# 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:** [February 16, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16085 "2019-02-16T15:29:14Z")

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Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain’t heard nothing yet!

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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:** [February 16, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16086 "2019-02-16T21:20:21Z")

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The sustain, listen to 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:** [February 16, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16087 "2019-02-16T22:37:07Z")

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I can’t stop thinking about that audience tonight. You don’t know what it feels like, Mel, when they’re all applauding and yelling and whistling. They did whistle, didn’t they?

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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:** [February 17, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16088 "2019-02-17T14:49:39Z")

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“It’s a dangerous play you’re in.”

“It’s a great role.”

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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:** [February 17, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16089 "2019-02-17T16:33:37Z")

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You’re going out there a nobody, but you’re coming back a star!

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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:** [February 18, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16090 "2019-02-18T00:41:04Z")

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Parted friends… everyone already knows! Box office poison! Box office poison! Class! You’re… class… you’re… class… box office poison! Eighteen years in the business and we parted friends! Creative differences!

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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:** [February 18, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16091 "2019-02-18T14:08:47Z")

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Okay, listen up. This is where you went wrong.

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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:** [February 18, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16092 "2019-02-18T14:50:01Z")

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How do I get out of this chickenshit outfit?

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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:** [February 18, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16093 "2019-02-18T20:20:33Z")

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You want to leave? You want to go off and fight the war? All right. All right. I won’t stop you. I’ll even put in the paperwork. I just know that every man I kill the farther away from home I feel.

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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:** [February 18, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16094 "2019-02-18T22:02:51Z")

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This ain’t a goddamn field trip, people. This is a fuckin’ war!

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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:** [February 18, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16095 "2019-02-18T23:45:09Z")

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I always felt we tried to go a bridge too far.

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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:** [February 19, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16096 "2019-02-19T03:37:19Z")

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“Hey, Roger, what do you call the middle of a song?”  
“Gee, I don’t know-- A BRIIIIIIIIIIDGE!”

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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:** [February 19, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16097 "2019-02-19T11:59:20Z")

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Find the controls that extend the bridge.

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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:** [February 19, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16098 "2019-02-19T15:20:52Z")

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Go Go Gadgetmobile?

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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:** [February 19, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16099 "2019-02-19T16:40:03Z")

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The 1961 Ferrari 250GT California. Less than a hundred were made. My father spent three years restoring this car. It is his love, it is his passion.

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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:** [February 19, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16100 "2019-02-19T19:45:11Z")

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Right. Now pay attention, 007. First, your new car - BMW Agile 54 with gears. All points radar. Self destruct system. And, naturally, all the usual refinements. Now, this I’m particularly proud of - behind the headlights, stinger missiles!

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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:** [February 19, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16101 "2019-02-19T22:07:24Z")

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Where does he get those wonderful toys?

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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:** [February 20, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16102 "2019-02-20T05:55:40Z")

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I haven’t had this roll developed since our trip to Catalina. It sure was a long time ago.

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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:** [February 20, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16103 "2019-02-20T13:12:12Z")

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Atouk alounda Tala.

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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:** [February 20, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16104 "2019-02-20T16:36:01Z")

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Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!

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