# 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:** 480
**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:** [July 12, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9584 "2015-07-12T17:45:35Z")
Tonight, we stay with them…and we shut them down because we can! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9585 "2015-07-12T19:35:31Z")
Why am I doing this? Because I’m a villain. It’s pure and simple. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9586 "2015-07-12T22:06:18Z")
I’m not a comic book villain. Do you seriously think I would explain my master stroke to you if there were even the slightest possibility you could affect the outcome? I triggered it 35 minutes ago. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9587 "2015-07-13T12:59:37Z")
I’m applying for a villain loan. I go by the name of Vector. It’s a mathematical term, represented by an arrow with both direction and magnitude. Vector! That’s me, because I commit crimes with both direction and magnitude. Oh yeah! ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9588 "2015-07-13T14:35:02Z")
I’m Moist. At my most badass, I make people want to take a shower. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9589 "2015-07-13T15:31:32Z")
It’s all gooshy. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9590 "2015-07-13T19:44:38Z")
I step on something. Feels like I step on fortune cookie! ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9591 "2015-07-13T20:35:11Z")
I now summon the voice of Confucius… ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9592 "2015-07-13T20:58:17Z")
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, “I drank _what_?” ---
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9593 "2015-07-14T13:49:06Z")
They say your mother was an immortal goddess. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9594 "2015-07-14T13:54:19Z")
Gods are selfish beings who fly around in little red capes and don’t share their power with mankind. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9595 "2015-07-14T18:34:17Z")
Ray. If someone asks if you are a god, you say, “yes!” ---
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9596 "2015-07-14T18:45:18Z")
I find your lack of faith disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9597 "2015-07-15T13:00:51Z")
Then why did God plague us with the capacity to think? Mr. Brady, why do you deny the one faculty of man that raises him above the other creatures of the earth? The power of his brain to reason. What other merit have we? The elephant is larger; the horse is swifter and stronger; the butterfly is far more beautiful; the mosquito is more prolific. Even the simple sponge is more durable. But does a sponge think? ---
**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:** [July 15, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9598 "2015-07-15T13:12:33Z")
I couldn’t have put it better myself, Jan. But I’ll try anyway. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9599 "2015-07-15T13:19:58Z")
Even miracles take a little time. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9600 "2015-07-15T13:32:04Z")
Not to worry, not to worry… we are now armed with _mighty joint_! ---
**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:** [July 15, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9601 "2015-07-15T13:37:21Z")
Dope! Do-o-o-o-pe! How come nobody don’t want to buy no dope? Dope, I say dope I say do-o-o-o-o-pe. Who wants to buy dope? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9602 "2015-07-15T13:44:32Z")
Dodgson, Dodgson, we’ve got Dodgson here! Nobody cares. Nice hat. What are you trying to look like, a secret agent? ---
**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:** [July 15, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9603 "2015-07-15T15:52:11Z")
It’s depressing that the words “secret agent” have become synonymous with “sex maniac.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=479) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=481)