# 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:** ![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:** [October 10, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8284 "2014-10-10T18:17:47Z")

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Worship all you can see, and more will appear.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8285 "2014-10-10T18:24:47Z")

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Remember - you’re a lady. You make them beg for more… and then don’t give it to them!

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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:** [October 10, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8286 "2014-10-10T18:37:04Z")

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“Never let 'em see you ache.” That’s what Mr. Mayer used to say. Or was it ass? “Never let 'em see your ass?”

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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:** [October 10, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8287 "2014-10-10T18:43:26Z")

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It makes me look fat.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8288 "2014-10-10T18:57:02Z")

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Fat? He was the Magic Mountain! He threw me into one of my frenzies. I went beserk and kicked his door open, so they threw me out and told me never to come back again. I was willing to pay for it. I just wanted to talk to him. You know how I am.

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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:** [October 10, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8289 "2014-10-10T21:30:03Z")

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You know Billy, what worries me is how your mother is going to take this.

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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:** [October 10, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8290 "2014-10-10T21:35:03Z")

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She’s old. She’s got a bad ticker. All you gotta do is jerk around a lot when you talk to her.

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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:** [October 11, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8291 "2014-10-11T03:36:50Z")

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Oh, but she’s harmless. She’s as harmless as one of those stuffed birds.

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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:** [October 11, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8292 "2014-10-11T05:24:23Z")

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“Mostly harmless.”

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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:** [October 11, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8293 "2014-10-11T17:19:29Z")

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“Mostly?!”

(Sorry to grab from a TV show, but it may be my favorite X-Files line of all time.)

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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:** [October 11, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8294 "2014-10-11T17:51:54Z")

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They mostly come at night. Mostly

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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:** [October 11, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8295 "2014-10-11T17:56:45Z")

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Night like this, it sorta spooks you, walking into an empty apartment.

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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:** [October 12, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8296 "2014-10-12T01:38:15Z")

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Sorry, the brothel’s full.

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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:** [October 12, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8297 "2014-10-12T03:08:58Z")

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If I didn’t know you better, I’d swear you had some class!

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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:** [October 12, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8298 "2014-10-12T03:13:01Z")

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I appreciate this whole seduction thing you’ve got going on here, but let me give you a tip: I’m a sure thing.

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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:** [October 12, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8299 "2014-10-12T03:23:17Z")

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(Yowzah!)

BIP: “Maybe you shouldn’t dress like that.”…“This is a blouse and a skirt. I don’t know what you’re talking about.”…“You shouldn’t wear that body.”

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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:** [October 12, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8300 "2014-10-12T11:22:20Z")

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Help me out here, Reggie. How far is it to that body?

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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:** [October 12, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8301 "2014-10-12T18:22:01Z")

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He’s about 455 yards away, he’s gonna hit about a 2 iron I think.

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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:** [October 13, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8302 "2014-10-13T01:51:52Z")

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If I saw myself in clothes like that, I’d have to kick my own ass.

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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:** [October 13, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8303 "2014-10-13T02:10:52Z")

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Oh, it looks good on you though.

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