# 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:** 67
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1321 "2021-06-19T13:58:29Z")
**Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939, Yankee Stadium** “Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. I have been in ballparks for 17 years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans." Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939, Yankee Stadium, as he retired due to A.L.S. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1322 "2021-06-19T16:51:53Z")
Let me tell you about heroes, Hank. I’ve covered a lot of 'em, and I’m saying Gehrig is the best of 'em. No front-page scandals, no daffy excitements, no horn-piping in the spotlight… ---
**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:** [June 19, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1323 "2021-06-19T19:25:04Z")
We’re all heroes if you catch us at the right moment. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1324 "2021-06-19T22:21:55Z")
To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some sort of weird sandwich, not some nut that takes on three Tigers. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [June 19, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1325 "2021-06-19T22:25:50Z")
We don’t need another hero. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1326 "2021-06-19T23:10:36Z")
Late at night I toss and I turn and I dream of what I need. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1327 "2021-06-20T01:39:49Z")
I dream about being with you forever. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1328 "2021-06-20T01:43:17Z")
Having dreams is what makes life tolerable. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1329 "2021-06-20T03:32:40Z")
The reason I sleep all day is because I can’t stand my life! ---
**Author:** ![willjackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willjackson/32/8187_2.png) [@willjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willjackson)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1330 "2021-06-20T12:50:21Z")
[https://i.ibb.co/qBP1LRd/blehblehbleh.jpg](https://i.ibb.co/qBP1LRd/blehblehbleh.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 20, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1331 "2021-06-20T13:34:24Z")
Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1332 "2021-06-20T13:37:39Z")
In a poets pocket you often find the product of an active imagination. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1333 "2021-06-20T13:40:36Z")
The video arcade is down the street. Here we just sell small rectangular objects. They’re called books. They require a little effort on your part, and make no bee-bee-bee-bee-beeps. On your way please. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1334 "2021-06-20T16:29:59Z")
People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don’t always like who they are. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1335 "2021-06-20T17:23:49Z")
It’s funny. It’s all mixed up. There’s something in you, and you don’t know anything about it because you don’t know it’s there. And then suddenly, one night a little girl gets bored and tells a lie, and there, for the first time, you see it. Then you say to yourself, did she see it? Did she sense it? ---
**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:** [June 21, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1336 "2021-06-21T01:13:12Z")
Uh… I don’t know. It was like… falling into a hole. It keeps getting bigger and bigger and you can’t escape. All of a sudden, it’s inside… and you’re the hole. You’re trapped. And it’s all over. Something like that. It’s not really scary… except when you think back on it. 'Cause you know what you were feeling… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1337 "2021-06-21T14:45:25Z")
We’re in a mess. Rush to Freedonia! Three men and one woman are trapped in a building! Send help at once! If you can’t send help, send two more women! ---
**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:** [June 21, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1338 "2021-06-21T17:01:21Z")
Opening Title Card: Klopstokia… a far away country Chief Exports… Goats and Nuts Chief Imports… Goats and Nuts Chief Inhabitants … Goats and Nuts ---
**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:** [June 21, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1339 "2021-06-21T18:05:39Z")
It’s the Silence of the Goats! ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/1340 "2021-06-22T23:04:36Z")
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