# 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:** 338
**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:** [May 7, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6744 "2014-05-07T17:20:43Z")
All you care about is money. This city deserves a better class of criminal. And I’m gonna give it to them! ---
**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:** [May 7, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6745 "2014-05-07T18:06:26Z")
I am an exceptional thief, Mrs. McClane. And since I’m moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6746 "2014-05-07T20:55:05Z")
You have nice manners for a thief, and a LIAR! ---
**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:** [May 8, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6747 "2014-05-08T01:53:02Z")
Listen, I’m a politician – which means I’m a cheat and a liar, and when I’m not kissing babies I’m stealing their lollipops. But it also means I keep my options open. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6748 "2014-05-08T12:52:02Z")
We represent the Lollipop Guild. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6749 "2014-05-08T13:18:23Z")
I represent ADIPOSE Industries, and you’re on the list of our valued customers. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6750 "2014-05-08T13:43:56Z")
Wait, wait, wait, your mother’s so fat, after sex I roll over twice, and I’m still on the bitch! ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6751 "2014-05-08T14:09:29Z")
I don’t roll on Shabbas! ---
**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:** [May 8, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6752 "2014-05-08T14:49:24Z")
I’m saying, I see what you’re getting at, Dude, he kept the money. My point is, here we are, it’s shabbas, the sabbath, which I’m allowed to break only if it’s a matter of life or death… ---
**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:** [May 8, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6753 "2014-05-08T18:39:08Z")
You want money? What kind of terrorists are you? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6754 "2014-05-08T18:56:28Z")
Charlie, there are two kinds of thieves in this world: The ones who steal to enrich their lives, and those who steal to define their lives. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6755 "2014-05-08T19:19:29Z")
You are a Rabbi. I’m a bank robber. I’m a card player and a whoremonger. That’s what I am. YOU are a Rabbi. You can fall in the mud, you can slip on your ass, you can travel in the wrong direction. But even on your ass, even in the mud, even if you go in the wrong direction for a little while, you’re STILL a Rabbi! THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE! ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6756 "2014-05-08T20:15:10Z")
We all want the answer! But Hashem doesn’t owe us the answer, Larry. Hashem doesn’t owe us anything. The obligation runs the other way. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6757 "2014-05-08T22:49:33Z")
Let me explain something to ya, kid. What I do, runnin’ around stealin’ shit, that may sound great when you’re fourteen years old. But it sucks just a little bit when you’re 35 – no family, no house – I got a partner who’s 50, he’s an alcoholic, he still can’t figure out why they took “Happy Days” off the air. Then on TV every day, I see kids like you on these talk shows. You got everything, opportunities up the ass. You got a family to come home to…and what do you do? You _bitch_ and _moan_ because things don’t go your way. Well, you know what? Welcome to the Real World, where _most of the time_, things don’t go your fuckin’ way! ---
**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:** [May 8, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6758 "2014-05-08T23:38:35Z")
If his unpleasant wounding has in some way enlightened the rest of you as to the grim finish beneath the glossy veneer of criminal life and inspired you to change your ways, then his injuries carry with it an inherent nobility, and a supreme glory. We should all be so fortunate. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6759 "2014-05-09T03:12:27Z")
“Okay, am I the only one who finds these sayings just a little bit formulaic? ‘If you want to push something down, you have to pull it up. If you want to go left, you have to go right.’ It’s…” “Your temper is very quick, my friend. But until you learn to master your rage…” “…your rage will become your master? That’s what you were going to say. Right? Right?” “Not necessarily.” ---
**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:** [May 9, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6760 "2014-05-09T04:20:15Z")
Oh, ho ho! You sly dog! You got me monologuing! I can’t believe it… ---
**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:** [May 9, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6761 "2014-05-09T05:01:42Z")
That…is why you fail. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6762 "2014-05-09T14:44:14Z")
How embarrassing. How embarrassing. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6763 "2014-05-09T16:32:37Z")
No grace, no poise. Other than that it was wonderful! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=337) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=339)