# 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:** [February 5, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7342 "2025-02-05T20:26:08Z")

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We believe the seeds of genius are in all children.

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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:** [February 6, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7343 "2025-02-06T00:25:30Z")

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You see, Fred, it isn’t the size of a guy’s IQ that matters. It’s how he uses 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:** [February 6, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7344 "2025-02-06T03:46:45Z")

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The Galaxy is hidden in Orion’s belt.

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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:** [February 6, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7345 "2025-02-06T15:26:58Z")

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I don’t believe in belts. There should be no ranking system for toughness.

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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:** [February 7, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7346 "2025-02-07T19:38:22Z")

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- I have to be John Wayne?
- Yes
- Here I go. [_Albin walks_]
- That’s John Wayne’s daughter!

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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:** [February 7, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7347 "2025-02-07T21:19:24Z")

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What daughter? You mean the little girl on the piano?

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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:** [February 8, 2025, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7348 "2025-02-08T06:34:59Z")

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My father didn’t come out of his room for 11 years. He used to hit me on the hands with a yardstick if I made a mistake playing the piano.

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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:** [February 8, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7349 "2025-02-08T15:52:41Z")

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What do you get an hour?

For playing, we get $10 an hour.

And for not playing?

$12 an hour.

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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:** [February 8, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7350 "2025-02-08T16:12:28Z")

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Give it to me every hour,  
Forty hours every week,  
That’s enough for me to be  
Living like a king.

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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:** [February 8, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7351 "2025-02-08T16:42:59Z")

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It’s good to be the King.

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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:** [February 8, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7352 "2025-02-08T19:18:26Z")

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Off with his head!

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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:** [February 8, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7353 "2025-02-08T21:11:28Z")

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Burke Dennings, good Father… was found at the bottom of those steps leading to M Street… with his head turned completely around… facing backwards.

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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:** [February 9, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7354 "2025-02-09T05:30:50Z")

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My mother? (_Yeah._) Let me tell you about my mother…

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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:** [February 9, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7355 "2025-02-09T22:21:13Z")

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Mama, I assure you that I’m not the slightest bit sensitive about Warren Sheffield.

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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:** [February 10, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7356 "2025-02-10T16:08:43Z")

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My mama was a maid. My grandmama was a house slave.

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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:** [February 10, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7357 "2025-02-10T16:25:40Z")

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God don’t mean people to own people, Gideon! Our time is near!

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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:** [February 10, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7358 "2025-02-10T21:16:59Z")

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Get on the phone. We’re gonna need some more brothers - with guns this time!

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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:** [February 10, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7359 "2025-02-10T22:08:30Z")

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We’re gonna need some more FBI guys, I guess.

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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:** [February 11, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7360 "2025-02-11T20:42:51Z")

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Yeah, I didn’t say I. I said FBI.

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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:** [February 12, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7361 "2025-02-12T16:42:16Z")

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Exactly! You go after real criminals, which makes me wonder what the hell you’re investigating me for?

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