# 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:** ![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:** [September 13, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13764 "2017-09-13T14:26:00Z")

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I-I-I ain’t got no-bo-o-dy.

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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:** [September 13, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13765 "2017-09-13T22:24:52Z")

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You’re suffering from a Vulcan mind-meld, doctor.

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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:** [September 14, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13766 "2017-09-14T15:59:20Z")

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You have a brain cloud. There’s a black fog of tissue running right down the center of your brain. It’s very rare. It will spread at a regular rate. It’s very destructive, and it’s incurable. Six months - you can pretty much count on it being about that. It’s not painful. Your brain will simply fail, followed abruptly by your body.

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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:** [September 14, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13767 "2017-09-14T18:55:52Z")

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Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four inch wide GORILLA?

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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:** [September 14, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13768 "2017-09-14T19:30:54Z")

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Am I dreamin’, or did I just see a gorilla? And a beautiful dame!

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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:** [September 16, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13769 "2017-09-16T00:24:40Z")

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Welcome to Dr. Haber’s Palace of Dreams. Congratulations, George. You are the man of the hour. How do you feel today?

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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:** [September 16, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13770 "2017-09-16T00:29:34Z")

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Information Retrieval has got him down as “inoperative.” And there’s another one - security has got him down as “excised.” Administration has got him down as “completed.”

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**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13771 "2017-09-16T02:50:02Z")

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I just don’t know what to call you: retarded, mentally retarded, mentally handicapped, mentally disabled, intellectually handicapped, intellectually disabled, developementally disabled…

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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:** [September 16, 2017, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13772 "2017-09-16T06:24:05Z")

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Is he smart, or is he…?

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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:** [September 16, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13773 "2017-09-16T12:29:31Z")

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God damn it, Gump! You’re a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump.

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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:** [September 16, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13774 "2017-09-16T18:25:35Z")

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I’m sorry, just give me a moment to redefine my girlish notions of romance.

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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:** [September 16, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13775 "2017-09-16T19:52:57Z")

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“Joanie, you are now a WORLD-CLASS hopeless romantic.”

“No, hopeful. Hopeful romantic.”

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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:** [September 16, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13776 "2017-09-16T20:55:49Z")

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I have to leave you now. I’m going to that corner there and turn. You must stay in the car and drive away. Promise not to watch me go beyond the corner. Just drive away and leave me as I leave you.

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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:** [September 17, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13777 "2017-09-17T01:09:09Z")

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I’m walkin’ here!

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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:** [September 17, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13778 "2017-09-17T18:38:19Z")

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Crane, if you think we’re going to walk out on that ice willingly, you got another thing coming!

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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:** [September 17, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13779 "2017-09-17T20:33:34Z")

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That’s it. C’mere. Nothin’ to it! You’re skatin’ like you’ve done this before. Have ya?

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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:** [September 17, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13780 "2017-09-17T23:38:26Z")

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Come on, it’s all right. Look! The water’s stiff!

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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:** [September 18, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13781 "2017-09-18T05:05:33Z")

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Hey, Vera. We’ve got another stiff in the john.

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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:** [September 18, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13782 "2017-09-18T21:55:05Z")

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It’s a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.

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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:** [September 18, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13783 "2017-09-18T22:09:07Z")

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Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!

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