# 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:** 168
**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 12, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3344 "2013-06-12T22:39:09Z")
Striker, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3345 "2013-06-13T12:01:36Z")
Well stop kidding, will ya, and make us some drinks! You just press the button back there marked “booze”. It’s the only way to fly! ---
**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 13, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3346 "2013-06-13T12:42:13Z")
Mr. President, it’s time to get you off this plane! ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3347 "2013-06-13T13:48:31Z")
Oh, God, this country’s in deep, deep trouble, buddy… and I have to see this through. Mother would’ve wanted no less of me. ---
**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 13, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3348 "2013-06-13T14:29:21Z")
We’ve got serious problems, and we need serious people, and if you want to talk about character, Bob, you’d better come at me with more than a burning flag and a membership card. If you want to talk about character and American values, fine. Just tell me where and when, and I’ll show up. This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up. My name is Andrew Shepherd, and I _am_ the President. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3349 "2013-06-13T14:36:22Z")
Hail to the chief / He’s the one we all say “Hail” to. / We all say “Hail” / 'Cause he keeps himself so clean! / He’s got the power, / That’s why he’s in the shower… ---
**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 13, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3350 "2013-06-13T14:58:23Z")
**Lincoln** : Buzzards’ guts, man! ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3351 "2013-06-13T15:04:52Z")
When I win the Presidency, we’re gonna be spending a lot of time together… Lots and lots and lots of time. President and advisor. Harmonious and productive. Close and special. You and I. ---
**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 13, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3352 "2013-06-13T15:08:01Z")
General Decker, if you do not shut up I am going to relieve you of your commands! ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3353 "2013-06-13T15:19:03Z")
Captain, I relieve you of your command of this ship. COB, escort the Captain to his state room. I’m assuming command. ---
**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 13, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3354 "2013-06-13T15:22:22Z")
Situation quiet; the Captain’s been put away for the night. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3355 "2013-06-14T14:12:16Z")
l guess you’ll just have to go wake h¡m up, now, won’t you? ---
**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 14, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3356 "2013-06-14T14:23:14Z")
Most died during the acute stage of the illness, during a sleep so deep they couldn’t be roused. A sleep that in most cases lasted several months. Those who survived, who awoke, seemed fine, as though nothing had happened. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3357 "2013-06-14T14:34:21Z")
Why are you talking to me anyway? I’m a dead man! ---
**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 14, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3358 "2013-06-14T14:36:55Z")
Who died and made you fucking king of the zombies? ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3359 "2013-06-14T14:46:27Z")
The executioner of the King’s nephew, my husband’s own cousin? ---
**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 14, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3360 "2013-06-14T15:03:02Z")
O my prophetic soul! My uncle? ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3361 "2013-06-14T15:21:43Z")
Pop, come on. Uncle Earl is gay. Why fight it? ---
**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 14, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3362 "2013-06-14T17:46:51Z")
Okay, gentlemen: We’ve already got a tinkerbell, a lotus blossom, we’ve got Jim and Dick in their three-piece suits, we need someone to manage things, a woman this time. Plus, she’s the right price, and she’s got bigger balls than anyone else here. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3363 "2013-06-14T20:11:32Z")
I have nothing to do with that, she’ll sleep with anyone Tom, you know that! She even tried to teach me a thing or two about bed antics once. Some crackpot idea about saving me from my friends. She’s a sick twist all right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=167) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=169)