# 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:** ![CodeB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@CodeB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CodeB)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7864 "2014-08-18T14:01:28Z")

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Make it so.

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7865 "2014-08-18T14:04:06Z")

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The whole point was to find a way to practice nuclear war without destroying ourselves. To get the computers to learn from mistakes we couldn’t afford to make. Except, I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson: Futility. That there’s a time when you should just give up.

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7866 "2014-08-18T14:06:17Z")

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Never give up. Never surrender.

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7867 "2014-08-18T14:18:01Z")

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Let the Wookiee win.

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7868 "2014-08-18T14:37:33Z")

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No. The way we win matters.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7869 "2014-08-18T14:43:24Z")

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Game over, man! Game over!

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7870 "2014-08-18T14:45:08Z")

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Come on! Show a little backbone, will ya!

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7871 "2014-08-18T14:47:09Z")

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I do believe in spooks. I do believe in spooks. I do, I do, I do, I do, I…

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7872 "2014-08-18T16:04:59Z")

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I don’t know you, I don’t know Sam, but let me tell you what he did to me. He kept me up all night singing “I’m Henry the Eighth I Am.”

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7873 "2014-08-18T16:10:55Z")

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A little late for trimming the verge, don’t you think?

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7874 "2014-08-18T16:11:27Z")

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nm

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7875 "2014-08-18T16:46:03Z")

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Yeah, I wanna lie back on the grass and have you teach me some more about gardening.

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7876 "2014-08-18T17:00:39Z")

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It’s good to want things…

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7877 "2014-08-18T17:20:36Z")

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Yeah, that’s what she said.

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7878 "2014-08-18T18:38:40Z")

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Oh, that’s just what we call pillow talk, baby. That’s all.

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7879 "2014-08-18T18:47:10Z")

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I have no bedroom problems. There’s nothing in my bedroom that bothers me.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7880 "2014-08-18T19:34:27Z")

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(from TV): Mr. Marbles? ::rattlerattlerattle::

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7881 "2014-08-18T19:37:05Z")

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Night has fallen. And there’s nothin’ we can do about it.

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7882 "2014-08-18T20:47:22Z")

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Amazing how you can do without the essentials of life, so long as you have the little luxuries.

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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:** [August 18, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7883 "2014-08-18T23:02:16Z")

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Sometimes dead is better.

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