# 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:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7264 "2014-06-26T12:45:22Z")

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Why Mother, what do you mean?

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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:** [June 26, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7265 "2014-06-26T14:16:18Z")

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The ship will automatically destruct in T-minus-5 minutes.

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7266 "2014-06-26T14:40:52Z")

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“The day of judgment is at hand. Have mercy on my soul, and to hell with all the others. Amen.”

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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:** [June 26, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7267 "2014-06-26T15:03:20Z")

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The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout “Save us!”… and I’ll whisper “no.”

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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:** [June 26, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7268 "2014-06-26T16:11:21Z")

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Didn’t you bring someone bigger? Like the police?

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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:** [June 26, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7269 "2014-06-26T16:55:44Z")

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Cops got better things to do than get killed.

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7270 "2014-06-26T17:42:03Z")

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OK, so we got a trooper pulls someone over, we got a shooting, these folks drive by, there’s a high-speed pursuit, ends here and then this execution-type deal.

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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:** [June 26, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7271 "2014-06-26T18:40:25Z")

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I didn’t know the sponge was supposed to be wet.

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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:** [June 27, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7272 "2014-06-27T13:41:42Z")

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How ‘bout double or nothin’?

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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:** [June 27, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7273 "2014-06-27T16:52:17Z")

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You make your own luck…

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7274 "2014-06-27T17:05:00Z")

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Well, with that philosophy you must have had a provocative career!

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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:** [June 27, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7275 "2014-06-27T17:07:22Z")

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Was that a pass?

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**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:** [June 27, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7276 "2014-06-27T17:11:34Z")

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Do you want me to draw you a picture?

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7277 "2014-06-27T17:12:11Z")

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Listen, when women go wrong, men go right after them.

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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:** [June 27, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7278 "2014-06-27T17:13:33Z")

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What do I have to do, _sing it for you?_

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**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:** [June 27, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7279 "2014-06-27T18:03:39Z")

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Well, let’s put it this way. Apart from his asshole being about fifty yards away from his brains, and the choirboys playing “'unt the thimble” with the rest of him, he ain’t too happy.

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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:** [June 27, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7280 "2014-06-27T19:19:26Z")

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Who gives a rat’s ass how I _feel_???

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**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:** [June 27, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7281 "2014-06-27T19:51:25Z")

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I feel the conflict within you. Let go of your hate.

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7282 "2014-06-27T20:04:52Z")

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But you’ve got to do it now. You’ve got to before it’s too late, whether you want to or not.

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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:** [June 27, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7283 "2014-06-27T21:22:56Z")

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You want to know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago Way! And that’s how you get Capone. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that?

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