# 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: [March 10, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16185 "2019-03-10T04:12:15Z")

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But doctor…I am Pagliacci.

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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: [March 10, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16186 "2019-03-10T20:27:28Z")

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I’m only laughing on the outside / My smile is just skin deep / If you could see inside I’m really crying / You might join me for a weep.

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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: [March 10, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16187 "2019-03-10T21:05:10Z")

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Is this clown bothering you, Mel?  
(Yes, I cheated)

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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: [March 10, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16188 "2019-03-10T23:33:15Z")

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“Clowns are funny people, they only love once.”

“All men aren’t that way, even if they act like clowns.”

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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: [March 11, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16189 "2019-03-11T00:46:57Z")

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What’s the matter, kid? Don’t ya like clowns?

No…

Why? Don’t we make ya laugh? Aren’t we fuckin’ funny? You best come up with an answer, cos I’m gonna come back here and check on you and your momma and if you ain’t got a reason why you hate clowns, I’m gonna kill your whole fucking family.

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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: [March 11, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16190 "2019-03-11T13:47:56Z")

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We at the FBI do not have a sense of humor we are aware of.

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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: [March 11, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16191 "2019-03-11T18:38:47Z")

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Webster’s International Dictionary defines murder as the unlawful taking of human life by another human being. On a November evening in 1955 the definition became obsolete. A mass murder was being planned.

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### Author: ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16192 "2019-03-12T01:55:50Z")

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“We all end up dead, it’s just a question of how and why.”

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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: [March 12, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16193 "2019-03-12T13:41:28Z")

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You never know, lightning could strike.

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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: [March 13, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16194 "2019-03-13T01:54:13Z")

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Oxygen gets you high. In a catastrophic emergency, you’re taking giant panicked breaths. Suddenly you become euphoric, docile. You accept your fate. It’s all right here. Emergency water landing - 600 miles an hour. Blank faces, calm as Hindu cows.

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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: [March 13, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16195 "2019-03-13T11:07:39Z")

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Dont cry baby. Knew this was one way ticket, but you know I had to come. Love you wife.

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### Author: ![Jamiedarke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16196 "2019-03-13T11:34:22Z")

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“Let’s get some of that Saturday night beaver.”

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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: [March 13, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16197 "2019-03-13T15:28:22Z")

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He’s a beaver, he shouldn’t be saying anything!

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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: [March 13, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16198 "2019-03-13T16:14:19Z")

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Yes, words are useless! Gobble, gobble, gobble…too much, darling, too much! That is why I show you my work, that is why you are HERE!

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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: [March 13, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16199 "2019-03-13T21:07:26Z")

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I think you don’t realize how hard I worked to get people interested in your work.

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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: [March 14, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16200 "2019-03-14T15:41:53Z")

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Let me give you a piece of advice, junior: your music make sense to no one… but yourself.

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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: [March 14, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16201 "2019-03-14T22:03:38Z")

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It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer. The listener has no choice. It is like hypnotism.

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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: [March 15, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16202 "2019-03-15T14:13:22Z")

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Now, sink into the floor.

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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: [March 15, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16203 "2019-03-15T17:56:08Z")

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I’m melting, melting! Who would have thought a little brat like you could destroy such beautiful wickedness.

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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: [March 15, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16204 "2019-03-15T19:13:27Z")

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Look, it’s been swell, but the swelling’s gone down.

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