# 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: [June 26, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16625 "2019-06-26T14:36:50Z")

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It’s only a flesh wound.

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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: [June 26, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16626 "2019-06-26T15:06:17Z")

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What’d you do? Run over your captains foot with the car?

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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: [June 26, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16627 "2019-06-26T16:09:55Z")

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I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.

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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: [June 26, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16628 "2019-06-26T16:11:51Z")

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Only drink when you’re all alone…or with somebody else.

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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: [June 26, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16629 "2019-06-26T16:48:08Z")

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I never drink … wine.

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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: [June 27, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16630 "2019-06-27T17:09:54Z")

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Put that coffee down! Coffee is for closers only.

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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: [June 27, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16631 "2019-06-27T17:29:24Z")

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Bill Reynolds : Just as she says, Laura. All you’re supposed to do is once in a while give the boys a little tea…  
Laura Reynolds : - tea and sympathy.

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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: [June 27, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16632 "2019-06-27T21:47:21Z")

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“…and our hearts go out in sympathy to the two families who share the cruel loss of a young girl who was married at this altar only two weeks 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: [June 28, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16633 "2019-06-28T16:54:04Z")

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All the things I can do, all those powers. And I couldn’t even save him.

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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: [June 28, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16634 "2019-06-28T20:07:54Z")

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I still want to make a difference, you know.

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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: [June 28, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16635 "2019-06-28T22:31:48Z")

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If I save one kid from getting butt-fucked, from having his ass totally reamed until it looks like the Lincoln Tunnel and he can’t stand up for three weeks, then maybe all of this is worth… something. Teachers everywhere have to learn that no means no… at least until we’ve dropped out.

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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: [June 29, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16636 "2019-06-29T12:25:18Z")

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Aloha, Mr. Hand.

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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: [June 29, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16637 "2019-06-29T13:47:56Z")

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They look like good strong hands, don’t they?

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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: [June 29, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16638 "2019-06-29T17:10:12Z")

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Some day you’ll learn that greatness is only the seizing of opportunity - clutching with your bare hands 'til the knuckles show white.

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### Author: ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16639 "2019-06-29T17:13:45Z")

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– So you’re a righty?  
— Yeah.  
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— Now you’re gonna have to learn with your left hand.

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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: [June 29, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16640 "2019-06-29T20:29:57Z")

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I wanna hold your hand.

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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: [June 29, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16641 "2019-06-29T20:31:43Z")

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Yeah, but you’re gonna be stupid for the rest of your life.

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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: [June 29, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16642 "2019-06-29T23:58:15Z")

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I was wondering why the people who would never dream of laughing at a blind or a crippled man would laugh at a moron?

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### Author: ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16643 "2019-06-30T00:15:22Z")

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nm

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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: [June 30, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16644 "2019-06-30T20:50:07Z")

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“Don’t laugh at me.”

“How could I laugh at anybody so sincere, so kind?”

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