# 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:** 37
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/721 "2012-08-15T22:33:09Z")
I thought the tradition of the Old West was hospitality. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/722 "2012-08-15T22:43:08Z")
Any man I see out there, I’m gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I’m not only gonna kill him, but I’m gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/723 "2012-08-16T00:20:14Z")
Then he showed these men of will what will really was. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/724 "2012-08-16T00:45:27Z")
A naked American man stole my balloons! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/725 "2012-08-16T01:23:32Z")
Wanting people to listen, you can’t just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/726 "2012-08-16T01:34:25Z")
Ooh … that’s going to leave a mark. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/727 "2012-08-16T02:21:59Z")
Get me a bromide - and put some gin in it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/728 "2012-08-16T03:53:46Z")
There are limits. I mean, a man can put up with only so much without he descends a rung or two on the old evolutionary ladder, which is up your line. Now, I will hold your hand when it’s dark and you’re afraid of the boogeyman and I will tote your gin bottles out after midnight so no one can see… but I will not light your cigarette. And that, as they say, is that. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/729 "2012-08-16T04:37:15Z")
You gotta nut up or shut up. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/730 "2012-08-16T04:37:16Z")
What’s my name? FUCK YOU, that’s my name! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/731 "2012-08-16T04:42:46Z")
They call me MISTER Tibbs! ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/732 "2012-08-16T04:47:16Z")
But men don’t follow titles. They follow courage. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/733 "2012-08-16T05:05:57Z")
Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the “ape” in apricot? What have they got that I ain’t got? Courage! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/734 "2012-08-16T06:43:59Z")
You gotta have heart; all you really need is heart! When the odds are sayin’ you’ll never win, that’s when your grin should start! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/735 "2012-08-16T07:14:07Z")
Kali Ma, Kali Ma, Kali Ma! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/736 "2012-08-16T07:37:26Z")
Mom, we talked about this. I can’t go to the lake-- the car’s wrecked! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/737 "2012-08-16T09:30:43Z")
The laws are medieval down here. Do you know what the minimum age for execution is in Alabama? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/738 "2012-08-16T10:23:45Z")
You’re not as smart as your brother, Joe. He sees Stumpy here sittin’ around the corner, locked in with you… and if that isn’t plain enough, I’ll tell you why: if any trouble starts around this jail, before anybody can get to you you’re gonna get accidentally shot. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/739 "2012-08-16T12:09:18Z")
I got fuckin’ shot! I got fuckin’ shot in the face! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/740 "2012-08-16T12:51:18Z")
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