# Speak to me only in Movie Quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2642 "2012-12-22T21:47:48Z")

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The world is full o’ complainers. An’ the fact is, nothin’ comes with a guarantee. Now I don’t care if you’re the pope of Rome, President of the United States or Man of the Year - somethin’ can all go wrong.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2643 "2012-12-22T21:49:30Z")

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Rome? That’s where they keep the Pope, isn’t it?

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2644 "2012-12-22T22:01:00Z")

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No Pope ever visits a city where the newspapers are on strike.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2645 "2012-12-23T03:07:32Z")

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Headlines don’t sell papers. _Newsies_ sell papers!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2646 "2012-12-23T16:20:21Z")

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I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.

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**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:** [December 24, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2647 "2012-12-24T00:35:34Z")

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I’m talkin’ about friendship. I’m talkin’ about character. I’m talkin’ about - hell. Leo, I ain’t embarrassed to use the word - I’m talkin’ about ethics.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2648 "2012-12-24T02:47:56Z")

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Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us. But within that inch we are free.

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**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:** [December 24, 2012, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2649 "2012-12-24T06:31:11Z")

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Then it’s up to you to make it happen.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2650 "2012-12-24T07:13:46Z")

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What am I supposed to _do?_ Dress in drag and do the hula?!

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**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:** [December 24, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2651 "2012-12-24T11:37:20Z")

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You can never go too far.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2652 "2012-12-24T15:55:28Z")

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We can perform extreme unction nationwide - Ronald Reagan and his family, the entire Baltimore Police Department, and BARBRA STREISAND!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2653 "2012-12-24T16:01:44Z")

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You have got to be kidding me.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2654 "2012-12-24T16:22:28Z")

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Oh yes, another jibe, another joke at my expense. You were probably laughing at me with Katherine, too. Well, why not? I’m not young, I’m not new, and everyone laughs at me. I’m quite aware of how ridiculous I am. I’ve been thinking that the only solution is to go where no one is ridiculous and everyone is equal.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2655 "2012-12-24T18:36:31Z")

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Why do you wear a mask? Were you burned by acid or something like that?

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**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:** [December 24, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2656 "2012-12-24T21:09:30Z")

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Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea… and ideas are bulletproof

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2657 "2012-12-24T22:43:52Z")

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Say hello to my little friend!

_budda budda budda budda kpow!_

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2658 "2012-12-25T01:18:50Z")

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_curls toes backward_

…Hello.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2659 "2012-12-25T01:36:04Z")

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Did anybody tell you that this is the private club of the Satan’s Helpers?

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2660 "2012-12-25T08:46:27Z")

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No one _hipped_ me to that, dude!

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**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2661 "2012-12-26T14:16:00Z")

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They mostly only come out at night… mostly.

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