# 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")\
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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 18, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7382 "2025-02-18T20:30:05Z")

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“Then I say you should write it, Robert, yes you.”

“Not me, Johnny.”

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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 19, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7383 "2025-02-19T19:45:51Z")

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John, I want you to get away from this madhouse, these reporters, and go up to Camp David for the weekend. And I want you to write up a report. I want you to put everything you know about Watergate in there.

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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 20, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7384 "2025-02-20T00:46:37Z")

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You know the results of the latest Gallup Poll? Half the country never even heard of the word Watergate. Nobody gives a shit.

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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 20, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7385 "2025-02-20T15:01:18Z")

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My hands are in the air like I just do not care!

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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 21, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7386 "2025-02-21T00:57:54Z")

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You certainly don’t, pal, 'cause the good news is… you’re fired. The bad news is… you’ve got, all of you’ve got just one week to regain your jobs starting with tonight. Starting with tonight’s sit. Oh? Have I got your attention now?

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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:** [February 21, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7387 "2025-02-21T04:41:27Z")

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I’m sorry I wasn’t listening.

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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 22, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7388 "2025-02-22T00:16:26Z")

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Then I’m going to scream!

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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 22, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7389 "2025-02-22T06:43:06Z")

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In space, no one can hear you scream.

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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 23, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7390 "2025-02-23T20:22:31Z")

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- How do you go to the bathroom in space?
- It’s a highly technical process of cranking down the window and looking for a gas station which…

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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 23, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7391 "2025-02-23T23:29:45Z")

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I ran out of gas! I had a flat tire! I didn’t have enough money for cab fare!

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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 24, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7392 "2025-02-24T16:17:05Z")

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- Where am I?
- You’re in a Johnnycab.

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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 24, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7393 "2025-02-24T19:12:52Z")

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Taxi? Uh-uh. They’re expensive here.

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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 27, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7394 "2025-02-27T20:27:32Z")

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I have been a rich man and I have been a poor man. And I choose rich every fucking time.

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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 27, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7395 "2025-02-27T23:26:39Z")

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You keep this up, you’re gonna end up just like me. Having everything you ever wanted.

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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 28, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7396 "2025-02-28T00:32:52Z")

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But Charlie, don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted.

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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 28, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7397 "2025-02-28T16:09:31Z")

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“Is this the famous Charlie?”

“No, this is Pete.”

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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 28, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7398 "2025-02-28T22:12:32Z")

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There are some who call me … Tim.

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7399 "2025-03-01T00:26:11Z")

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I don’t know if you ever heard of me before, but I used to be called the Waco Kid.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [March 1, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7400 "2025-03-01T02:20:25Z")

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- And who are you?
- The name, sir, is Johnny Guitar.
- [_Scornfully_] That’s no name
- [_Cooly_] Anybody care to change it?
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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:** [March 1, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/7401 "2025-03-01T02:27:27Z")

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The name’s Dangerously. Johnny Dangerously.

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