# 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:** ![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 31, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8384 "2014-10-31T13:07:04Z")

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Why can’t we shut it down from here?

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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 31, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8385 "2014-10-31T18:45:33Z")

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He’s still alive. You want me to shut down while he’s still alive?

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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:** [October 31, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8386 "2014-10-31T19:01:32Z")

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No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.

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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 31, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8387 "2014-10-31T19:12:39Z")

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I know. If I don’t kill you first.

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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 31, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8388 "2014-10-31T19:15:09Z")

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Ah, yes, that’s typical western thought. Civilized isn’t it?

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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 31, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8389 "2014-10-31T19:28:43Z")

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Oh Christ, you are such a bleeding-heart liberal, Paul

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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:** [October 31, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8390 "2014-10-31T19:36:00Z")

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Believe in that there sign. For as long as it hangs there we’ve got hope.

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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:** [November 1, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8391 "2014-11-01T20:42:52Z")

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Let me tell you something, my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.

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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:** [November 2, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8392 "2014-11-02T05:11:25Z")

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Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

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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:** [November 2, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8393 "2014-11-02T14:33:36Z")

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Don’t let it be forgot / That once there was a spot / For one brief shining moment / That was known as Camelot!

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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:** [November 2, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8394 "2014-11-02T16:28:31Z")

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Show the sword! Behold! The Sword of Power! Excalibur! Forged when the world was young, and bird and beast and flower were one with man, and death was but a dream!

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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:** [November 2, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8395 "2014-11-02T22:07:21Z")

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I would sooner destroy a stained glass window as an artist like yourself. However, since I can’t have you following me either – **thump**

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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:** [November 5, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8396 "2014-11-05T00:42:34Z")

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Follow me. Follow me. That’s good, that’s good! A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat!

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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:** [November 5, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8397 "2014-11-05T01:05:34Z")

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He was dying. I wanted a child. It was a good way to have one without the bother of a husband around who had legal rights to my body. So, one night at work, when the wounded and maimed were all asleep, I went to him. He was asleep. But his erection was there, as always. I removed my undergarments and climbed on top of him. He woke up then. He said the only word other than his name that I ever heard him utter. He said: “Good.”

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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:** [November 6, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8398 "2014-11-06T16:24:44Z")

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I had better sex in prison.

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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:** [November 6, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8399 "2014-11-06T19:06:18Z")

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I don’t know if you’ve read my book, “Advanced Sexual Positions: How to Achieve Them Without Laughing.”

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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:** [November 7, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8400 "2014-11-07T00:20:44Z")

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I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you?

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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:** [November 7, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8401 "2014-11-07T12:12:18Z")

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Well, well, well, they certainly are scraping the bottom of the barrel for cheerleaders these days.

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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:** [November 9, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8402 "2014-11-09T01:19:35Z")

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What the hell’s wrong with you? Stop acting like a damn cheerleader.

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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:** [November 9, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8403 "2014-11-09T01:28:43Z")

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I’m bitchin’, great hair, / The boys all love to stare, / I’m wanted, I’m hot, / I’m everything you’re not, / I’m pretty, I’m cool, / I dominate this school, / Who am I? Just guess, / Guys wanna touch my chest, / I’m rockin’, I smile, / And many think I’m vile, / I’m flyin’, I jump, / You can look but don’t you hump, / Whoo / I’m major, I roar, / I swear I’m not a whore, / We cheer and we lead, / We act like we’re on speed, / Hate us 'cause we’re beautiful, / Well we don’t like you either, / We’re cheerleaders, / We are cheerleaders. /Roll call…

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