# Speak to me only in Movie Quotes **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 796
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15905 "2019-01-01T23:59:41Z")
So you’ve been off filling the children’s heads with stuff and nonsense? ---
**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15906 "2019-01-02T06:50:45Z")
Of course not. It’s a real fine collection of stuffed animals. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15907 "2019-01-02T13:36:07Z")
She’s a stuffed animal, Emma! Now you’ve got to stop it with this “Mimzy” stuff. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15908 "2019-01-02T19:34:35Z")
“Mama, he can talk!” “Of _course_ he can talk.” ---
**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:** [January 3, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15909 "2019-01-03T00:19:02Z")
I have made myself articulate and understood to people in many parts of the world, and this is something we all wish to do whether we’re crippled or not. Yet, like everyone else, I am acutely conscious sometimes of my own isolation, even in the midst of people. And I often give up hope of ever being able to really communicate with them. It is not only the sort of isolation that every writer or artist must experience in the creative mood if he is to create anything at all. ---
**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15910 "2019-01-03T04:08:36Z")
You’re a good writer, Skeeter. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15911 "2019-01-03T21:45:03Z")
There’s always a speech. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15912 "2019-01-04T03:21:18Z")
Why is there always _someone_ who brings eggs and tomatoes to a speech? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15913 "2019-01-04T16:10:00Z")
“I didn’t come here to be insulted!” “That’s what you think!” ---
**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:** [January 4, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15914 "2019-01-04T16:43:04Z")
Shoo, fly, don’t bother me. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15915 "2019-01-04T21:39:15Z")
I drink your milkshake. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15916 "2019-01-04T22:04:53Z")
Hey, yo, Florence, could I have some french fries with gravy, please. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15917 "2019-01-05T16:41:02Z")
Did you assign Miss Nightingale to this hospital? ---
**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15918 "2019-01-05T19:04:40Z")
Are you crazy, you little son of a bitch?! ---
**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:** [January 5, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15919 "2019-01-05T19:40:59Z")
Why… so… serious? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15920 "2019-01-06T14:32:50Z")
The Octopus always finds his nemesis so distracting. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15921 "2019-01-06T21:28:40Z")
Dude… you’re _not_ my nemesis. My nemesis… is Captain Hammer. Captain Hammer, corporate tool, who dislocated my shoulder… again… last week. Look, I’m just trying to change the world here! I don’t have time for a grudge match with every poser in a parka! ---
**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:** [January 7, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15922 "2019-01-07T15:17:40Z")
“Hammer! Hammer!” “Yeah, we can tell you’re hammered.” ---
**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:** [January 7, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15923 "2019-01-07T17:18:09Z")
Are you Thor, the god of hammers? ---
**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:** [January 7, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15924 "2019-01-07T20:56:11Z")
Well, I was Ramon, twenty years ago, when father decided it wasn’t quite masculine enough, so he shipped me off to sea in a British frigate. They say the navy makes men. Well, I’m living proof they made me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=795) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=797)