# 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:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4484 "2013-09-19T23:14:16Z")

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You just don’t say “Oops.” What “oops”?

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4485 "2013-09-20T16:25:53Z")

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You stupid fucking cunt. You, Williamson, I’m talking to you, shithead. You just cost me $6,000. Six thousand dollars, and one Cadillac. That’s right. What are you going to do about it? What are you going to do about it, asshole? You’re fucking shit. Where did you learn your trade, you stupid fucking cunt, you idiot? Who ever told you that you could work with men? Oh, I’m gonna have your job, shithead.

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4486 "2013-09-20T16:30:59Z")

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So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that’s on the worst day of my life.

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4487 "2013-09-20T16:44:02Z")

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The days go on and on… they don’t end. All my life needed was a sense of someplace to go. I don’t believe that one should devote his life to morbid self-attention, I believe that one should become a person like other people.

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4488 "2013-09-20T16:53:08Z")

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Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life.

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4489 "2013-09-20T17:00:28Z")

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You’ve had your whole FUCKING LIFE to think things over, what good’s a few minutes more gonna do you now?

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4490 "2013-09-20T17:07:17Z")

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Check the angular vector of the moon!

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4491 "2013-09-20T17:13:26Z")

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Well, that bunch last night was high enough to take over the marines and the navy!

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4492 "2013-09-20T17:16:29Z")

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A UFO landed in my pool and they captured me but we made friends and I fed them Pop-Tarts and, um, they’re here now, but Ted’s coming home tonight so you’ve got to cut their hair.

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4493 "2013-09-20T17:31:42Z")

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Yes, come in and say: 'Sir, I would like my hair cut, if you have time. "

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4494 "2013-09-20T17:50:44Z")

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See, in my day, a barber was more than just somebody who sit around in a FUBU shirt with his drawers hanging all out. In my day, a barber was a counselor. He was a fashion expert. A style coach. Pimp. Just general all-around hustler.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4495 "2013-09-20T19:07:23Z")

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Yeah, what are you goofy? Yellow’s the new khaki!

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4496 "2013-09-20T19:30:45Z")

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You can’t wear white after Labor Day!

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4497 "2013-09-20T19:56:25Z")

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Nobody likes the whites but we’re going to Cuba. You got Dramamine?

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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:** [September 20, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4498 "2013-09-20T20:00:16Z")

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No, no I’m always like this it’s um… motion sickness. When I was a kid, I uh… puked on my tricycle.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4499 "2013-09-21T15:11:47Z")

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Kids, a museum is where we observe. We don’t play.

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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:** [September 21, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4500 "2013-09-21T15:39:16Z")

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And up ahead is one of my favorite creatures in the whole museum: the capuchin monkey, a highly intelligent primate, known for its loving and generous nature.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4501 "2013-09-21T17:11:52Z")

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And you! You hired a monkey to paint your apartment. How do you sleep at night?

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4502 "2013-09-22T20:07:45Z")

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Tonight, tonight  
Won’t be just any night  
Tonight there will be no morning star

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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:** [September 22, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4503 "2013-09-22T21:04:37Z")

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There are shadows in the sky  
Dancing in the air  
Calling to my heart  
Saying, “If you dare,  
We’re running fast  
We’re running far  
Trying to catch the morning star…”

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