# 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:** ![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:** [March 12, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6104 "2014-03-12T22:08:34Z")

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Don’t let him kiss you, Hawkeye.

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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:** [March 12, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6105 "2014-03-12T22:10:34Z")

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Clench up, Legolas.

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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:** [March 12, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6106 "2014-03-12T22:58:36Z")

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Tauriel, you cannot hunt thirty Orcs on your own.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6107 "2014-03-13T00:20:32Z")

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Starting when I was 12, we moved each one of my grandparents into a nursing facility. My parents went the same way. Make no mistake, we all die alone.

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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:** [March 13, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6108 "2014-03-13T02:38:22Z")

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I’ve always known I’ll die alone.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6109 "2014-03-13T03:50:04Z")

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I know. Somehow, I’ve always known.

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6110 "2014-03-13T08:19:32Z")

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Let me tell you something you already know.

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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:** [March 13, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6111 "2014-03-13T13:26:28Z")

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The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.

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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:** [March 13, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6112 "2014-03-13T14:35:21Z")

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Why do you care?

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6113 "2014-03-13T15:06:27Z")

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He doesn’t want you to be real, and to think and to live. He doesn’t love you. But _I_ love you. I want you to have your own thoughts and ideas and feelings, even when I hold you in my arms.

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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:** [March 13, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6114 "2014-03-13T16:53:38Z")

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Thank you for that, John.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6115 "2014-03-13T17:04:23Z")

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My is name Ryan; I inherited the ship from the previous Dread Pirate Roberts, just as you will inherit it from me.

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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:** [March 13, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6116 "2014-03-13T17:39:37Z")

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I just can’t wait to be king!

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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:** [March 13, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6117 "2014-03-13T19:17:33Z")

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It’s good to be the King!

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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:** [March 13, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6118 "2014-03-13T20:57:32Z")

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Down with the King!

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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:** [March 13, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6119 "2014-03-13T22:26:24Z")

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I wonder what the king is doing tonight?  
What merriment is the king pursuing tonight?

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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:** [March 13, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6120 "2014-03-13T23:13:27Z")

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You make love as you eat, with a great deal of noise and no subtlety!

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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:** [March 13, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6121 "2014-03-13T23:18:34Z")

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I thought of that old joke, y’know, the, this… this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, “Doc, uh, my brother’s crazy; he thinks he’s a chicken.” And, uh, the doctor says, “Well, why don’t you turn him in?” The guy says, “I would, but I need the eggs.” Well, I guess that’s pretty much now how I feel about relationships; y’know, they’re totally irrational, and crazy, and absurd, and… but, uh, I guess we keep goin’ through it because, uh, most of us… need the eggs.

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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:** [March 13, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6122 "2014-03-13T23:23:14Z")

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You know what your trouble is, Willy? You always took the jokes too seriously. It was just jokes. We did comedy on the stage for 43 years. I don’t think you enjoyed it once.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6123 "2014-03-14T05:20:45Z")

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For a handful of coin, I happen to have a private and uncut performance of _The Rape of the Sabine Women_…or rather, woman…or rather, Alfred. And for eight, you can participate!

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