# 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:** ![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, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16105 "2019-02-20T17:23:17Z")

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_English, motherfucker! Do you speak 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 20, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16106 "2019-02-20T18:08:20Z")

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Yes, you know words: tee-tee, tinkle, po-po, wee-wee, kee-kee, poo-poo.

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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, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16107 "2019-02-20T20:13:45Z")

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“Oh, Kermie, whisper sweet nothings into my ear.”  
“Motorcycle cop.”  
“‘Motorcycle cop’ is a sweet nothing?”  
“A motorcycle cop is chasing us.”

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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 20, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16108 "2019-02-20T20:21:54Z")

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I wouldn’t sell my bike for all the money in the world. Not for 100 billion-million-TRILLION dollars!

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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 20, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16109 "2019-02-20T21:05:47Z")

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Fixed gear, steel frame, no brakes. The bike cannot coast. The pedals never stop turning. Can’t stop. Don’t want to either.

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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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16110 "2019-02-20T21:33:06Z")

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Well don’t you worry, honey. If they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land 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:** [February 21, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16111 "2019-02-21T00:01:42Z")

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Rumack: Can you fly this plane and land it?  
Ted Striker: Surely you can’t be serious.  
Rumack: I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley.

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**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 21, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16112 "2019-02-21T00:48:04Z")

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Emergency Transmission. Observation Craft Destroyed. Environment Hostile. Completed Symbiotic Transformation. Rendezvous Third Day Landing Area One.

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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 21, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16113 "2019-02-21T01:33:46Z")

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Perhaps, on your way home, someone will pass you in the dark, and you will never know it… for they will be from outer space.

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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 21, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16114 "2019-02-21T02:00:12Z")

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I’m from Iowa. I only work in outer space.

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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 21, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16115 "2019-02-21T02:52:55Z")

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France. We are from France.

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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 21, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16116 "2019-02-21T03:41:32Z")

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Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

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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 21, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16117 "2019-02-21T06:01:20Z")

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"Wait, you’re the king? And you never told us  
“Look, I’m still the same old guy.”  
“But with power!”

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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 21, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16118 "2019-02-21T12:29:21Z")

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Your Majesty, may I present the Sovereign King Mulamboa of Zambei.

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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 21, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16119 "2019-02-21T23:25:51Z")

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And what, in the opinion of Your Highness, is the outlook for friendship among nations?

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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 22, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16120 "2019-02-22T00:36:19Z")

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Listen up! I’m not going to go down as the President who was in office when the world came to an end, so somebody think of something, and think of it fast!

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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 22, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16121 "2019-02-22T02:15:41Z")

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I want the people to know that they still have two out of three branches of the government working for them, and that ain’t bad.

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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 22, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16122 "2019-02-22T13:26:52Z")

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It is with great reluctance that I have agreed to this calling. I love democracy. I love the Republic. Once this crisis has abated, I will lay down the powers you have given me!

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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 22, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16123 "2019-02-22T18:09:49Z")

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You ain’t no Presidential appointee, Elliott. One that hired you is me. You got thirty days.

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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 22, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16124 "2019-02-22T20:20:53Z")

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Come on, Elliott! Go, go, go!

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