# 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:** ![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:** [May 13, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6482 "2024-05-13T21:01:34Z")

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Pardon me, boy. Is this the Transylvania station?

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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:** [May 13, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6483 "2024-05-13T21:58:17Z")

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Ja, ja! Track 29. Ooo, can I give you a shine?

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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:** [May 13, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6484 "2024-05-13T22:14:17Z")

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There wolf. . .there, castle.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6485 "2024-05-13T23:33:17Z")

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It’s only a model.

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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:** [May 14, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6486 "2024-05-14T03:12:11Z")

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Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station.

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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:** [May 14, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6487 "2024-05-14T15:22:04Z")

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Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be a big, world-shattering kaboom!

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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:** [May 14, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6488 "2024-05-14T23:30:16Z")

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Your silence will not protect 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:** [May 14, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6489 "2024-05-14T23:34:17Z")

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At the end of every day I drive through the city of Charleston and I cross the bridge that will take me home. I feel the words building inside me, I can’t stop them, or tell you why I say them, but as I reach the top of the bridge these words come to me in a whisper. I say these words as a prayer, as regret, as praise, I say: Lowenstein, Lowenstein.

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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:** [May 15, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6490 "2024-05-15T17:40:33Z")

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- Have you a valediction, boyo?

- [_gasping out a name_] … Rollo Tamasi.

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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:** [May 15, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6491 "2024-05-15T20:51:51Z")

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Like that, he’s gone.

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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:** [May 16, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6492 "2024-05-16T15:10:55Z")

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Garry: The generator’s gone.  
MacReady: Any way we can we fix it?  
Garry: It’s “gone”, MacReady.

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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:** [May 16, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6493 "2024-05-16T15:35:53Z")

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- [Kirk](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000638/?ref_=ttqu_qu): How much refit time 'til we can take her out again?
- [Scotty](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001150/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Eight weeks, sir. But ye don’t have eight weeks, so I’ll do it for ye in two.
- [Kirk](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000638/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Mr. Scott. Have you always multiplied your repair estimates by a factor of four?
- [Scotty](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001150/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Certainly, sir. How else can I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?
- [Kirk](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000638/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Your reputation is secure, Scotty.

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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:** [May 17, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6494 "2024-05-17T04:46:46Z")

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I know this ship like the back of my hand— (CONK!)

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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:** [May 17, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6495 "2024-05-17T13:56:10Z")

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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:** ![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:** [May 17, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6496 "2024-05-17T14:30:21Z")

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Look at her hands! LOOK AT HER HANDS!

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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:** [May 17, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6497 "2024-05-17T22:20:30Z")

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[Mildred suddenly lashes out and viciously slaps Veda across the face.]

I’m sorry I did that. I’d have rather cut off my hand.

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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:** [May 18, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6498 "2024-05-18T13:53:08Z")

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I tell you, gentlemen, we have a problem on our hands.

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**Author:** ![TheTooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@TheTooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTooth)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6499 "2024-05-18T14:33:33Z")

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Quit showboating Addison, the man is gone. The question now is whether we’re going to let John Q Public just waltz in here and buy our company.

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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:** [May 18, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6500 "2024-05-18T15:34:32Z")

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I’ll buy that for a dollar!

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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:** [May 18, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6501 "2024-05-18T16:13:40Z")

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Your money is no good here.

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