# 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:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6342 "2024-04-03T18:38:11Z")

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You ever given blood before?

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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:** [April 3, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6343 "2024-04-03T22:35:24Z")

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It wasn’t your blood they needed. It was my father’s blood. My blood.

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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:** [April 4, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6344 "2024-04-04T18:25:17Z")

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Blood is too precious a thing in these times.

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**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6345 "2024-04-04T18:48:04Z")

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Mother! Oh God, Mother! Blood! Blood!

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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:** [April 4, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6346 "2024-04-04T23:55:57Z")

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I wrote a book, and it got published. It’s called ‘Owen and Owen’s Friend Larry’. And it’s all about you, me, and Momma, and our times that we shared together.

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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:** [April 5, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6347 "2024-04-05T14:19:48Z")

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I think it would be a mistake to award this book anything.

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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:** [April 5, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6348 "2024-04-05T15:02:44Z")

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“What has he found in the Book of the Dead?”  
“Probably nothing. But just possibly, a doorway to another world.”

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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:** [April 5, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6349 "2024-04-05T16:36:07Z")

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“- Carl Conrad Coreander: Your books are [safe](https://www.moviequotes.com/topic/safety/). While you’re reading them, you get to become Tarzan or Robinson Crusoe.

- Bastian: But that’s what I like about 'em.
- Carl Conrad Coreander: Ahh, but afterwards you get to be a little boy again.
- Bastian: Wh-what do you mean?
- Carl Conrad Coreander: [Listen](https://www.moviequotes.com/topic/listening/). Have you ever been Captain Nemo, trapped inside your submarine while the [giant](https://www.moviequotes.com/topic/monster/) squid is attacking you?
- Bastian: Yes.
- Carl Conrad Coreander: Weren’t you afraid you couldn’t escape?
- Bastian: But it’s only a story.
- Carl Conrad Coreander: That’s what I’m talking about. The ones you [read](https://www.moviequotes.com/topic/reading/) are [safe](https://www.moviequotes.com/topic/safety/).”

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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:** [April 5, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6350 "2024-04-05T20:29:54Z")

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Suffering sassafras. He’s sailing clean out of the book! Quick! Turn the page!

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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:** [April 6, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6351 "2024-04-06T19:46:24Z")

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That’s what a ship is, you know, it’s not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that’s what a ship needs. But what a ship is,… really is, is freedom.

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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:** [April 6, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6352 "2024-04-06T22:38:23Z")

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Now… bring me that horizon.

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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:** [April 7, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6353 "2024-04-07T01:33:00Z")

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Your sun is rising.

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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:** [April 7, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6354 "2024-04-07T20:25:16Z")

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I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6355 "2024-04-07T21:42:21Z")

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I love the smell of napalm in the morning!

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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:** [April 7, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6356 "2024-04-07T22:08:34Z")

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- It smells so good, mother.
- It does, doesn’t it?

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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:** [April 8, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6357 "2024-04-08T02:27:51Z")

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Ash, any suggestions from you or Mother?

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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:** [April 8, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6358 "2024-04-08T15:56:55Z")

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Mamma Mia! Here we go again!

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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:** [April 8, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6359 "2024-04-08T20:07:05Z")

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I was a bank clerk once…my existence a monotonous rhythm. Day in, day out, counting other people’s money.

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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:** [April 11, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6360 "2024-04-11T11:52:45Z")

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I wanted to be… a lumberjack.

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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:** [April 11, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6361 "2024-04-11T11:57:06Z")

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You know what, Stan, if you want me to wear 37 pieces of flair, like your pretty boy over there, Brian, why don’t you just make the minimum 37 pieces of flair?

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