# 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:** [July 24, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7524 "2014-07-24T13:34:56Z")

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Ladies and gentlemen, I can envision a day when the brains of brilliant men can be kept alive in the bodies of dumb people.

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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:** [July 24, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7525 "2014-07-24T22:37:05Z")

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You mind if we get out of this guy’s brain first?

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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:** [July 24, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7526 "2014-07-24T23:02:01Z")

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Shut up! Or maybe you still got too many teeth. Everyone is so goddamn smart. Well, we’ll go out to Miller’s Crossing… and we’ll see who’s smart.

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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:** [July 24, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7527 "2014-07-24T23:13:03Z")

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I’m not a smart man… but I know what love is.

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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:** [July 25, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7528 "2014-07-25T00:37:16Z")

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…I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn’t know this either, but love don’t make things nice - it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren’t here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and _die_.

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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:** [July 25, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7529 "2014-07-25T03:56:51Z")

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I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.

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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:** [July 25, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7530 "2014-07-25T06:08:15Z")

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: So you’re telling me there’s a chance… YEAH!

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**Author:** ![Balou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Balou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balou)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7531 "2014-07-25T08:29:49Z")

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You are a sad, strange little man.

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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:** [July 25, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7532 "2014-07-25T13:23:16Z")

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Because I’m a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot?

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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:** [July 25, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7533 "2014-07-25T13:51:49Z")

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The name is Bond. James Bond.

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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:** [July 25, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7534 "2014-07-25T13:59:00Z")

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I knew there was a reason I wore a skirt today.

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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:** [July 25, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7535 "2014-07-25T15:12:16Z")

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What do you want from me? You want me to tell you to stay, hmm? Is that what you’re looking for? You want me to get down on my knees and beg you to save the Baker Boys from doom? Forget it, sweetheart. We survived for 15 years before you strutted onto the scene. Fifteen years. Two seconds, you’re bawling like a baby. You shouldn’t be wearing a dress; you should be wearing a diaper.

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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:** [July 25, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7536 "2014-07-25T15:22:13Z")

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She did a doodle; your turn to change her.

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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:** [July 25, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7537 "2014-07-25T17:45:20Z")

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No thanks, we gave at the office.

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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:** [July 25, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7538 "2014-07-25T17:47:14Z")

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A-ha! The last of your excremental bodily functions! Worthy of the Guinness Book of Records.

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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:** [July 25, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7539 "2014-07-25T18:06:31Z")

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Those glasses that you’re wearing make you stand out like a turd in a punch bowl!

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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:** [July 25, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7540 "2014-07-25T23:20:49Z")

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Better listen to him, Flounder, he’s in pre-med.

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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:** [July 26, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7541 "2014-07-26T00:09:06Z")

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Are you taking any prescription medication?

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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:** [July 26, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7542 "2014-07-26T00:18:51Z")

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Well, I get dizzy spells, nausea, cold sweats, hot sweats, fever blisters, difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing, blurred vision, involuntary trembling, dead hands, numb lips, fingernail sensitivity, pelvic discomfort.

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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:** [July 26, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7543 "2014-07-26T02:23:42Z")

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Oh no, no, here take your shirt off and tell me where it hurts. I haven’t seen a case like this since I was in school, oh my goodness. Listen, Vollmer, tell them to prepare for major surgery, this is one case in five, I think I can save you Lieutenant.

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