# 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:** ![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:** [October 3, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15525 "2018-10-03T14:24:20Z")

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My interest is energy - transference of energy.

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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:** [October 3, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15526 "2018-10-03T22:07:28Z")

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It has nothing to do with Satan, Mama. It’s me. Me. If I concentrate hard enough, I can move things.

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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:** [October 3, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15527 "2018-10-03T22:13:52Z")

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Whenever Rogue touches someone, she takes their energy: their life force. In the case of mutants, she absorbs their gifts for a short while; in your case your ability to heal.

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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:** [October 3, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15528 "2018-10-03T23:20:54Z")

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He needs Elvish medicine now.

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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:** [October 4, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15529 "2018-10-04T03:25:56Z")

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What the fuck are you? A drug counsellor… or a drug dealer? If you don’t deal your own product, what kind of businessman are 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:** [October 4, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15530 "2018-10-04T12:59:06Z")

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We’re on a mission from God.

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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:** [October 4, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15531 "2018-10-04T15:09:00Z")

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If He’s gonna test us, why doesn’t He give us a written?

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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:** [October 4, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15532 "2018-10-04T16:31:44Z")

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You take these answers and give them to Reverend Big Mouth and you say that God says he’s a phony. And also tell him, if he wants to get rich, fine, tell him to sell earth shoes. But, personally, tell him, I’d like him to shut up.

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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:** [October 4, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15533 "2018-10-04T21:26:18Z")

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Shoes like these should not be locked in a closet!

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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:** [October 4, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15534 "2018-10-04T23:40:24Z")

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The shoes are _tragic!_

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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:** [October 4, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15535 "2018-10-04T23:50:40Z")

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Then close your eyes, and tap your heels together three times.

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15536 "2018-10-05T00:45:44Z")

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Four shalt thou not count, nor shalt thou count two, unless thou immediately proceedest to three. Five is right out.

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15537 "2018-10-05T01:13:23Z")

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Them clothes got laundry numbers on them. You remember your number and always wear the ones that has your number. Any man forgets his number spends a night in the box.

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15538 "2018-10-05T14:26:18Z")

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I’m uh, investigating a laundry folding machine with a bad case of demon possession.

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15539 "2018-10-05T17:20:49Z")

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What we generally do - in this country… is one guy brings the items and the other guy pays him. No tickee, no laundry!

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15540 "2018-10-05T17:25:01Z")

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In the absence of light, darkness prevails. There are things that go bump in the night, Agent Myers. Make no mistake about that. And we are the ones who bump back.

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15541 "2018-10-05T22:42:22Z")

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We’re “them.” We’re “they.” We are the Men in Black.

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15542 "2018-10-05T22:46:05Z")

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The Shadow knows.

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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:** [October 6, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15543 "2018-10-06T01:07:48Z")

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> [@Typo\_Negative](#):
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> In the absence of light, darkness prevails. There are things that go bump in the night, Agent Myers. Make no mistake about that. And we are the ones who bump back.

[track?]

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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:** [October 6, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15544 "2018-10-06T02:47:07Z")

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^ If you’re asking which movie it’s from–Hellboy.

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