# 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:** ![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:** [December 25, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8302 "2025-12-25T21:15:48Z")

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And yes, I won’t be leaving a tip, 'cause I could… I could shut this whole resort down. Sir? I’ll take my traveler’s checks to a competing resort. I could write a letter to your board of tourism and I could have this place condemned. I could put… I could put strychnine in the guacamole. There was salt on the glass, big grains of salt.

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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:** [December 26, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8303 "2025-12-26T03:06:49Z")

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Lighten up, Francis.

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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:** [December 26, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8304 "2025-12-26T06:27:20Z")

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You’re tearing me apart!

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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:** [December 27, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8305 "2025-12-27T19:05:09Z")

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But you must give him some sign, Mr. Trask, some sign that you love him… or he’ll never be a man.

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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:** [December 27, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8306 "2025-12-27T19:22:59Z")

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You just shot an unarmed man!

He should have armed himself if he’s gonna decorate his saloon with my friend.

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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:** [December 27, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8307 "2025-12-27T22:21:52Z")

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Hail to Dorothy! The Wicked Witch is dead!

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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:** [December 27, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8308 "2025-12-27T23:47:56Z")

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Don’t mind her. She’s still upset because somebody dropped a house on her sister.

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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:** [December 29, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8309 "2025-12-29T01:49:06Z")

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Yes, there is. After she run down her sister, your precious Jane Hudson ran off and left her there to die like some poor animal. She ran off and disappeared for three whole days!

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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:** [December 29, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8310 "2025-12-29T17:19:25Z")

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I’ve never met anyone like you. There’s not a spark of sentiment or romance or human kindness in your whole body.

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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:** [December 29, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8311 "2025-12-29T22:18:42Z")

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Ruby Sparks. Twenty-six years old. Raised in Dayton, Ohio.

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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:** [December 30, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8312 "2025-12-30T17:18:28Z")

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I’ve been right about that woman ever since she came. I wanted to run her out before she ever got in, but you wouldn’t listen, none of 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:** [December 30, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8313 "2025-12-30T17:20:54Z")

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If she doesn’t scare you, no evil thing will.

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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:** [December 30, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8314 "2025-12-30T18:05:02Z")

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🎶 _Mother knows best  
Take it from your mumsy  
On your own you won’t survive  
Sloppy, underdressed  
Immature, clumsy  
Please!  
They’ll eat you up alive!_

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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:** [January 1, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8315 "2026-01-01T19:49:14Z")

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He’s kind of tall and he’s a little clumsy.

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8316 "2026-01-02T07:07:25Z")

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Mongo just a pawn in game of life.

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8317 "2026-01-02T14:29:10Z")

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Your move, Friar Tuck.

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8318 "2026-01-02T16:07:50Z")

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Actually I’m just a friar so I can curse all I want… dammit!

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8319 "2026-01-02T17:39:00Z")

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Profanity is a brutal vice. He who uses it, is not a gentleman.

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8320 "2026-01-02T18:40:24Z")

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Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!

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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:** [January 3, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8321 "2026-01-03T00:42:08Z")

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P-p-p-pow!

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