# 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:** ![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:** [November 20, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10464 "2015-11-20T12:30:00Z")

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“You’re gonna pound my face?”

“What are you, nuts? This is the nineties. We’re gonna sue you.”

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10465 "2015-11-20T14:40:59Z")

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I can appreciate your feelings for McClane. But believe me, the jerk isn’t worth it. He’s stepped on so many toes in this department, by this time next month he’s gonna be a security guard. His own wife wants nothing to do with him, and he’s about two steps shy of becoming a full-blown alcoholic.

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10466 "2015-11-20T14:51:02Z")

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Thank you sir, but I think I’m going to stick with what I do best. That’s protecting the people of the West Orange Pavilion Mall.

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10467 "2015-11-20T15:10:29Z")

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Eateries that operate within the designated square downstairs qualify as food court. Anything outside of said designated square is considered an autonimous unit for mid-mall snacking.

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10468 "2015-11-20T15:43:05Z")

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The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10469 "2015-11-20T22:06:13Z")

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Everybody remember where we parked.

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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:** [November 21, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10470 "2015-11-21T19:17:27Z")

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I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my actions still have meaning, even if I can’t remember them.

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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:** [November 21, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10471 "2015-11-21T23:22:16Z")

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It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.

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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:** [November 21, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10472 "2015-11-21T23:25:01Z")

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I never drink… wine.

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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:** [November 22, 2015, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10473 "2015-11-22T08:57:06Z")

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Well, then, this is our first date, or our last. Until now I wasn’t sure it was either.

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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:** [November 22, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10474 "2015-11-22T21:18:43Z")

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I dated this girl for a while. She was really a… nasty freak. She just loved to get down with sex all the time. It was like… anytime of day, she was like, “Yeah, let’s go! I’m so nasty!” And I’d be nailing her and she’d be like, “Oh, you’re nailing me! Cool!”

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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:** [November 22, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10475 "2015-11-22T23:20:14Z")

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My last boyfriend was so boring. All we did was make love.

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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:** [November 23, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10476 "2015-11-23T14:19:11Z")

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He’s in love with Kim,  
Kim’s in love with him!  
Goin’ steady, goin’ steady,  
Goin’ steady!

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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:** [November 23, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10477 "2015-11-23T14:30:03Z")

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Just think, Miss Renie, that same moon that’s shinin’ down on me this very moment, is shinin’ down on Pete’s tomatoes!

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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:** [November 23, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10478 "2015-11-23T15:00:29Z")

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Last year, more people were killed by automobile accidents, heart attacks, lung cancer, and natural causes combined than by any one tomato.

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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:** [November 23, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10479 "2015-11-23T23:30:53Z")

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“You know, it’s easier to be killed by a terrorist than it is to get married over the age of forty.”  
“That’s not true, that statistic is not true!”  
“That’s right, it’s not true. But it feels true.”

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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:** [November 23, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10480 "2015-11-23T23:33:34Z")

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On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

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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:** [November 24, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10481 "2015-11-24T01:36:01Z")

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And there is only one guarantee: none of us will see heaven.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10482 "2015-11-24T13:48:14Z")

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Never tell me the odds, kid!

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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:** [November 24, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10483 "2015-11-24T13:54:23Z")

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Here comes Mr. Jordan!

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