# Quote Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 3, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500 "2003-01-03T21:43:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 11

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/201 "2003-01-16T16:30:14Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Sejal\_Traurig \*  
> \*\*“What we have here is a dreamer. Someone completely out of touch with reality.” - Tim, _The Virgin Suicides_ \*\*

“It was a dream of extraordinary magnitude.”

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    -Dr. Klahn, in "A Fist Full of Yen" (The Kentucky Fried Movie)
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**Author:** ![Duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@Duncan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duncan)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/202 "2003-01-16T17:03:27Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by astorian \*  
> \*\*“It was a dream of extraordinary magnitude.”
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> ```
> -Dr. Klahn, in "A Fist Full of Yen" (The Kentucky Fried Movie) **
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> ```

“Was it a dream where you see yourself in, sort of, Sun God robes, on a pyramid, with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?”

- Chris Knight, “Real Genius”

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**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/203 "2003-01-16T17:34:20Z")

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“Do you know how sick and twisted that is?” - Audrey, _Christmas Vacation_

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**Author:** ![Duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@Duncan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duncan)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/204 "2003-01-16T18:30:57Z")

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“Oh Yes yes, I know…but it isn’t all bad, is it? Not even half  
bad, I think you really quite enjoyed it.”

- Dr Frank-N-Furter, “Rocky Horror Picture Show”

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**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/205 "2003-01-16T20:31:22Z")

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“You know, the worst ain’t so bad when it finally happens. Not half as bad as you figure it’ll be before it’s happened.”  
Bob Curtin, _The Treasure of the Sierra Madre_

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/206 "2003-01-16T20:57:08Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jehovah68 \*  
> \*\*“You know, the worst ain’t so bad when it finally happens. Not half as bad as you figure it’ll be before it’s happened.”  
> Bob Curtin, _The Treasure of the Sierra Madre_ \*\*

“I been in worse places than this. This ain’t so bad.”

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    -former hobo G.I. in "Slaughterhouse 5"
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**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/207 "2003-01-16T21:13:33Z")

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“This place reminds me of Blackburn, Lancashire.” - John Lennon, _Yellow Submarine_

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**Author:** ![Duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@Duncan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duncan)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/208 "2003-01-16T23:48:15Z")

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“The Horror! The horror!”

- Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, “Apocalypse Now”

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**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/209 "2003-01-17T00:04:14Z")

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“Good. Real horrorshow. Initiative comes to them as waits. I’ve taught you much, my little droogies. Now tell me what you have in mind…”  
~Alex, A Clockwork Orange

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**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/210 "2003-01-17T02:52:14Z")

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“Sorry Venkman, I’m beyond the capacity for rational thought.”

Egon Spengler, Ghostbusters

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**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/211 "2003-01-17T06:23:12Z")

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“Just pretend you’re a janitor. Janitors are never terrified”  
Devlin, _Notorious_

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**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/212 "2003-01-17T13:45:48Z")

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“I just wanna know how one becomes a janitor because Andrew here is very interested in pursuing a career in the custodial arts.” - Bender, _The Breakfast Club_

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**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/213 "2003-01-17T15:48:16Z")

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“Oh, gosh, I’m really hoping to get a career running errands. That’d be a major boost for me.”  
Jiff Ramsey, _Bowfinger_

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**Author:** ![Duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@Duncan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duncan)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/214 "2003-01-17T19:53:00Z")

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“There’s blood on your shirt. Is that an integral part of your job?”

- Lynn Bracken, “L.A. Confidential”

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**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/215 "2003-01-17T21:02:12Z")

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“Marcella… you know what I do for a living.” - Marty Blank, _Gross Pointe Blank_

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**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/216 "2003-01-17T21:09:23Z")

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“Three people have died on me since I took this job.”  
~Corso, The Ninth Gate

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**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/217 "2003-01-17T21:52:55Z")

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"Remember what Bilbo used to say: “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door.” - Frodo, _Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring_

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/218 "2003-01-17T22:07:58Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Sejal\_Traurig \*  
> \*\*"Remember what Bilbo used to say: “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door.” - Frodo, _Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring_ \*\*

“And when he turned up dead, I let it go. And I said to myself, ‘This is the business we’ve chosen.’ I didn’t ask who gave the order. Because it had nothing to do with business!”

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          -Hyman Roth, "The Godfather Part 2"
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**Author:** ![Duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@Duncan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duncan)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/219 "2003-01-17T22:59:40Z")

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“I admire your honesty. Hell, I like you, you can come over to my house and fuck my sister.”

- Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, “Full Metal Jacket”

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**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-game/146500/220 "2003-01-17T23:38:26Z")

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“Let Jesus fuck you!”  
~Regan/Demon, The Excorcist

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