# 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:** ![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 26, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13824 "2017-09-26T17:32:46Z")

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I can’t book someone from a tape. I have to see him in front of an audience. Here, take your tape and get out.

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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 27, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13825 "2017-09-27T14:10:24Z")

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Okay, now you’re talking above my head. I don’t know all of this industry jargon.

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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 27, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13826 "2017-09-27T15:10:24Z")

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Espresso, double espresso, cappuccino, double cappuccino, latte, double latte, mocha, double mocha, caffe con panna, macchiato, double macchiato, caffe bianco, or house blend.

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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 28, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13827 "2017-09-28T00:14:28Z")

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Starbuck, you don’t have to say anything…

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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 28, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13828 "2017-09-28T02:16:10Z")

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You expect me to talk when all I could preserve is my own measly, worthless life? TOO BLOODY RIGHT, I’LL TALK! I’ll talk, I’ll talk, just try and stop me!

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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 28, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13829 "2017-09-28T17:38:08Z")

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How do I know you’re not lying to me now?

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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:** [September 28, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13830 "2017-09-28T20:03:47Z")

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I’m in the middle of an interrogation. This moron is giving me everything.

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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 28, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13831 "2017-09-28T22:38:41Z")

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Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little,  
Cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more.

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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 29, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13832 "2017-09-29T00:05:25Z")

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Is it safe?

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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 29, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13833 "2017-09-29T13:16:25Z")

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We’ll put it away. We’ll keep it hidden, we’ll never speak of it again. No one knows it’s here, do they?

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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 29, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13834 "2017-09-29T21:37:05Z")

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You wanna see my secret place?

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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:** [September 29, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13835 "2017-09-29T23:45:04Z")

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So when did the nut take over the nut house?

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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 30, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13836 "2017-09-30T00:04:14Z")

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Marat, we’re poor. And the poor stay poor.

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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 30, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13837 "2017-09-30T00:19:15Z")

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Help me. Nobody’s said that idea yet, have they?

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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 30, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13838 "2017-09-30T17:17:55Z")

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Chump don’ want no help, chump don’t get da help. Jive-ass dude don’t got no brains anyhow!

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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 30, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13839 "2017-09-30T17:28:35Z")

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That’s shit. And this: Shinola.

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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 30, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13840 "2017-09-30T17:47:52Z")

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Things have been pretty tough, haven’t they?

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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 30, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13841 "2017-09-30T18:49:52Z")

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Goddammit, I’d piss on a spark plug if I thought it’d do any good!

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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:** [October 2, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13842 "2017-10-02T17:21:31Z")

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This is a device enabling the drunken driver to operate in absolute safety. You fill this with piss, take this pipe down the trouser, and sellotape this valve to the end of the old chap. Then, you get horrible drunk, and they can’t fucking touch you. According to these instructions, you refuse everything except a urine sample. You undo your valve, give them a dose of unadulterated child’s piss, and they have to give you your keys back. Danny’s a genius.

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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:** [October 2, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13843 "2017-10-02T20:04:53Z")

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He’s a good person. He wanted me before I was smart.

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