# 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:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15785 "2018-12-07T12:34:39Z")

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I won’t ask you to do anything I haven’t done myself.

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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:** [December 7, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15786 "2018-12-07T13:03:21Z")

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I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain… Time to die.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15787 "2018-12-07T18:16:33Z")

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We thought you was a toad!

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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:** [December 7, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15788 "2018-12-07T20:17:20Z")

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I got better.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15789 "2018-12-07T21:07:31Z")

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Sometimes … dead is better.

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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:** [December 8, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15790 "2018-12-08T00:13:18Z")

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Sir! He’s dead already!

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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:** [December 8, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15791 "2018-12-08T00:19:02Z")

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The dead know only one thing. It is better to be alive.

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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:** [December 8, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15792 "2018-12-08T05:44:38Z")

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Bring me the passengers! I want them alive!

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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:** [December 8, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15793 "2018-12-08T12:15:17Z")

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These are lost drunken men who don’t know where they are, but do care! And these are men who know where they are and care, but don’t drink.

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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:** [December 8, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15794 "2018-12-08T15:48:25Z")

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Sure, the lucky ones who can take it or leave it. But, then there are ones who can’t take it and can’t leave it either.

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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:** [December 8, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15795 "2018-12-08T23:46:00Z")

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No, take it! I don’t need it!

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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:** [December 9, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15796 "2018-12-09T14:08:52Z")

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My preciousss! We wants 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:** [December 9, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15797 "2018-12-09T20:09:00Z")

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“My brother is a silly watch dog.”  
“My sister is a precious jewel.”  
“What am I? Cut glass?”

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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:** [December 9, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15798 "2018-12-09T22:35:30Z")

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Curious… how everyone who touches those diamonds seems to die.

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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:** [December 10, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15799 "2018-12-10T01:23:45Z")

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I’m talking to a dead man, if you don’t step back like I said.

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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:** [December 10, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15800 "2018-12-10T11:32:59Z")

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Unless Acme’s will shows up by midnight tonight, Toontown’s gonna be land for the free… _BANG! BANG!_

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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:** [December 10, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15801 "2018-12-10T14:25:58Z")

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Okay, okay, which one of you maroons has ever played basketball?

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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:** [December 10, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15802 "2018-12-10T23:04:11Z")

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Why, you’re Daisy Dimple, the world’s greatest woman basketball player!

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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:** [December 10, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15803 "2018-12-10T23:18:37Z")

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Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true,  
[slurring] I’m have cra-zy, all for the love of you…

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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:** [December 11, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15804 "2018-12-11T16:26:03Z")

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We’ll tell my family about our engagement when I want and how I want. Now, ask me nicely.

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