# 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:** [August 24, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15325 "2018-08-24T22:21:35Z")

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Is it safe?

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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:** [August 24, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15326 "2018-08-24T22:30:03Z")

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Rest, Neo. The answers are coming.

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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:** [August 25, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15327 "2018-08-25T18:18:46Z")

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Stevie, I haven’t slept in a year.

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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:** [August 25, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15328 "2018-08-25T18:30:59Z")

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Macbeth hath murdered sleep.

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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:** [August 25, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15329 "2018-08-25T18:38:11Z")

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Well, I’ve lost five pounds already. These pills are really great, Jen. They kill your appetite. Only trouble is they pep me up so much I can’t sleep.

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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:** [August 26, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15330 "2018-08-26T17:48:48Z")

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A good cop can’t sleep because he’s missing a piece of the puzzle. And a bad cop can’t sleep because his conscience won’t let him.

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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:** [August 26, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15331 "2018-08-26T19:54:28Z")

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The case is closed, finished, over! Go to lunch! Go! Hey, go to lunch. Go to lunch! The case is closed.

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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:** [August 26, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15332 "2018-08-26T20:49:56Z")

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Forget it Jake. It’s Chinatown.

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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:** [August 27, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15333 "2018-08-27T00:44:21Z")

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Oh, great. You get the girl, I get the coroner.

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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:** [August 27, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15334 "2018-08-27T02:05:35Z")

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Whoever you are, you have to show I.D. if you’re gonna be in the morgue.

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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:** [August 27, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15335 "2018-08-27T02:23:37Z")

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Jim, you don’t ask the Almighty for His I.D.!

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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:** [August 27, 2018, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15336 "2018-08-27T12:18:46Z")

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If it pleases the court, and even if it doesn’t please the court, I’m God, Your Honor.

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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:** [August 27, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15337 "2018-08-27T17:06:38Z")

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YOU have meddled with the primal forces of nature, and YOU… WILL… ATONE! Am I getting through to you, Mr. Beale?

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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:** [August 27, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15338 "2018-08-27T18:04:56Z")

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Heal thyself, pimp shit!

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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:** [August 27, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15339 "2018-08-27T20:06:40Z")

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You walk out with those fuckin’ creeps and low-lifes and degenerates out on the streets and you sell your little pussy for peanuts? For some low-life pimp who stands in the hall? And I’m square?

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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:** [August 28, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15340 "2018-08-28T14:41:02Z")

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“P”, Political, “U”, Unrest, “S”, Stabilize, another “S”, Society, “Y”, Yeah.

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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:** [August 28, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15341 "2018-08-28T16:34:56Z")

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You know how children are, they’re very curious. He wanted to know why I had a tee-tee…

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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:** [August 28, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15342 "2018-08-28T17:50:35Z")

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Your balls are vibrating.

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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:** [August 28, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15343 "2018-08-28T20:30:04Z")

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Um, could I get a hit off of that orb?

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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:** [August 29, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15344 "2018-08-29T00:36:02Z")

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C’mon! Stop _trying_ to hit me, and hit me!

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