# 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:** 537
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10724 "2015-12-23T12:11:42Z")
How could this happen? I was so careful. I picked the wrong play, the wrong director, the wrong cast. Where did I go right? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10725 "2015-12-23T19:25:21Z")
I won’t say what is wrong, what is right. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10726 "2015-12-23T23:25:06Z")
Okay, look. What if that ship didn’t even exist, huh? Did you ever think about that? I didn’t know! So now, if I went in and made a major security issue out of it, everybody steps in. Administration steps in, and there are no exclusive rights for anybody; nobody wins. So I made a decision and it was… wrong. It was a bad call, Ripley, it was a bad call. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10727 "2015-12-23T23:50:31Z")
Don’t start tryin’ to do the right thing, boy-o. You haven’t the practice. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10728 "2015-12-23T23:56:42Z")
That’s right, Mr. Green. Tell Mr. Doyle all about yourself, will you? ---
**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:** [December 24, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10729 "2015-12-24T16:52:03Z")
Mr. Pink sounds like Mr. Pussy. How 'bout if I’m Mr. Purple? That sounds good to me. I’ll be Mr. Purple. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10730 "2015-12-24T17:10:15Z")
So it must’ve been Mr. Green who shot the singing telegram! ---
**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:** [December 24, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10731 "2015-12-24T18:40:08Z")
The old man’s still an artist with a Thompson. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10732 "2015-12-24T23:07:58Z")
I now do what other people only dream. I make art until someone dies. See? I am the world’s first fully functioning homicidal artist. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10733 "2015-12-24T23:44:25Z")
So you were an artist. Big deal. Elvis was an artist. But that didn’t stop him from joining the service in time of war. That’s why he’s the King, and you’re a schmuck! ---
**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:** [December 25, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10734 "2015-12-25T00:08:48Z")
We have no king but Caesar! Crucify him! ---
**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:** [December 25, 2015, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10735 "2015-12-25T09:10:15Z")
Contemplate this on the tree of woe. Crucify him! ---
**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:** [December 25, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10736 "2015-12-25T17:19:32Z")
Always look on the bright side of life. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10737 "2015-12-25T18:19:04Z")
Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10738 "2015-12-25T21:04:07Z")
I found out what the secret to life is–friends. Best friends. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10739 "2015-12-26T01:00:21Z")
My father taught me many things here - he taught me in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10740 "2015-12-26T01:36:23Z")
The Rebellion will die. As will your friends. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10741 "2015-12-26T12:35:27Z")
You may get stabbed in the head with a dagger or sword. You may be burned to death or skinned alive or worse. But when they torture you, you will not feel the need to run For though you die, La Resistance lives on. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10742 "2015-12-26T16:55:33Z")
It’s the Resistance! ---
**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:** [December 26, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10743 "2015-12-26T17:19:48Z")
Well I’m free the Saturday after that. Beyond that, I’m going to have to check my calendar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=536) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=538)