# 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:** [August 7, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3824 "2013-08-07T18:52:09Z")

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It’s all here. Read it carefully, and then sign at the bottom in blood. Messy, I know, but it’s the only way that can bind. Tradition. What do you have to lose?

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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:** [August 7, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3825 "2013-08-07T18:57:38Z")

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Paragraph one states that I, the Devil, a not-for-profit cooperation, with offices in Purgatory, Hell, and Los Angeles, will give you seven wishes to use as you see fit.

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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:** [August 7, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3826 "2013-08-07T20:54:25Z")

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You do the talking. Put that silver tongue of yours to work.

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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:** [August 7, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3827 "2013-08-07T22:17:06Z")

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What’s the matter, silver tongue turned to lead?

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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:** [August 7, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3828 "2013-08-07T22:26:05Z")

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I sort of have a problem seeing through lead.

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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:** [August 8, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3829 "2013-08-08T00:35:18Z")

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Accept your destiny, Kal-El. As your father once condemned us, so now do we condemn his misbegotten brat!

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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:** [August 8, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3830 "2013-08-08T03:51:40Z")

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So grant me one last request! Grant me revenge! And, if you do not listen, then the HELL with you!

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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:** [August 8, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3831 "2013-08-08T12:34:06Z")

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Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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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:** [August 8, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3832 "2013-08-08T19:10:13Z")

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Drink up while it’s cold, ladies.

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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:** [August 8, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3833 "2013-08-08T19:16:57Z")

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I’m going after Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy, alone.

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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:** [August 8, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3834 "2013-08-08T21:00:22Z")

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Suck out da poison.

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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:** [August 9, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3835 "2013-08-09T13:11:37Z")

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Let’s show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown.

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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:** [August 9, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3836 "2013-08-09T13:19:34Z")

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Been shopping with Dr. Seuss?

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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:** [August 9, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3837 "2013-08-09T13:33:19Z")

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That’s what NWH is all about. We got a whole hat philosophy, you know what I’m saying? I mean, see, back in the days when there was slaves and stuff, they would work in the hot sun all day, you know, with the sun beating down them. Hatless. I mean, not even a babushka.

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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:** [August 9, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3838 "2013-08-09T13:40:30Z")

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What transpires within the confines of the walls of Sodom, stays within the confines of the walls of Sodom.

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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:** [August 9, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3839 "2013-08-09T14:21:24Z")

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How stands the Crown on boys who do with boys?

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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:** [August 9, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3840 "2013-08-09T14:39:47Z")

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Now listen to me you beknighted muckers. We’re going to teach you soldiering. The world’s noblest profession. When we’re done with you, you’ll be able to slaughter your enemies like civilized men.

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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:** [August 9, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3841 "2013-08-09T14:45:38Z")

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Xerxes dispatches his monsters from half the world away. They’re clumsy beasts, and the piled Persian dead are slippery.

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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:** [August 9, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3842 "2013-08-09T14:50:19Z")

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I’ve drunk more beer and banged more quiff and pissed more blood and stomped more ass than all of you numbnuts put together.

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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:** [August 9, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3843 "2013-08-09T14:57:18Z")

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I am the original ringtail roarer from the thunder ‘n lightnin’ country! I’m a real snorter and a head buster! I can out-run, out-jump, out-sing, out-swim, out-dance, out-shoot, out-eat, out-drink, out-talk, out-cuss and out-fight anybody in the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers put together!

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