# 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:** ![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:** [August 26, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9844 "2015-08-26T15:09:24Z")

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You have a cancer.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9845 "2015-08-26T23:49:03Z")

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You fuck little girls? So be it.

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9846 "2015-08-27T00:03:39Z")

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That’s what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9847 "2015-08-27T00:05:59Z")

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So tell me, my man… you nervous in the service?

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9848 "2015-08-27T11:10:29Z")

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Another glorious day in the Corps! A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal’s a banquet! Every paycheck a fortune! Every formation a parade! I LOVE the Corps!

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9849 "2015-08-27T11:33:02Z")

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War don’t ennoble men. It turns them into dogs… poisons the soul.

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9850 "2015-08-27T13:05:57Z")

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Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9851 "2015-08-27T13:18:25Z")

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Every time he comes up, he’s got no knife, he’s got no jacket, he’s got no pants, he’s got no boots. All he’s got is that stupid gun he carries around like John Wayne.

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9852 "2015-08-27T13:40:09Z")

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John Wayne? That’s a terrible cowboy name!

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9853 "2015-08-27T15:09:14Z")

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Well, that is your name, isn’t it? Calvin Klein? It’s written all over your underwear.

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9854 "2015-08-27T16:55:15Z")

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I don’t even know your name! How will I find you?

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9855 "2015-08-27T18:13:01Z")

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You just put your lips together and…blow.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9856 "2015-08-27T18:38:15Z")

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Blow me to Bermuda!

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9857 "2015-08-27T19:41:04Z")

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It’s the Fujita scale. It measures a tornado’s intensity by how much it eats. Destroys. That one we encountered back there was a strong F2, possibly an F3. Maybe we’ll see some 4’s. 4 is good. 4 will relocate your house very efficiently.

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9858 "2015-08-27T19:45:03Z")

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It’s a twister! It’s a twister!!

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9859 "2015-08-27T19:52:15Z")

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Hoo wee! I’m happier 'than a a tornado in a trailer park!

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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:** [August 28, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9860 "2015-08-28T00:57:25Z")

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I’m Batman.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9861 "2015-08-28T02:35:18Z")

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Whoo! Where’s my autograph book?

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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:** [August 28, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9862 "2015-08-28T14:17:21Z")

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A hut on the mountain.

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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:** [August 28, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9863 "2015-08-28T14:37:49Z")

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We are not questioning your authority, sir, but if manners prevent our speaking the truth, we will be without manners.

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