# 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:** ![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:** [June 2, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4962 "2023-06-02T19:49:38Z")

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We all have it coming, Kid.

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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:** [June 2, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4963 "2023-06-02T19:56:03Z")

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Please love and care for this orphan child.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4964 "2023-06-03T04:55:04Z")

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“Who?”  
“You sound like an owl. I betcha it’s the kid with the new set of toes!”

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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:** [June 3, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4965 "2023-06-03T06:58:13Z")

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“Well, you can tell Ron-”  
_(cuts speaker off)_ – “I’m not an owl!”

_ **-“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:** [June 3, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4966 "2023-06-03T17:45:05Z")

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I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I am a man!

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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:** [June 3, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4967 "2023-06-03T18:51:22Z")

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I don’t care if you are a man.

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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:** [June 3, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4968 "2023-06-03T22:28:53Z")

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Nothin’ a man can’t do if he sets his mind to it. Never say die. That’s my motto!

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4969 "2023-06-04T00:17:55Z")

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The world is not enough. Family motto.

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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:** [June 4, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4970 "2023-06-04T11:59:58Z")

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never 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:** [June 4, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4971 "2023-06-04T16:08:15Z")

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He’s promised me the world, Marty, and I’ve got to have it.

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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:** [June 4, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4972 "2023-06-04T19:39:07Z")

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I can’t offer you much except hard work and the privilege of being torn to pieces by the critics.

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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:** [June 5, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4973 "2023-06-05T15:57:39Z")

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Who are ya hiding from, Helen? The notices couldn’t have been that bad.

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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:** [June 5, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4974 "2023-06-05T18:37:43Z")

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I have two wishes. If you grant them, no more of your people need die. First, you must give Helen back to my brother.

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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:** [June 6, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4975 "2023-06-06T16:23:09Z")

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You’re gettin’ your wishes, so sit down!

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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:** [June 6, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4976 "2023-06-06T16:59:58Z")

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I wish, I wish… I wish I were a fish.

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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:** [June 6, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4977 "2023-06-06T17:08:46Z")

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Why don’t you wish in one hand and shit in the other. See which one fills up first.

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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:** [June 6, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4978 "2023-06-06T19:39:41Z")

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If you wanna know what kind of life a person had, just look at their hands.

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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:** [June 7, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4979 "2023-06-07T04:53:40Z")

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You don’t know what livin’ is until you kill someone with your bare hands.

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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:** [June 7, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4980 "2023-06-07T16:29:30Z")

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It’s a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he’s got and all he’s ever gonna have.

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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:** [June 7, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4981 "2023-06-07T18:13:29Z")

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Tell 'em to break out their hymnals and start singing “Nearer My God To Thee.”

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