# 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:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8764 "2015-01-30T15:12:55Z")

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Don’t believe his lies.

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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:** [January 30, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8765 "2015-01-30T17:28:04Z")

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I’m the Horned One. The Devil. Let me give you my card.

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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:** [January 30, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8766 "2015-01-30T17:38:33Z")

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He chose you, honey! From all the women in the world to be the mother of his only living son!

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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:** [January 30, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8767 "2015-01-30T19:05:16Z")

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I… I bequeath you, my son. You will carry me inside you, all the days of your life. You will make my strength your own, and see my life through your eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father, and the father the son. This is all I… all I can send you, Kal-El.

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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:** [January 30, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8768 "2015-01-30T19:13:31Z")

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Thanks, Dad.

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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:** [January 30, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8769 "2015-01-30T21:20:41Z")

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Boy, you were a moody little son of a bitch.

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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:** [January 31, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8770 "2015-01-31T06:11:50Z")

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Mood’s a thing for cattle and love play, not fighting.

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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:** [January 31, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8771 "2015-01-31T06:53:24Z")

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Well, son; since you haven’t learned to respect your elders, it’s time you learned to respect for your betters!

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8772 "2015-02-01T20:43:58Z")

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How about a nice firm handshake?

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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:** [February 2, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8773 "2015-02-02T01:28:44Z")

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Then make a DEAL!..A DEAL, deal! Maybe the guy’s a Republican. “Business is business,” right?

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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:** [February 2, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8774 "2015-02-02T03:12:33Z")

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Nothing personal. [shoots]

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8775 "2015-02-02T15:01:22Z")

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Well gee Francesca, nobody’s perfect…is perfect…is perfect…

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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:** [February 3, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8776 "2015-02-03T06:11:22Z")

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It’s not easy being a cast-iron bitch. It takes discipline, and years of training. A lot of people don’t appreciate that.

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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:** [February 3, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8777 "2015-02-03T13:59:33Z")

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Guys like me are born loving women like you.

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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:** [February 3, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8778 "2015-02-03T16:04:32Z")

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Being a private eye may not be much, but we do have a code of honor. It’s all right to fool around with your partner’s wife, but once he’s dead it makes it all so dirty. That’s the way it is, angel. You marry yourself a nice guy, have a couple of swell kids. Once you’re all set up and happy, maybe we can fool around again.

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**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8779 "2015-02-03T17:44:54Z")

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After you’ve worked with a man a certain length of time,you come to know his habits, his values, you come to know him,and either he’s the kind that chases after women or he isn’t.

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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:** [February 3, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8780 "2015-02-03T17:51:31Z")

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Well, some men, once they get a whiff of it, they trail you like a hound.

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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:** [February 3, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8781 "2015-02-03T18:07:30Z")

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You use Evian skin cream, and sometimes you wear L’Air du Temps… but not today.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8782 "2015-02-03T18:37:19Z")

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Do you detect a certain air of nuttiness?

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**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8783 "2015-02-03T23:06:10Z")

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You smell that? That gasoline smell? Smells like…victory.

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