# 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:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14565 "2018-04-07T03:00:46Z")

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You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle.

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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:** [April 7, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14566 "2018-04-07T11:01:40Z")

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Look, whatayatalk, whatayatalk, whatayatalk, whatayatalk, whatayatalk?

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14567 "2018-04-07T13:54:02Z")

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Tha-tha-tha-tha-that’s all, folks!

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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:** [April 7, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14568 "2018-04-07T19:22:38Z")

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Three billion human lives ended on August 29, 1997. The survivors of the nuclear fire called the war Judgment Day. They lived only to face a new nightmare: the war against the Machines.

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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:** [April 7, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14569 "2018-04-07T20:03:07Z")

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There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.

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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:** [April 7, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14570 "2018-04-07T23:27:57Z")

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Nature is overrated.

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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:** [April 8, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14571 "2018-04-08T20:47:14Z")

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After I lost myself in the wilderness of my grief, I found my own way out of the woods.

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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:** [April 8, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14572 "2018-04-08T22:24:44Z")

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Saigon… shit; I’m still only in Saigon… Every time I think I’m gonna wake up back in the jungle.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14573 "2018-04-08T23:56:47Z")

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Me, Tarzan.

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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:** [April 9, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14574 "2018-04-09T20:06:33Z")

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I’m taking the jungle trail.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14575 "2018-04-09T20:21:32Z")

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–Why, you wouldn’t follow that beast alone?  
Someone’s got to stay on his trail while it’s hot!

[\* kong. To TPTB: may suggest adding quick cite? cuz so much sounds so cool Id like to check it out; plus it’s funny if the source clashes out of context. \*]

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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:** [April 9, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14576 "2018-04-09T20:42:26Z")

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I will sort this out. I will kill the lion, and I will build the bridge.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14577 "2018-04-09T21:02:04Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> [\* kong. To TPTB: may suggest adding quick cite? cuz so much sounds so cool Id like to check it out; plus it’s funny if the source clashes out of context. \*]

PM’d OP with this.

You know why? Out of respect. [goodfellas]

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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:** [April 10, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14578 "2018-04-10T01:38:34Z")

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Take these papers to Helen Lawson, and don’t give her any of that “I loved you when I was a child” crap, or she’ll stab you in the back.

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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:** [April 10, 2018, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14579 "2018-04-10T11:06:58Z")

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And there’s someone else inside, but I, I, I don’t know who it is. The head is missing!

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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:** [April 10, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14580 "2018-04-10T13:29:24Z")

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No, you must believe me. It was a horseman, a dead one. Headless.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14581 "2018-04-10T14:16:27Z")

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I’m not dead yet.

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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:** [April 10, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14582 "2018-04-10T15:35:12Z")

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He’s dead, Jim.

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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:** [April 10, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14583 "2018-04-10T16:14:04Z")

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I am Spartacus.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14584 "2018-04-10T18:16:01Z")

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Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?

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