# 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:** [May 27, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9384 "2015-05-27T13:16:38Z")

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Take a look around this dump. You’re just a tourist with a typewriter, Barton, I live here.

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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:** [May 27, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9385 "2015-05-27T14:00:11Z")

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Barton’s been compromised.

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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:** [May 27, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9386 "2015-05-27T16:20:42Z")

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It doesn’t matter. All the intelligence agencies believe that there’s a mole in the defense department. You know the theory: that Yuri was sent here by the KGB while he was still in his teens, and for all intents and purposes he can pass as an American. They’ve been talking about that for four years. It’s the CIA’s wet dream.

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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:** [May 27, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9387 "2015-05-27T23:54:09Z")

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But that was then! Right now this guy is the only one I completely trust. He’s too fuckin’ homicidal to be workin’ with the cops.

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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:** [May 28, 2015, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9388 "2015-05-28T11:05:40Z")

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You’re adorable. But I need the other guy.

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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:** [May 28, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9389 "2015-05-28T14:43:23Z")

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One question: are you here 'cause you need someone, or 'cause you need me?.. Forget it, I don’t care.

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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:** [May 28, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9390 "2015-05-28T19:31:50Z")

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There are negotiations being made that are going to answer all of your questions and solve all of your problems. That’s all I can tell you right now.

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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:** [May 29, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9391 "2015-05-29T00:16:44Z")

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You wouldn’t understand. That’s not an insult, I mean it literally.

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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:** [May 29, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9392 "2015-05-29T00:41:41Z")

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Ladies and gentlemen, I can envision a day when the brains of brilliant men can be kept alive in the bodies of dumb people.

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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:** [May 29, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9393 "2015-05-29T15:02:21Z")

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I’m worried, Ray. It’s getting crowded in there and all my data points to something big on the horizon.

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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:** [May 29, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9394 "2015-05-29T15:11:45Z")

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Well, you weren’t exaggerating… he’s a whopper!

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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:** [May 29, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9395 "2015-05-29T15:57:14Z")

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I’m looking forward to seeing you in action. Jack says you’ve got a great big cock.

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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:** [May 29, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9396 "2015-05-29T19:37:40Z")

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Nobody makes it. Nobody shows it. Nobody sees it. It’s like it doesn’t even exist.

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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:** [May 29, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9397 "2015-05-29T20:17:55Z")

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Does it come in black?

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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:** [May 30, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9398 "2015-05-30T05:15:35Z")

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Trying to get a simple cup of coffee became a nightmare for me.

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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:** [May 30, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9399 "2015-05-30T13:46:03Z")

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We’ve broken out! Ah, the blessed freedom of it all! Have you got a nail file, these handcuffs are killin me! I was framed, I’m innocent, I don’t want to go!

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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:** [May 30, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9400 "2015-05-30T14:12:53Z")

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It’s possible for one man to get out through the wire, even get away, but there are in fact a considerable number of people besides yourself in this camp who are trying to escape.

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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:** [May 30, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9401 "2015-05-30T15:50:23Z")

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I’ve seen the footage. The only thing you really fight for is yourself. You’re not the guy to make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you.

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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:** [June 1, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9402 "2015-06-01T03:08:30Z")

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You know what I’m going to get you next Christmas, Mom? A big wooden cross, so that every time you feel unappreciated for your sacrifices, you can climb on up and nail yourself to it!

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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:** [June 1, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9403 "2015-06-01T12:56:12Z")

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You see, children hold the spirit of Christmas within their hearts.

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