# Speak to me only in Movie Quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 20, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882 "2012-07-20T20:16:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/181 "2012-07-26T01:31:10Z")
Is it safe ? ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/182 "2012-07-26T02:57:46Z")
I’m pleased and happy to repeat the news that we have, in fact, caught and killed a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers. But, as you see, it’s a beautiful day, the beaches are open and people are having a wonderful time. Amity, as you know, means “friendship”. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/183 "2012-07-26T03:06:36Z")
Just remember that you’re not just reading the news, you’re narrating it. Everybody has to sell a little. You’re selling them this idea of you, you know, you’re sort of saying, trust me I’m, um, credible. So when you feel yourself just reading, stop! Start selling a little. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/184 "2012-07-26T03:16:38Z")
The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell. And the funny thing is that you’re a salesman, and you don’t know that. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/185 "2012-07-26T03:32:43Z")
What I don’t know - all them things that I don’t know - could get you killed if I come to know them. I ain’t jokin’. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/186 "2012-07-26T04:34:18Z")
If I were joking, I would have said “What do you do with an elephant with three balls? You walk him and pitch to the rhino”. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/187 "2012-07-26T04:53:42Z")
Rhino is awesome! He’s so awesome! He’s… He’s beyond awesome! He’s… be-awesome! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/188 "2012-07-26T05:01:44Z")
There is no charge for awesomeness. Or attractiveness. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/189 "2012-07-26T06:06:18Z")
Were you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/190 "2012-07-26T06:35:26Z")
Looking after white babies, that’s what I do. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/191 "2012-07-26T07:10:30Z")
Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/192 "2012-07-26T10:18:06Z")
Oh, we got both kinds, country AND western! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/193 "2012-07-26T10:54:55Z")
Whenever a big white man picks up a banjo, my cheeks tighten. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/194 "2012-07-26T12:06:21Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Whenever a big white man picks up a banjo, my cheeks tighten. Goddamn, you play a mean banjo. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/195 "2012-07-26T12:16:44Z")
Hot damn, boy, I believe you did sell your soul to the devil! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/196 "2012-07-26T14:51:33Z")
But what gives human life its worth… anyway? Because someone loves it, hates it? The flesh is weak, Johnny. Only the soul is immortal. And yours belongs to ME. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/197 "2012-07-26T15:18:07Z")
Put. That coffee. Down. Coffee’s for closers only. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/198 "2012-07-26T15:47:40Z")
We have known each other many years, but this is the first time you’ve come to me for counsel or for help. I can’t remember the last time you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, even though my wife is godmother to your only child. But let’s be frank here. You never wanted my friendship. And you feared to be in my debt. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/199 "2012-07-26T16:34:17Z")
You see, the real value of a conflict, the true value, is in the debt that it creates. You control the debt, you control everything. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/200 "2012-07-26T17:18:47Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > You see, the real value of a conflict, the true value, is in the debt that it creates. You control the debt, you control everything. Everybody needs money. That’s why they call it money. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=11)