# 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:** [May 30, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13384 "2017-05-30T00:52:58Z")

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His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson.

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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:** [May 30, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13385 "2017-05-30T01:12:36Z")

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…and what I say three times is true!

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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:** [May 30, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13386 "2017-05-30T18:16:00Z")

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I am the Grinch that stole Christmas… and I’m sorry.

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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:** [May 30, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13387 "2017-05-30T23:52:27Z")

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For as long as I can remember people have hated me. They looked at my face and my body and they ran away in horror. In my loneliness, I decided that if I could not inspire love, which was my deepest hope, I would instead cause fear.

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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:** [May 31, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13388 "2017-05-31T00:08:02Z")

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As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

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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:** [May 31, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13389 "2017-05-31T12:37:13Z")

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You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word.

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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:** [May 31, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13390 "2017-05-31T18:23:48Z")

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Up until now everything around here has been, well, pleasant. Recently certain things have become unpleasant.

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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:** [May 31, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13391 "2017-05-31T19:01:43Z")

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Figuring weight for age, all dolls are the same.

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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:** [June 1, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13392 "2017-06-01T15:01:54Z")

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Hi, I’m Chucky. Wanna play?

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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:** [June 1, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13393 "2017-06-01T15:08:15Z")

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You must come down with me - after the show - to the lumberyard… and ride piggyback on the buzzsaw.

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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:** [June 1, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13394 "2017-06-01T15:18:51Z")

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Look, mate, I didn’t wanna work in a pet shop. I wanted to be… _a lumberjack!_

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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:** [June 1, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13395 "2017-06-01T20:01:35Z")

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Hey Paul! (Hey Paul!)  
Paul Bunyan! (Paul Bunyan!)  
He’s 63 ax handles high  
With his feet on the ground  
And his head in the sky.

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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:** [June 1, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13396 "2017-06-01T22:11:09Z")

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Her entire body radiates with pure energy, giving her enormous strength and size.

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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:** [June 1, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13397 "2017-06-01T22:35:49Z")

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I’m hyperventilating. Does anybody have a giant paper bag?

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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:** [June 2, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13398 "2017-06-02T22:59:54Z")

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“It’s really not that dangerous.”

“That’s not what I’ve been told.”

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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:** [June 4, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13399 "2017-06-04T02:22:20Z")

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Qantas. Qantas never crashed.

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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:** [June 4, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13400 "2017-06-04T18:12:58Z")

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You mean THE STEWARDESS IS FLYING THE PLANE?

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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:** [June 5, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13401 "2017-06-05T12:56:40Z")

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That’s not flying! That’s falling with style.

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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:** [June 5, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13402 "2017-06-05T17:36:37Z")

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You ever do any modeling? Fashion stuff, I mean. You’ve got it.

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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:** [June 5, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13403 "2017-06-05T23:49:11Z")

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Dance, ten, looks, three  
And I’m still on unemployment  
Dancing for my own enjoyment  
That ain’t it, kid, That ain’t it, kid!

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