# 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:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5684 "2014-02-12T17:21:25Z")

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I should’ve given you to God when you were born, but I was weak and backsliding, and now the devil has come home. We’ll pray.

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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:** [February 12, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5685 "2014-02-12T17:23:50Z")

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I got bosses. They got rules.

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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:** [February 12, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5686 "2014-02-12T17:33:51Z")

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He ain’t in the box because of the joke played on him. He back-sassed a free man. They got their rules. We ain’t got nothin’ to do with that. Would probably have happened to him sooner or later anyway, a complainer like him. He gotta learn the rules the same as anybody else.

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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:** [February 12, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5687 "2014-02-12T17:48:37Z")

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Ten days isolation, Hilts.

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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:** [February 12, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5688 "2014-02-12T17:58:50Z")

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When I’m all alone, the dreaming stops.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5689 "2014-02-12T18:18:07Z")

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The dream is always the same.

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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:** [February 12, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5690 "2014-02-12T18:46:55Z")

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All right, let’s say you’re telling the truth and this is all a dream. I could pull this trigger and it won’t matter.

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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:** [February 12, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5691 "2014-02-12T20:57:11Z")

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He did not care any more… life and death… the same.

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**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5692 "2014-02-12T21:05:10Z")

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Sex and death - two things that come once in a lifetime… but at least after death, you’re not nauseous.

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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:** [February 12, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5693 "2014-02-12T23:04:10Z")

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Don’t feel bad about losing your virtue. I sort of knew you would. Everybody always does.

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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:** [February 12, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5694 "2014-02-12T23:24:33Z")

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Slut! She’s a slut! Look at her! Slut!

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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:** [February 12, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5695 "2014-02-12T23:49:18Z")

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…for an hour, I’m the best actress in the world, and the best fuck in the world.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5696 "2014-02-13T03:08:53Z")

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I’m king of the world!

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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:** [February 13, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5697 "2014-02-13T12:27:13Z")

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You honor our humble home.

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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:** [February 13, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5698 "2014-02-13T14:27:42Z")

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Oooh! All right, that’s it! Dishonor! Dishonor on your whole family! Make a note of this: dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow, dis…

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5699 "2014-02-13T18:35:37Z")

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Do I still have to sleep in the cupboard?

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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:** [February 13, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5700 "2014-02-13T22:15:33Z")

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She thinks she’s found a magical land… In the upstairs wardrobe.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5701 "2014-02-13T22:42:48Z")

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Forget it Jake. It’s Chinatown.

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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:** [February 13, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5702 "2014-02-13T22:51:41Z")

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China is _here!_

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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:** [February 13, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5703 "2014-02-13T23:11:18Z")

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When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol’ Jack Burton always says at a time like that: “Have ya paid your dues, Jack?” “Yessir, the check is in the mail.”

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