a miracle to get through this.

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I said, ‘We’ll need a MIRACLE to GET THROUGH THIS!’

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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:** [February 27, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4361 "2023-02-27T15:18:08Z")

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Looks like you’ve got what amounts to a legal mutiny on your hands.

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