# 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:** 802
**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:** [February 4, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16025 "2019-02-04T23:34:26Z")
We have a home here. We think it’s something worth defending. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16026 "2019-02-05T01:02:23Z")
You fuckin’ people… you have no idea how to defend a nation. ---
**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16027 "2019-02-05T01:54:30Z")
Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16028 "2019-02-05T02:59:17Z")
Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, sir, I’ve come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16029 "2019-02-05T11:53:27Z")
Now it’s up to you, Charlie, but you might consider cuttin’ the kid a little slack. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16030 "2019-02-05T19:56:15Z")
I’m disappointed in you, doctors. You’re not very smart. You’re not even as smart as a mouse. Because he knows. Algernon showed me. The answer to the question, ‘Charly Gordon’ is: Charly Gordon is a fellow who will very shortly be what he used to be. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16031 "2019-02-05T20:11:39Z")
We was always taking long walks, and we was always looking for a guy named “Charlie”. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16032 "2019-02-05T21:22:50Z")
Charlie don’t surf. ---
**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16033 "2019-02-06T06:01:26Z")
Surfing a tsunami of swagger right now. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16034 "2019-02-06T11:58:21Z")
_Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk_ ---
**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:** [February 6, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16035 "2019-02-06T18:35:15Z")
I’m gonna pick me a choice woman and I’m gonna smother her in minks and choke her with diamonds. Boy, I’m gonna be happy. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16036 "2019-02-06T19:03:57Z")
I am not putting the knock on dolls. It’s just that they are something to have around only when they come in handy… like cough drops. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16037 "2019-02-06T20:00:43Z")
And you, Lyon, you’d better watch it. Oh, sure, everything’s rosy now. You skip from one thing to another - from one dame to another. But watch it, my friend. Find yourself a good girl. Have kids. Or, one day you’ll wind up alone, like me, and wonder what the hell happened. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16038 "2019-02-06T22:38:54Z")
Everything’s coming up roses! ---
**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:** [February 6, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16039 "2019-02-06T23:50:24Z")
I think… I think I’m gonna puke! Aw, don’t do that, son. I mean all those people down there looking up? The fire chief looking up, his face? ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16040 "2019-02-07T15:53:14Z")
Want a breath mint? ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16041 "2019-02-07T22:24:26Z")
I want a party with roomfuls of laughter. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16042 "2019-02-07T22:26:51Z")
Get used to disappointment. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16043 "2019-02-07T23:26:25Z")
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can’t take quiet desperation! ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16044 "2019-02-08T03:03:32Z")
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