# 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:** 240
**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:** [October 30, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4784 "2013-10-30T16:35:12Z")
Kid, I’ve flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I’ve seen a lot of strange stuff, but I’ve never seen _anything_ to make me believe that there’s one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls _my_ destiny. It’s all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4785 "2013-10-30T16:37:50Z")
In the name of his Imperial Majesty in the city of Vienna, I hereby arrest Edward Abramovich, also known as Eisenheim The Illusionist, on charges of disturbing public order, charlatanism and threats against the empire. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4786 "2013-10-30T16:42:40Z")
Now you’re looking for the secret. But you won’t find it because of course, you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to work it out. You want to be fooled. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4787 "2013-10-30T16:55:41Z")
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! ---
**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:** [October 30, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4788 "2013-10-30T17:22:07Z")
I know you won’t, but you’ve got to! ---
**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:** [October 30, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4789 "2013-10-30T17:57:12Z")
The secret impresses no one. The trick you use it for is everything. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4790 "2013-10-30T18:49:52Z")
There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman; some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me: only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable… I simply am not there. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4791 "2013-10-30T19:22:59Z")
Mother, do you remember when I was little, I had a friend, he was make-believe? Only I could see him? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4792 "2013-10-30T19:28:15Z")
Redrum. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4793 "2013-10-30T20:06:55Z")
There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4794 "2013-10-30T20:12:22Z")
This is the old house! The one the tornado blew away. This is how I got into Oz the first time. That used to be my bedroom, and in there was the kitchen… And that’s where I landed on the Wicked Witch of the East. But where all the munchkins? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4795 "2013-10-30T20:13:10Z")
What’s in the box? ---
**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:** [October 30, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4796 "2013-10-30T20:29:37Z")
It’s an unfair game. And now we’ve been gutted. We’re like organ donors for the rich. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4797 "2013-10-31T15:29:49Z")
Then we stabs them out. Put out his eyeses, make him crawl. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4798 "2013-10-31T15:59:22Z")
Private Pyle I’m gonna give you three seconds; exactly three-fucking-seconds to wipe that stupid looking grin off your face or I will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you! ONE! TWO! THREE! ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4799 "2013-10-31T23:12:51Z")
I’m looking forward to seeing you in action. Jack says you’ve got a great big cock. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4800 "2013-11-01T16:02:10Z")
I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4801 "2013-11-01T16:06:50Z")
**Captain** Jack Sparrow, if you please, sir. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4802 "2013-11-01T17:30:54Z")
Whatever you say, Jack. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4803 "2013-11-01T17:38:19Z")
J-J-J-Jack! But they said you were dead. You must be - double dead! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=239) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=241)