# NEW! Speak to me in Movie quotes **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 433
**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, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8642 "2026-04-07T16:04:58Z")
Never seen a woman who was more of a man. She thinks like one, acts like one, and sometimes makes me feel like I’m not. ---
**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, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8643 "2026-04-07T18:13:55Z")
He’s intelligent, but not experienced. His pattern indicates two-dimensional thinking. ---
**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, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8644 "2026-04-08T18:55:36Z")
To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! I’ve known sheep that could outwit you. I’ve worn dresses with higher IQs. But you think you’re an intellectual, don’t you, ape? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8645 "2026-04-08T19:06:52Z")
So you, with that impressive résumé and the big speech about your so-called work ethic - I, um - I thought you would be different. I said to myself, go ahead. Take a chance. Hire the smart, fat girl. ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8646 "2026-04-09T02:09:06Z")
Point number one: the girl to introduce our beauty products on TV show, will be known as the Gillian Girl. Two: she must be beautiful; but, more important, she must be refined, cultured. A girl like Miss Welles, here. ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8647 "2026-04-09T14:32:52Z")
People don’t know what they want until you show them. ---
**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 9, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8648 "2026-04-09T15:01:06Z")
Find out what they’re afraid of and sell it back to them. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8649 "2026-04-09T15:46:16Z")
It takes brass balls to sell real estate. ---
**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 9, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8650 "2026-04-09T23:14:44Z")
The Money Pit ---
**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 10, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8651 "2026-04-10T13:42:08Z")
The razor edge of destiny. That’s the condition of man. Bound on an island from which he can never hope to escape - surrounded by the waiting pit of hell. Subject to the inexorable pendulum of fate - which must destroy him finally. ---
**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 10, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8652 "2026-04-10T19:09:58Z")
You are right, I have always known about man. From the evidence, I believe his wisdom must walk hand and hand with his idiocy. His emotions must rule his brain. He must be a warlike creature who gives battle to everything around him, even himself. ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8653 "2026-04-11T14:36:59Z")
You have to know that you are going to be left alone in this world. You’ve got to fight for everything you want. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8654 "2026-04-11T16:49:25Z")
I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody instead of a bum, which is what I am. ---
**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 11, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8655 "2026-04-11T23:19:27Z")
Stella! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8656 "2026-04-12T03:45:03Z")
Shane! ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8657 "2026-04-12T17:24:04Z")
Kevin! ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8658 "2026-04-12T17:45:28Z")
N-o-o-o-o–o-o-o!! ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8659 "2026-04-12T21:23:50Z")
Give them a moment for pity’s sake! ---
**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 12, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8660 "2026-04-12T22:05:00Z")
We’ll always have Paris. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/8661 "2026-04-12T22:23:18Z")
If you get fired, that might jeopardize Paris for me. And if that happens, I will search every Blimpie’s in the tri-state area until I track you down. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614.md?page=432) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614.md?page=434)