# 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:** [July 22, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15105 "2018-07-22T03:55:42Z")

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I’m Batman!

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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 22, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15106 "2018-07-22T03:57:38Z")

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There is no Tooth Fairy, there is no Easter Bunny, and there is no Queen of England!

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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:** [July 22, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15107 "2018-07-22T04:08:15Z")

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But I saw the boogeyman! I saw 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 22, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15108 "2018-07-22T13:28:05Z")

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[Referring to the scar on his neck] A gift from the boogeyman. Perfect for every occasion.

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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 22, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15109 "2018-07-22T18:12:56Z")

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I don’t think you really deserve this. I practically gift-wrapped those cubs for you, and you couldn’t even dispose of _them._

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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 22, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15110 "2018-07-22T19:07:37Z")

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–What the hell is this?  
–It’s a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.

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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 22, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15111 "2018-07-22T19:49:52Z")

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Fish aren’t meant to be in a box, kid. It does things to ya.

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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 22, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15112 "2018-07-22T21:03:47Z")

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Stay free where no walls divide you  
You’re free as the roaring tide

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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 22, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15113 "2018-07-22T21:58:10Z")

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What you looking at? You never seen a guy who slept with a fish before?

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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 23, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15114 "2018-07-23T00:04:31Z")

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I wish, I wish, I wish I were a fish.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15115 "2018-07-23T01:01:01Z")

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Mr. Magorium, toy impresario, wonder aficionado and avid shoe wearer.

[Epitaph on the Mr. Magorium’s gravestone]

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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 23, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15116 "2018-07-23T02:56:45Z")

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“What happened?”  
“He got the boot!”

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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 23, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15117 "2018-07-23T11:42:46Z")

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And remember. You are not making footwear. You are not making boots. You are making two and a half feet of irresistible, tubular sex!

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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 23, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15118 "2018-07-23T19:09:17Z")

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Susan, I’ve never heard you talk like that… Are we about to get it on? Because I’m as hard as a diamond in an ice storm right now.

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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 23, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15119 "2018-07-23T20:49:33Z")

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A Diamond. You rub it with a cloth, it lets off a charge. You put in water, it comes up dry. Its only enemy is another diamond.

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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 23, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15120 "2018-07-23T22:41:45Z")

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Mr. Diamond, there’s a bullet hole in your jacket.

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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 24, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15121 "2018-07-24T01:36:24Z")

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“Ryan, some things in this room don’t react well to bullets.” Yeah, like me. _I_ don’t react well to bullets.

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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 24, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15122 "2018-07-24T04:05:21Z")

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– Are those live rounds?  
– Seven-six-two millimeter. Full metal jacket.

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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 24, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15123 "2018-07-24T12:14:21Z")

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I’m warning you, I am a lethal killing machine. It was a secret government experiment. They did stuff to me. Spooky stuff… Anal stuff. It turned me into a dangerous telekinetic. As the ancient Tibetan Philosophy states “Don’t start none, won’t be none!”

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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 24, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15124 "2018-07-24T14:55:22Z")

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After all these years you still don’t understand our Tibetan ways. To return a gift is unforgivable.

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