# Speak to me only in Movie Quotes **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 693
**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:** [October 2, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13844 "2017-10-02T20:11:58Z")
Yeah, I was wondering why people that would never dream of laughing at a blind or a crippled man would laugh at a moron. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13845 "2017-10-02T23:59:08Z")
Oh, you English are _so_ superior, aren’t you? Well, would you like to know what you’d be without us, the good ol’ U.S. of A. to protect you? I’ll tell you. The smallest fucking province in the Russian Empire, that’s what! So don’t call me stupid, lady. Just thank me. ---
**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 3, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13846 "2017-10-03T04:24:46Z")
We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English! And the English are best at everything! ---
**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 3, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13847 "2017-10-03T17:56:13Z")
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, Be he ne’er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition, and gentlemen in England now abed shall think themselves acursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks, that fought with us upon St. Crispin’s day! ---
**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:** [October 4, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13848 "2017-10-04T13:40:21Z")
Manners maketh man. ---
**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 4, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13849 "2017-10-04T17:32:26Z")
You see, the great secret, Eliza, is not a question of good manners or bad manners, or any particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls. The question is not whether I treat you rudely, but whether you’ve ever heard me treat anyone else better. ---
**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 4, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13850 "2017-10-04T18:46:11Z")
Well, at least we’re not irretrievably vulgar. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13851 "2017-10-04T19:45:51Z")
We’ve got elegance! If you ain’t got elegance you can never ever carry it off! ---
**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:** [October 4, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13852 "2017-10-04T20:15:35Z")
A manly laugh, for manly men such as we! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13853 "2017-10-04T22:22:01Z")
We’re men / Manly men! / We’re men in tights! ---
**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:** [October 5, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13854 "2017-10-05T01:13:57Z")
They hit Buddy! Come on, girls! ---
**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 5, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13855 "2017-10-05T22:16:13Z")
Two against two. I like those odds. ---
**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 6, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13856 "2017-10-06T14:13:14Z")
As soon as the word got out the fix was in, man, the odds went through the roof. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13857 "2017-10-06T17:20:06Z")
That’s not much incentive for me to fight fair, then, is it? ---
**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 6, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13858 "2017-10-06T20:45:41Z")
“We stop the stage, the bandits are waiting for the stage, and then you show up instead of the stage.” “That’s pretty well-staged.” ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13859 "2017-10-06T23:29:57Z")
Something ought to be done about these girls that come to New York and try to go on the stage. They’d be so much better off, at home, raising families! ---
**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 7, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13860 "2017-10-07T17:51:17Z")
I can sing, and I can dance, and I’m going to New York! Should I? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13861 "2017-10-07T18:26:28Z")
You’re messing with my Zen thing, man. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13862 "2017-10-07T18:32:04Z")
The central message of Buddhism is not “Every man for himself.” ---
**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 7, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13863 "2017-10-07T21:46:39Z")
I’d fight Gandhi. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=692) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=694)