# 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:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13064 "2017-03-23T21:57:35Z")

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Oh really, Vernon? Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion.

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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:** [March 23, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13065 "2017-03-23T22:12:43Z")

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Yes, but you see, I have gone to considerable trouble, Mr. Bovill, to provide you with triplets. So, if you would care, to triple?

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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:** [March 24, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13066 "2017-03-24T14:21:26Z")

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MGM has got a Leo, but Mama has got a trio.

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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:** [March 24, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13067 "2017-03-24T15:29:14Z")

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Now look Ellie, I know how anxious you’ve been to get your hooks into that baby, but the answer is NO. I’ve been through all that you know, the two o’clock feedings, the colic and the measles & all the rest of it & I’m not going through all of it again, especially with somebody else’s baby.

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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:** [March 24, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13068 "2017-03-24T19:37:29Z")

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I’m not gonna live this way, Hi! It just ain’t family life!

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13069 "2017-03-25T14:56:40Z")

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Ned, I would love to stay here and talk with you but I’m not going to.

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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:** [March 25, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13070 "2017-03-25T15:44:23Z")

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Hello! I must be going. I came to say I cannot stay; I must be going.

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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:** [March 25, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13071 "2017-03-25T17:38:25Z")

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I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date! No time to say hello, goodbye! I’m late! I’m late! I’m late!

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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:** [March 25, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13072 "2017-03-25T20:42:00Z")

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You are requested and required to present yourself to your king.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13073 "2017-03-25T21:03:30Z")

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These drug cartels represent a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States.

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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:** [March 25, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13074 "2017-03-25T21:22:19Z")

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Fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13075 "2017-03-25T21:32:30Z")

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I want to take this face…off.

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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:** [March 25, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13076 "2017-03-25T22:00:05Z")

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He said I looked like Boris Karloff!

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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:** [March 25, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13077 "2017-03-25T22:46:45Z")

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Hey, it’s Enrico Pallazzo!

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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:** [March 26, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13078 "2017-03-26T13:50:55Z")

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Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare 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:** [March 26, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13079 "2017-03-26T18:50:31Z")

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How is it that Shakespeare says? “From which no traveler returns.” Great poet.

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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:** [March 27, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13080 "2017-03-27T13:41:07Z")

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Just declaim a few lines from Othella  
And they’ll think you’re a hell of a fella  
If your blonde won’t respond when you flatter 'er  
Tell her what Tony told Cleopatterer

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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:** [March 27, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13081 "2017-03-27T13:45:48Z")

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The space goes down, down baby, down, down the roller coaster. Sweet, sweet baby, sweet, sweet, don’t let me go. Shimmy, shimmy, cocoa pop. Shimmy, shimmy, rock. Shimmy, shimmy, cocoa pop. Shimmy, shimmy, rock. I met a girlfriend - a triscuit. She said, a triscuit - a biscuit. Ice cream, soda pop, vanilla on the top. Ooh, Shelly’s out, walking down the street, ten times a week. I read it. I said it. I stole my momma’s credit. I’m cool. I’m hot. Sock me in the stomach three more times.

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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:** [March 27, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13082 "2017-03-27T17:06:03Z")

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He’s not in Coney Island.

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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:** [March 27, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13083 "2017-03-27T17:08:36Z")

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Yeah, well we made it, and in a hour, it is C-I! The BIG Coney!

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