# 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:** ![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 19, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6184 "2014-03-19T23:36:53Z")

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I don’t have to go in to get him. If I wait long enough, he’ll come out to me.

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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 20, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6185 "2014-03-20T01:24:13Z")

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Look, it’s simple. Just stay here and make sure he doesn’t leave the room.

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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 20, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6186 "2014-03-20T13:02:14Z")

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I have never left the Soviet Union.

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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 20, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6187 "2014-03-20T13:37:55Z")

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Jesus, where did you learn your Russian? J.C. Penney?

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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:** [March 20, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6188 "2014-03-20T15:52:08Z")

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Nobody fucks with the Jesus.

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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 20, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6189 "2014-03-20T16:57:13Z")

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Truly, this was the son of God.

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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 20, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6190 "2014-03-20T22:36:34Z")

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No. I am your father.

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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 20, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6191 "2014-03-20T23:56:57Z")

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I chose the right man for chancellor!

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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 21, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6192 "2014-03-21T02:24:41Z")

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Tomorrow we start tearing down the college.

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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 21, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6193 "2014-03-21T02:44:43Z")

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_“O Captain, My Captain.”_ Who knows where that comes from? Anybody? Not a clue? It’s from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Now in this class you can either call me Mr. Keating, or if you’re slightly more daring, _“O Captain, My Captain.”_

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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 21, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6194 "2014-03-21T05:04:02Z")

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**Food Fight!**

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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 21, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6195 "2014-03-21T15:01:55Z")

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I don’t like food; I love it. And if I don’t love it, I don’t swallow.

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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 21, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6196 "2014-03-21T15:25:42Z")

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Love means never having to say you’re sorry.

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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:** [March 21, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6197 "2014-03-21T15:45:32Z")

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That’s the dumbest thing I ever heard.

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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 21, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6198 "2014-03-21T15:52:07Z")

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Ehhhh, What’s up, Doc?

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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 21, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6199 "2014-03-21T18:45:57Z")

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I think you’ve swallowed a bit too much sea water.

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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:** [March 21, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6200 "2014-03-21T19:06:43Z")

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I can’t swim … or take my clothes off.

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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 21, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6201 "2014-03-21T19:13:37Z")

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Why won’t you take your clothes off?

(That’s actually a TV quote, but it’s a personal favorite.)

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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 21, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6202 "2014-03-21T19:53:50Z")

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Here’s to swimmin’ with bow-legged women.

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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 21, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6203 "2014-03-21T21:00:53Z")

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Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?

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