# 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:** 634
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12664 "2017-01-04T02:38:04Z")
Benefits of a Classical education. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12665 "2017-01-04T16:00:31Z")
Culture is no compensation for lack of hard knowledge. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12666 "2017-01-04T16:11:14Z")
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12667 "2017-01-04T18:54:34Z")
Becoming a top fighter takes time, unless you’re a natural-born kung-fu genius, and they’re one in a million. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12668 "2017-01-04T20:33:15Z")
Just remember what ol’ Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol’ storm right square in the eye and he says, “Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it.” ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12669 "2017-01-05T02:30:16Z")
Is that your answer, old man? Well, I guess you’re a hard case too. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12670 "2017-01-05T02:32:07Z")
Pacha: Uh-oh. Kuzco: Don’t tell me. We’re about to go over a huge waterfall. Pacha: Yep. Kuzco: Sharp rocks at the bottom? Pacha: Most likely. Kuzco: Bring it on. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12671 "2017-01-05T02:35:08Z")
Lupe’s escape! ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12672 "2017-01-05T16:30:51Z")
Colonel Von Luger, it is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape. If they cannot escape, then it is their sworn duty to cause the enemy to use an inordinate number of troops to guard them, and their sworn duty to harass the enemy to the best of their ability. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12673 "2017-01-05T16:43:49Z")
No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz. And no one ever will! ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12674 "2017-01-05T17:42:11Z")
Which way did he go? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12675 "2017-01-05T18:27:50Z")
What’s he going to do, sail into New York, pop the hatch, and say “Here I am”? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12676 "2017-01-05T20:18:50Z")
I am waiting for you, Vizzini! You told me to go back to the beginning… so I have. This is where I am, this is where I’ll stay. I will not be moved! ---
**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:** [January 6, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12677 "2017-01-06T19:07:06Z")
Compromise where you can. Where you can’t, don’t. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say, ‘No, _you_ move.’ ---
**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:** [January 6, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12678 "2017-01-06T19:36:14Z")
What are you doing? These are mine. These are my workers. They should be on my train. They’re skilled munitions workers. They’re essential. Essential girls! ---
**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:** [January 6, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12679 "2017-01-06T22:55:45Z")
I don’t advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hair are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos and transmit them directly into the brain. This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12680 "2017-01-06T23:30:00Z")
Oh say, can you see my eyes? If you can, then my hair’s too short. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12681 "2017-01-08T01:09:50Z")
No! You were wrong about the world. And you were wrong about me. And I will never let you use my hair, again! ---
**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:** [January 8, 2017, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12682 "2017-01-08T06:56:12Z")
Just a little tip for the future, I am always right. Even when I’m wrong, I’m 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:** [January 8, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12683 "2017-01-08T20:34:19Z")
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