# 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:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3564 "2013-07-16T15:38:29Z")

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Is that everything? It seemed like he said quite a bit more than that.

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**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:** [July 16, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3565 "2013-07-16T15:44:32Z")

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Rosebud.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3566 "2013-07-16T15:53:36Z")

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Just a matter of time, I suppose.

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**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:** [July 16, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3567 "2013-07-16T15:56:34Z")

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If we could somehow harness this lightning… channel it into the flux capacitor… it just might work. Next Saturday night, we’re sending you back to the future!

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3568 "2013-07-16T17:28:50Z")

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Dad, after this can we throw dirt in _my_ window?

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**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:** [July 16, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3569 "2013-07-16T17:59:45Z")

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When I was your age, I put on twenty pounds of pure unadulterated blitz-the-quarterback-and-rip-his-head-off muscle, Russell!

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3570 "2013-07-16T18:03:51Z")

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I’m not afraid of death, but I am afraid of murder.

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**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:** [July 16, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3571 "2013-07-16T18:08:27Z")

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No pulse, no heartbeat. If condition does not change, this man is dead.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3572 "2013-07-16T18:13:48Z")

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Life is a state of mind.

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**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:** [July 16, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3573 "2013-07-16T18:18:13Z")

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Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3574 "2013-07-16T18:23:07Z")

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Okay, now you’re talking above my head. I don’t know all of this industry jargon.

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**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:** [July 16, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3575 "2013-07-16T18:38:57Z")

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Yeah. It’s just we’re putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports before they go out now. So if you could go ahead and try to remember to do that from now on, that’d be great. All right!

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3576 "2013-07-16T18:53:51Z")

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You don’t have to worry about that, Sheriff.

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**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:** [July 16, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3577 "2013-07-16T18:58:20Z")

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Oh, I thought I might just leave town. Just get out of town before they ride in - just ride out and keep on goin’.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3578 "2013-07-16T18:59:18Z")

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You can’t just walk out of a drive-in.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3579 "2013-07-16T19:00:21Z")

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I’ll be back.

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**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:** [July 16, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3580 "2013-07-16T19:00:48Z")

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I’m back.

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**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3581 "2013-07-16T22:39:38Z")

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Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Oz. I said come back tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3582 "2013-07-16T22:42:45Z")

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Don’t talk to me like that, assface. I don’t work for you yet.

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**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:** [July 16, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3583 "2013-07-16T22:43:11Z")

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I can’t think about that today. I’ll think about it tomorrow.

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