# 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:** ![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:** [August 13, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13644 "2017-08-13T01:46:38Z")

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If you believe in fairies, clap your hands!

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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:** [August 13, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13645 "2017-08-13T18:18:09Z")

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What do you think, folks? I think they mean yes!

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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:** [August 13, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13646 "2017-08-13T22:22:31Z")

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Yes. The individual human mind. In a child’s power to master the multiplication table, there is more sanctity than in all your shouted “amens” and “holy holies” and “hosannas.” An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man’s knowledge is a greater miracle than all the sticks turned to snakes or the parting of the waters.

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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:** [August 14, 2017, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13647 "2017-08-14T11:23:20Z")

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Lighten up, Francis.

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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:** [August 14, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13648 "2017-08-14T20:20:23Z")

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Come forward, sons of Assisi. God is with you!

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**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13649 "2017-08-14T21:00:29Z")

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Buds or no buds, you’ll never destroy that girl’s faith.

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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:** [August 15, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13650 "2017-08-15T13:01:34Z")

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Uh, we have a real treat for you folks. I’d like you to all welcome our own guard, Josh Framm. And the new mascot, for the Timberwolves basketball team, Air-Bud!

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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:** [August 15, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13651 "2017-08-15T16:51:53Z")

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Guard number one is a senior on Klahn’s mountain, and aspires to be a research chemist. Welcome, please: **Hung Well!** Guard number two is a real skating buff. A warm welcome for: **Long Wang!** Traveling comes naturally to guard number three, as he’s a licensed airplane pilot. Welcome, please: **Enormous Genitals!**

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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:** [August 15, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13652 "2017-08-15T20:44:08Z")

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Have you ever seen a grown man naked?

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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:** [August 15, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13653 "2017-08-15T23:09:27Z")

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I wish I knew how to quit you.

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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:** [August 15, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13654 "2017-08-15T23:22:03Z")

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Even if I wanted to, my boss isn’t here, there’s no one I can quit to.

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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:** [August 16, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13655 "2017-08-16T00:07:44Z")

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“You’re the first boy I ever kissed, Jake, and I want you to be the last.”

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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:** [August 16, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13656 "2017-08-16T01:12:56Z")

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Is this a kissing book?

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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:** [August 16, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13657 "2017-08-16T20:08:11Z")

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Sounds like pure soap opera.

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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:** [August 17, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13658 "2017-08-17T15:10:39Z")

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Fear not, sweet lady! I will not molest you. I am but a humble jester, and you? You are too far above 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:** [August 17, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13659 "2017-08-17T16:19:13Z")

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You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it’s me, I’m a little fucked up maybe, but I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you?

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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:** [August 17, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13660 "2017-08-17T17:36:33Z")

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I’m too old for this kind of funnin’!

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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:** [August 17, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13661 "2017-08-17T22:11:03Z")

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The last months of his life were the best months of mine.

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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:** [August 19, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13662 "2017-08-19T00:13:32Z")

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“Everybody’d be nice to you if they knew you were dying.”

“Everybody knows everybody is dying; that’s why people are as good as they 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:** [August 19, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13663 "2017-08-19T02:59:38Z")

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'Ere, he says he’s not dead.

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