# 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:** [January 27, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12764 "2017-01-27T23:52:13Z")

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Oh, they’ll find some dumb son of a bitch to bring it up.

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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:** [January 28, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12765 "2017-01-28T00:11:33Z")

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Private Eccles, reporting for duty!

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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:** [January 28, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12766 "2017-01-28T03:07:14Z")

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Where the hell are you from anyway, private?

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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:** [January 28, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12767 "2017-01-28T03:14:00Z")

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**Forest and Bubba:** ALABAMA, SIR!

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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:** [January 28, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12768 "2017-01-28T04:38:02Z")

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Only two things come out of Oklahoma: steers and queers. Which one are you, boy? I don’t see no horns!

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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:** [January 28, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12769 "2017-01-28T12:16:36Z")

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All cowboys ain’t dumb. Some of 'em got smarts real good, like me.

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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:** [January 28, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12770 "2017-01-28T20:44:36Z")

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No mockers and no scoffers!

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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:** [January 28, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12771 "2017-01-28T21:01:12Z")

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Why do you think people believe in ghosts?

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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:** [January 29, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12772 "2017-01-29T00:01:49Z")

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I do believe in spooks! I do believe in spooks! I do, I do, I do, I do, I do.

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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:** [January 29, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12773 "2017-01-29T02:05:57Z")

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I don’t go to Chinatown, I don’t drive wackos, and I ain’t afraid of no ghosts!

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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:** [January 29, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12774 "2017-01-29T14:41:08Z")

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Parada: I myself have heard of only one ghost: the spirit of Don Santiago.

Larry Lawrence: Tell me, does he appear nightly or just Sundays and Holidays?

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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:** [January 29, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12775 "2017-01-29T17:47:09Z")

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Lieutenant, you signed three Proficiency and Conduct reports on Santiago and in all three reports you indicate a rating of below average.

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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:** [January 29, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12776 "2017-01-29T23:51:28Z")

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Stupid is as stupid does.

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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:** [January 30, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12777 "2017-01-30T11:58:46Z")

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According to the map, we’ve only gone 4 inches.

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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:** [January 30, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12778 "2017-01-30T16:01:20Z")

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You mean you’ve really got a treasure map?

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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:** [January 30, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12779 "2017-01-30T20:18:07Z")

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Where did you hide the treasure, exactly?

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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:** [January 31, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12780 "2017-01-31T06:32:05Z")

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So tweasure your wuv…

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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:** [January 31, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12781 "2017-01-31T18:21:18Z")

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You can be better than you are.

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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:** [January 31, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12782 "2017-01-31T18:27:44Z")

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Whatever happens tomorrow, you must promise me one thing. That you will stay who you are, not a perfect soldier, but a good man.

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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:** [February 1, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12783 "2017-02-01T00:06:05Z")

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**John Adams:** It doesn’t matter. I won’t be in the history books anyway, only you. “Franklin did this,” and “Franklin did that,” and “Franklin did some other damn thing.” Franklin smote the ground and out sprang George Washington, fully grown and on his horse. Franklin then electrified him with his miraculous lightning rod, and the three of them - Franklin, Washington, and the horse - conducted the entire revolution by themselves.

**Ben Franklin:** I like it.

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