# 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:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5562 "2023-09-22T18:18:11Z")

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I honestly don’t think you’re going to find the Grand Canyon on this road.

Jesus, it’s only the biggest damn hole in the world.

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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:** [September 22, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5563 "2023-09-22T19:55:53Z")

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You take a bad boy, make him dig holes all day in the hot sun, it turns him into a good boy.

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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:** [September 22, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5564 "2023-09-22T23:09:35Z")

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So that’s what you’ve got these slaves digging for, huh?

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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:** [September 23, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5565 "2023-09-23T16:02:10Z")

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Why don’t you boys dig a hole and I’ll get another beer?

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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:** [September 23, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5566 "2023-09-23T16:13:11Z")

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I got an ex-wife and a son I never talk to! And you know why? Because I choose to drink!

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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:** [September 23, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5567 "2023-09-23T17:11:32Z")

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You and the land are one. Drink. Drink from the chalice and you will be reborn, and the land with 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:** [September 23, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5568 "2023-09-23T19:46:02Z")

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He chose… poorly.

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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:** [September 23, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5569 "2023-09-23T20:58:06Z")

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I recognize the Council has made a decision. But given that it’s a stupid-ass decision, I have elected to ignore it.

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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:** [September 24, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5570 "2023-09-24T17:35:46Z")

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You cowardly bastard! You’re not the voice of the people, I am the voice of the people! The people speak through me, not 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:** [September 24, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5571 "2023-09-24T20:19:23Z")

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Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

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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:** [September 24, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5572 "2023-09-24T21:15:20Z")

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Miss Sherman, how would you like to live behind what you call the Iron Curtain?

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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:** [September 24, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5573 "2023-09-24T21:25:41Z")

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I believe whatever doesn’t kill you, simply makes you stranger.

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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:** [September 25, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5574 "2023-09-25T00:50:06Z")

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All right, we did not die today! I call that an unqualified success.

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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:** [September 25, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5575 "2023-09-25T02:12:01Z")

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Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you’ll live… at least a while.

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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:** [September 25, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5576 "2023-09-25T05:02:58Z")

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Earn this.

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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:** [September 25, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5577 "2023-09-25T14:04:47Z")

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Dying is a hell of a way to make a living.

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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:** [September 25, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5578 "2023-09-25T14:11:12Z")

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No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

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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:** [September 25, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5579 "2023-09-25T16:17:37Z")

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De Gaulle? He ain’t even in this war.

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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:** [September 25, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5580 "2023-09-25T18:20:33Z")

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Every war is different, every war is the same.

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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:** [September 25, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5581 "2023-09-25T18:54:27Z")

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Whoo! Sign me up for the next war.

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