# 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:** ![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 18, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3624 "2013-07-18T19:02:42Z")

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If there’s nothing else, there’s applause.

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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 18, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3625 "2013-07-18T19:47:20Z")

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So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause.

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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 18, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3626 "2013-07-18T19:54:22Z")

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Bravo! Bravo! Encore!

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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 18, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3627 "2013-07-18T20:45:15Z")

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We’re the boys of the chorus,  
We hope you like the show!  
We know you’re rootin’ for us,  
But now we have to go!

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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 18, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3628 "2013-07-18T20:50:53Z")

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Th-th-th-that’s all, folks!

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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 19, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3629 "2013-07-19T14:16:28Z")

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Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!

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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 19, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3630 "2013-07-19T14:25:13Z")

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You see, Marcus, the ending is only the beginning.

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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 19, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3631 "2013-07-19T14:55:07Z")

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A little revolution now and then is a healthy thing, don’t you think?

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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 19, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3632 "2013-07-19T15:00:02Z")

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I warn you gentlemen, I am not to be trifled with. To pull the tail of a lion is to open the mouth of trouble and reveal the teeth of revenge biting the tongue of deceit.

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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 19, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3633 "2013-07-19T15:20:57Z")

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Please, please can we call it a “tallywhacker”?

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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 19, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3634 "2013-07-19T15:35:31Z")

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Tally ho!

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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 19, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3635 "2013-07-19T18:15:56Z")

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I’m sorry for calling you a whore.

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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 19, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3636 "2013-07-19T18:27:08Z")

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Doris, you’re a sexual Disneyland.

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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 19, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3637 "2013-07-19T18:32:35Z")

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Thank God for rednecks!

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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 19, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3638 "2013-07-19T18:36:33Z")

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Quit yer bellyachin Ellie May, or else I ain’t gonna save any mash for ya. I’m just gonna save it for my self and for your brothers and Ma… and maybe even some for Perky.

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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 19, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3639 "2013-07-19T18:50:20Z")

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Small moves, Ellie, small moves.

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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 19, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3640 "2013-07-19T18:54:20Z")

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… baby steps get on the bus, baby steps down the aisle, baby steps…

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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 19, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3641 "2013-07-19T19:02:46Z")

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Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. How many doctors are there on this planet?

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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 19, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3642 "2013-07-19T19:20:49Z")

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That’s all pure desecration along there. He’s got about a 15% metabolism, with an overactive thyroid and a glandular affectation of about 3%.

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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 19, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3643 "2013-07-19T19:40:11Z")

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Please! Remain in your seats, I beg you! We are not children here, we are scientists! I assure you there is nothing to fear!

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