# 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:** 422
**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:** [November 14, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8424 "2014-11-14T22:54:13Z")
You know how Americans are, Kiki. They all love to travel, and then they only want to meet other Americans and talk about how hard it is to get a decent hamburger. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8425 "2014-11-14T23:24:51Z")
This is Paris, and I’m an American who lives here. My name is Jerry Mulligan, and I’m an ex G.I. In 1945 when the army told me to find my own job, I stayed on. And I’ll tell you why: I’m a painter, and all my life that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. ---
**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 15, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8426 "2014-11-15T00:56:06Z")
As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8427 "2014-11-15T20:41:44Z")
Oh, men. I never yet met one of them that didn’t have the instincts of a heel. Sometimes I wish I could get along without them. ---
**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 16, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8428 "2014-11-16T00:53:18Z")
Why am I doing this? Because I’m a villain. It’s pure and simple. ---
**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 16, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8429 "2014-11-16T02:16:43Z")
Call me Mr. Lamb Fries! ---
**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 16, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8430 "2014-11-16T22:52:00Z")
You strike me as smart. Which brings me to my next point that you should, uh, pay attention to. I don’t want you to be guilty. So, Mr. Duncan; take a breath, start again, let’s have a conversation that makes you not guilty. ---
**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 17, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8431 "2014-11-17T01:05:04Z")
I think this whole thing stinks. I think Claus von Bulow stinks. He’s obviously guilty of something pretty despicable. And if we free him, we become partners in his crime, accessories after the fact. I’m shocked, with your record defending the poor and oppressed, that you’ve taken this case. I won’t have anything to do with it, and I hope my fellow students won’t, either. Goodbye. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8432 "2014-11-17T01:19:41Z")
If you want justice, go to a whorehouse. If you wanna get fucked, go to court. ---
**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 17, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8433 "2014-11-17T02:31:43Z")
That doesn’t interest me Doctor and frankly, it’s, it’s the sort of thing that Miggs would say. ---
**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 18, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8434 "2014-11-18T18:29:38Z")
This reminds me of my father’s last words: “DON’T, SON! THAT GUN IS LOADED!” ---
**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 18, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8435 "2014-11-18T22:09:09Z")
Have you noticed anything different about him? ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8436 "2014-11-19T04:40:43Z")
It’s one thing to want to change the way people live; but you want to change how they think, how they feel. Either way, it’s dangerous. It’s against Rome. It’s against the way the world is. And killing or loving, it’s all the same. It simply doesn’t matter how you want to change things – we don’t want them changed. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8437 "2014-11-20T16:01:08Z")
That is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8438 "2014-11-20T16:09:52Z")
Pride is an abomination. One must forego the self to obtain total spiritual creaminess, and avoid the chewy chunks of degradation. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8439 "2014-11-20T16:13:58Z")
What are you a wizard? A genius? Why didn’t you tell me that before? ---
**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 20, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8440 "2014-11-20T17:32:28Z")
A wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. ---
**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 21, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8441 "2014-11-21T22:49:50Z")
And at precisely 1:21 a.m. and zero seconds, we shall catch up with him and the time machine. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8442 "2014-11-22T00:01:31Z")
Are you telling me that you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean? ---
**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:** [November 22, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8443 "2014-11-22T23:22:05Z")
It must be some kind of hot tub time machine… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=421) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=423)