# 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:** ![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:** [November 19, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15705 "2018-11-19T00:40:40Z")

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You might as well quit if you haven’t got It.

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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:** [November 19, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15706 "2018-11-19T01:35:39Z")

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No, nothing I ever do is good enough. Not beautiful enough, it’s not funny enough, it’s not deep enough, it’s not anything enough. Now, when I see a rose, that’s perfect. I mean, that’s perfect. I want to look up to God and say, “How the hell did you do that? And why the hell can’t I do that?”

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**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15707 "2018-11-19T13:17:59Z")

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I’m sorry, you’re just not good enough.

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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:** [November 19, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15708 "2018-11-19T13:37:27Z")

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Next time, Jack, write a goddamn memo.

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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:** [November 19, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15709 "2018-11-19T15:32:18Z")

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Miss Teschmacher, how many girls do you know who have a Park Avenue address like this one?

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**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15710 "2018-11-19T19:33:59Z")

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From the rowhouses of Astoria to the penthouses on Park Avenue.

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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:** [November 19, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15711 "2018-11-19T20:07:03Z")

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Snobbery is looked down upon.

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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:** [November 19, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15712 "2018-11-19T20:23:29Z")

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I would rather be here with you than anywhere else in the world. You, all of you here and everywhere, gave me this award tonight. And I accept it from you and only you. I love all of you. Now please forgive me, good night.

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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:** [November 19, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15713 "2018-11-19T20:26:15Z")

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I would rather be with the people of this town than with the finest people in the world.

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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:** [November 20, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15714 "2018-11-20T16:23:11Z")

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Sometimes you have to be apart from the people you love, but that doesn’t make you love them any less. Sometimes it makes you love them more.

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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:** [November 22, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15715 "2018-11-22T22:35:10Z")

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Yeah, when i was reading it just made me think about the fact when i was working in NY, my husband was in LA, so he was driving across country. So, on the way over he would take all these pictures of himself and the dog at varies places. So, I sent photos of me and we got all them together and they were all the moment and time being separate, but yet we were together on these photographs.

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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:** [November 23, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15716 "2018-11-23T18:56:15Z")

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Come back to me.

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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:** [November 23, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15717 "2018-11-23T19:48:08Z")

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You come down here right now! Get down here and talk to me, goddamn it! Don’t fucking ignore me, you motherfucker! I mean it! You come down here right now! Get down here and talk to me, goddamn it! Fuck you! Goddamn you, come out here! I’m gonna drive your fucking car through the living room! You fucking coward! You motherfucker, you! Come out here and talk to me, you fucker!

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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:** [November 23, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15718 "2018-11-23T22:10:16Z")

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It’s becoming ridiculous the way you grab attention.

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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:** [November 23, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15719 "2018-11-23T22:16:10Z")

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“Man, you are a CAT-astrophe.”

“And you are re-DONK-ulous.”

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**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15720 "2018-11-24T00:42:58Z")

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You could choke a dozen donkeys on that.

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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:** [November 24, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15721 "2018-11-24T14:16:36Z")

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You still look like an ass to me.

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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:** [November 24, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15722 "2018-11-24T16:17:42Z")

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When I want your opinion, I’ll give it 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:** [November 24, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15723 "2018-11-24T21:00:05Z")

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But to get respect you have to give it.

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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:** [November 24, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15724 "2018-11-24T22:21:49Z")

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I’m gonna give you 'til the count of ten to get your ugly, lying, no-good keister off my property, before I pump your guts full of lead!

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