# 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:** [November 13, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13984 "2017-11-13T18:53:58Z")

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“Sandman!”

“I’m up! I’m up!”

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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:** [November 14, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13985 "2017-11-14T00:00:41Z")

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How ya doin’? Peace be with you. Praise Jebus.

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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:** [November 14, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13986 "2017-11-14T23:31:36Z")

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Pleased to meet 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:** [November 15, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13987 "2017-11-15T00:26:32Z")

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What’s buzzin’, cousin?

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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:** [November 16, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13988 "2017-11-16T00:40:41Z")

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Whatever it cost my cousin in pain and suffering before he died I will return with full measure upon the woman that caused 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:** [November 16, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13989 "2017-11-16T02:46:04Z")

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Cruella De Vil  
Cruella De Vil  
If she doesn’t scare you  
No evil thing will

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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:** [November 16, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13990 "2017-11-16T03:15:54Z")

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Hey, you wanna see something _really_ scary?

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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:** [November 16, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13991 "2017-11-16T21:55:46Z")

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Why, Mama? Are you afraid?

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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:** [November 16, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13992 "2017-11-16T22:28:06Z")

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You WILL be.

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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:** [November 17, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13993 "2017-11-17T03:15:55Z")

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Who here wants to be a fire engine?

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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:** [November 17, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13994 "2017-11-17T19:21:24Z")

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Hey, smoke jumper!

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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:** [November 17, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13995 "2017-11-17T20:00:30Z")

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It’s a living thing, Brian. It breathes, it eats, and it hates. The only way to beat it is to think like it. To know that this flame will spread this way across the door and up across the ceiling, not because of the physics of flammable liquids, but because it wants to. Some guys on this job, the fire owns them, makes 'em fight it on it’s level, but the only way to truly kill it is to love it a little.

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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:** [November 18, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13996 "2017-11-18T00:58:58Z")

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It smokes, it drinks, it philosophizes… at this rate I’ll be 60 before you get to the point.

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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:** [November 18, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13997 "2017-11-18T01:00:57Z")

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Can’t say I blame you. A fellow as ugly as you are probably couldn’t get to first base without a fire.

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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:** [November 18, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13998 "2017-11-18T02:33:13Z")

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You must know first of all that I am the victim of a little domestic tragedy. My wife does not love me. She has always been a wife in name only. She is revolted, you see. Revolted by my face.

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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:** [November 19, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13999 "2017-11-19T01:32:46Z")

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I see you always digging a low pit for yourself - when you should be standing on a heap of pride.

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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:** [November 20, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14000 "2017-11-20T01:17:56Z")

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“You’re diggin’ a hole.”

“Hey, you don’t miss a trick, do yah?”

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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:** [November 20, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14001 "2017-11-20T01:42:35Z")

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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.

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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:** [November 20, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14002 "2017-11-20T01:44:09Z")

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nm

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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:** [November 20, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14003 "2017-11-20T21:28:35Z")

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The man stole my life. I steal his trick.

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