# 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:** ![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 2, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11864 "2016-07-02T15:23:29Z")

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I’m going to come back from the dead.

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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:** [July 2, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11865 "2016-07-02T16:12:39Z")

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Are you insane?

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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:** [July 2, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11866 "2016-07-02T16:36:07Z")

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Yes – but that’s beside the point!

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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:** [July 2, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11867 "2016-07-02T17:02:38Z")

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As Bertrand Russell said the only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation. I think we can all appreciate that 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:** [July 3, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11868 "2016-07-03T15:01:52Z")

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It isn’t a feud. Feuding suggests at one time you liked each other. We never did.

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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:** [July 3, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11869 "2016-07-03T15:30:38Z")

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The first time we met, we hated each other.

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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:** [July 3, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11870 "2016-07-03T17:57:40Z")

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I still thought you were gonna save my life… even after that.

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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:** [July 3, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11871 "2016-07-03T18:45:36Z")

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No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.

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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:** [July 3, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11872 "2016-07-03T19:18:38Z")

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You’ve got 17.5% in T-bills amortized over the fiscal year, 8% in stocks and bonds.

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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:** [July 3, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11873 "2016-07-03T20:32:53Z")

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The only thing I’ve got going for me, is this body, this face, and what I got up here. I don’t do drugs. And I don’t have a pimp.

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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:** [July 3, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11874 "2016-07-03T20:38:17Z")

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My body is a temple, Miss McFadden, and I am worshiping it. It’s what gives me my energy, my vitality and my natural disposition. I’m 63 years old Miss McFadden and look at me.

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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:** [July 3, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11875 "2016-07-03T21:10:55Z")

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“And, I’m gonna be forty!”  
“When?”  
“Someday.”  
“In eight years.”  
“But it’s there. It’s just sitting there, like some big dead end. And it’s not the same for men – Charlie Chaplin had kids when he was 73.”  
“Yeah, but he was too old to pick them up.”

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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:** [July 4, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11876 "2016-07-04T16:13:09Z")

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I couldn’t be fonder of you if you were my own son. But, well, if you lose a son, it’s possible to get another.

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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:** [July 4, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11877 "2016-07-04T17:20:03Z")

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I’m just gonna go ahead an nip this thing in the bud. Cuz you know, they say pregnancy often leads to, you know… an infant

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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:** [July 4, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11878 "2016-07-04T17:28:52Z")

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Now look. There is nothing in the world to get uptight about. We are two summa cum laudes. We can handle one little baby for eight hours.

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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:** [July 4, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11879 "2016-07-04T19:23:23Z")

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And on the next contraction, she told everybody in the delivery room that my parents were never married.

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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:** [July 4, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11880 "2016-07-04T20:04:20Z")

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You stupid, ignorant son of a bitch, dumb bastard. Jesus Christ. I’ve met some dumb bastards in my time but you outdo them all.

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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:** [July 5, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11881 "2016-07-05T10:38:04Z")

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Stupid is as stupid does.

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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:** [July 5, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11882 "2016-07-05T13:08:16Z")

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Fascinating, but what is wrong with the car?

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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:** [July 5, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11883 "2016-07-05T13:14:33Z")

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He totaled it! I needed that car tomorrow night, Dad. Do you have any idea how important this is to me? Do you have any clue?

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