# 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:** ![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:** [May 12, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14765 "2018-05-12T21:47:03Z")

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Adults loved to say things like that but kids knew better.

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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:** [May 12, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14766 "2018-05-12T23:40:00Z")

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You’re such a baby! Just grow up!

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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:** [May 13, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14767 "2018-05-13T01:33:32Z")

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This _is_ my age! I’m in the prime of my youth, and I’ll only be young once!

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14768 "2018-05-13T02:37:31Z")

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Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people.

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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:** [May 13, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14769 "2018-05-13T03:06:17Z")

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Uh… did you say ‘yutes’?

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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:** [May 13, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14770 "2018-05-13T03:56:04Z")

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There’ll be no _illegal_ dying! The only people that die in my town are those that I shoot or hang.

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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:** [May 13, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14771 "2018-05-13T21:13:41Z")

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The sheriff has declared an emergency!

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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:** [May 13, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14772 "2018-05-13T21:32:21Z")

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Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way and we desperately need your help!

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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:** [May 14, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14773 "2018-05-14T15:26:14Z")

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What ho! Heard you had a spot of rabbit bother.

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**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:** [May 14, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14774 "2018-05-14T16:03:26Z")

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In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, ‘Au revoir, gopher’.

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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:** [May 14, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14775 "2018-05-14T18:08:53Z")

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I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, “… I drank what?”

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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:** [May 14, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14776 "2018-05-14T19:25:09Z")

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Look him up. Oh, it’s under So-cratz.

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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:** [May 15, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14777 "2018-05-15T13:46:21Z")

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A philosopher is a lover of wisdom. It takes tremendous discipline, it takes tremendous courage to think for yourself, to examine yourself. The Socratic imperative of examining yourself requires courage.

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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:** [May 15, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14778 "2018-05-15T15:42:59Z")

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“Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?”

“Yes.”

“Morons.”

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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:** [May 15, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14779 "2018-05-15T16:54:52Z")

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Stand-up philosopher. I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14780 "2018-05-16T04:26:08Z")

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Oh, a _bullshit_ artist!

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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:** [May 16, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14781 "2018-05-16T15:18:26Z")

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The thing that interests me is that today, painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. They work from a different source, they work from within.

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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:** [May 16, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14782 "2018-05-16T15:58:29Z")

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UP and DOWN, UP and DOWN! Strong strokes! PAINT! Don’t tickle. And don’t smoke!

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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:** [May 16, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14783 "2018-05-16T16:24:47Z")

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Brad Pitt Catherine Zeta-Jones they’ve just finished ravishing each other’s body for the first time they lie naked suspended in air underneath the heavens Pitt lights up and starts blowing smoke rings around her naked flawless body as the galaxies go whizzing by under the glass dome ceiling, now tell me that doesn’t work for you?

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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:** [May 16, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14784 "2018-05-16T16:49:39Z")

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I like to watch.

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