# 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:** [July 10, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15045 "2018-07-10T17:53:16Z")

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Come with me [Me?] if you want to live.

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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:** [July 10, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15046 "2018-07-10T18:16:33Z")

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“Why do you care, anyway?”

“If one of your friends was in trouble, wouldn’t you try to help him?”

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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:** [July 10, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15047 "2018-07-10T18:24:00Z")

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When I was younger, so much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any way.

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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:** [July 10, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15048 "2018-07-10T21:38:58Z")

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All they got from Paulie was protection from other guys looking to rip them off. That’s what it’s all about. That’s what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can’t go to the cops. They’re like the police department for wiseguys.

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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:** [July 10, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15049 "2018-07-10T22:22:12Z")

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You know I’m a better cop when I get some in the morning, I feel lighter on my feet.

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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:** [July 11, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15050 "2018-07-11T00:48:30Z")

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[_Billy is dancing while walking_]  
Dad: Is that absolutely necessary? Walk normal!

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15051 "2018-07-11T03:57:31Z")

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Hey, I’m walkin’ here! I’m walkin’ here!

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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:** [July 11, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15052 "2018-07-11T04:22:12Z")

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I tell ya there… there were these two old guys ranched up together, down home. Earl and Rich. And they was the joke of town, even though they were pretty tough ol’ birds. Anyway they… they found Earl dead in an irrigation ditch. Took a tire iron to 'im. Spurred him up, drug him 'round by his dick 'till it pulled off.

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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:** [July 11, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15053 "2018-07-11T14:49:26Z")

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I worry that you’ll work in an office, have children, celebrate wedding anniversaries. The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life.

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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:** [July 11, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15054 "2018-07-11T19:59:41Z")

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You don’t want a career?

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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:** [July 11, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15055 "2018-07-11T22:21:35Z")

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Max: I can’t drive you around while you’re killing folks. It ain’t my job!  
Vincent: Tonight it is.

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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:** [July 12, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15056 "2018-07-12T11:31:48Z")

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Ten thousand dollars for a taxi!

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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:** [July 12, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15057 "2018-07-12T11:34:39Z")

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Well, I’ll give him another twenty minutes, but that’s it!

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**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15058 "2018-07-12T20:36:37Z")

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Wisdom is the province of the aged, but the heart of a child is pure.

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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:** [July 12, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15059 "2018-07-12T21:08:14Z")

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“Keep our young boys pure!”

“Pure boys!”

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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:** [July 12, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15060 "2018-07-12T22:21:21Z")

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They want us to be good little boys now so we can fight some war for them in the future. Some war they’ll decide on. We’d rather fight our own war right now.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15061 "2018-07-12T23:06:16Z")

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“War. Huh. Good God, you all.”  
“Oh, hell no. STEWARDESS! Get me another seat!”

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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:** [July 13, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15062 "2018-07-13T18:39:17Z")

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I hope there’s a good movie on this flight.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15063 "2018-07-13T23:28:11Z")

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“Oh, great, the plane is landing!”  
“The plane?! No, the plane lands in Italy! YOU land in England!”

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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:** [July 14, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15064 "2018-07-14T18:02:05Z")

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Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different.

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