# 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:** 702
**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:** [November 29, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14024 "2017-11-29T01:21:08Z")
Sure, sure. If we just get started, my assistant should be bringing in coffee shortly. ---
**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 29, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14025 "2017-11-29T01:39:51Z")
You did it! Congratulations! World’s best cup of coffee! Great job, everybody! It’s great to be here. ---
**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 29, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14026 "2017-11-29T02:19:17Z")
I would rather be with the people of this town than with the finest people in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Lickety\_Split\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lickety\_Split\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lickety_Split_1)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14027 "2017-11-29T04:23:14Z")
I understand. Just as _“I’d rather be a lamp post in New York City than the King of fucking France!”_ ---
**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 29, 2017, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14028 "2017-11-29T06:57:45Z")
It’s good to be the King! ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14029 "2017-11-29T08:48:01Z")
I thought we were an autonomous collective. ---
**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 29, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14030 "2017-11-29T16:19:26Z")
Don’t take another step or the president gets it between the eyes. ---
**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 29, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14031 "2017-11-29T16:35:04Z")
You are not the President. No one who leads so many could possibly kneel so quickly. ---
**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 30, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14032 "2017-11-30T01:30:49Z")
Forget the myths the media’s created about the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Lickety\_Split\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lickety\_Split\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lickety_Split_1)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14033 "2017-11-30T04:26:04Z")
"_Hail to the chief, he’s the chief and he needs hailing. He is the chief, so everybody hail like crazy. Hail to… that’s more or less how 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:** [November 30, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14034 "2017-11-30T22:48:39Z")
“I wouldn’t write that song with you if you begged me.” “Begged ya? I didn’t even ask ya.” ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14035 "2017-12-01T00:59:55Z")
Never open with a ballad, and never end on one. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14036 "2017-12-01T02:16:22Z")
“Yeah, well, it’s part of a trilogy, a musical trilogy that I’m doing in D minor, which I always find is really the saddest of all keys, really, I don’t know why. It makes people weep instantly to play. You know, just simple lines intertwining, you know, very much like — I’m really influenced by Mozart and Bach, and it’s sort of in between those, really. It’s like a Mach piece, really. It’s sort of…” “What do you call this?” “Well, this piece is called ‘Lick My Love Pump.’” ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14037 "2017-12-01T03:20:39Z")
A musical _Julius Caesar_ is quite possibly the worst idea I’ve heard since New Coke. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14038 "2017-12-01T20:31:07Z")
Well, I may not have been in show business for as long as you have. But I’m a quick learner. And right now, I’m going to give the audience what _I_ think they want. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14039 "2017-12-01T21:22:21Z")
Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain’t heard nothing yet! ---
**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:** [December 2, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14040 "2017-12-02T01:24:27Z")
Listen… you smell something? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14041 "2017-12-02T02:06:24Z")
Garbage chute. Really wonderful idea. What an incredible smell you’ve discovered! ---
**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:** [December 3, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14042 "2017-12-03T00:51:49Z")
You use Evian skin cream, and sometimes you wear L’Air du Temps… but not today. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14043 "2017-12-03T01:18:59Z")
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