# 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:** ![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:** [July 19, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5202 "2023-07-19T22:59:49Z")

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[Herr Zeller](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942220/?ref_=tt_ch): Perhaps those who would warn you that the Anschluss is coming - and it is coming, Captain - perhaps they would get further with you by setting their words to music.

[Captain von Trapp](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001626/?ref_=tt_ch): If the Nazis take over Austria, I have no doubt, Herr Zeller, that you will be the entire trumpet section.

[Herr Zeller](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942220/?ref_=tt_ch): You flatter me, Captain.

[Captain von Trapp](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001626/?ref_=tt_ch): Oh, how clumsy of me - I meant to accuse you.

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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:** [July 20, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5203 "2023-07-20T02:39:32Z")

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If I had a horse I’d horsewhip 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:** [July 20, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5204 "2023-07-20T17:12:15Z")

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Truth is, I help horses with people problems.

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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:** [July 20, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5205 "2023-07-20T17:45:12Z")

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You know, animals are a lot like us, son. They’ll always find a way to tell you exactly how they’re feeling. You’ve just gotta learn to listen to 'em

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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:** [July 21, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5206 "2023-07-21T01:12:51Z")

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I stay away from deviled ham on principle/I wouldn’t eat roast duckling if I could/Willpower has made me invincible!/My word, those sausages look good…

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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:** [July 21, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5207 "2023-07-21T12:19:41Z")

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You eat ants?

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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:** [July 21, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5208 "2023-07-21T15:12:04Z")

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-Now, we’re not gonna do it, doggone it. It’s degrading. It’s undignified.

-Well, so is an empty stomach.

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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:** [July 21, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5209 "2023-07-21T17:50:23Z")

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Your appetite’s fine, you sleep like a log, and you don’t mope in corners.

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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:** [July 21, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5210 "2023-07-21T18:08:46Z")

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Y’know the thing about a shark, he’s got… lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn’t seem to be livin’… until he bites ya.

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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:** [July 21, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5211 "2023-07-21T22:00:46Z")

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I mean, some of these so-called academics make the shark in “Jaws” look like fuckin’ Flipper!

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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:** [July 21, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5212 "2023-07-21T22:36:16Z")

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I’m not scared, buddy… You don’t understand. They’re playing for keeps, buddy. The press, the kids, the liberals - they’re out there, trying to figure out how to tear me down.

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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:** [July 22, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5213 "2023-07-22T14:14:37Z")

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He was never a person. He was a journalist.

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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:** [July 22, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5214 "2023-07-22T15:49:01Z")

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…disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper…

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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:** [July 22, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5215 "2023-07-22T16:08:15Z")

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This is wonderful. THIS IS WONDERFUL. YOU. You deliberately embarrassed me in front of a REPORTER. A REPORTER. I told you how important this to me, I TOLD YOU.

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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:** [July 22, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5216 "2023-07-22T20:53:13Z")

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His name was Robert Paulson.

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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:** [July 23, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5217 "2023-07-23T03:02:45Z")

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They call me MISTER TIBBS!

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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:** [July 23, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5218 "2023-07-23T12:15:54Z")

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My name Jose Jimenez.

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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:** [July 23, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5219 "2023-07-23T14:05:35Z")

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What kind of stupid name is that?

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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:** [July 23, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5220 "2023-07-23T15:46:18Z")

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Can I take your name, please love?

Dawson, Rose Dawson.

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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:** [July 23, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5221 "2023-07-23T17:38:39Z")

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Well, we got a report there was a major creep in the area. We checked our list, and you were right on the top.

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