# 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: [July 19, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16685 "2019-07-19T16:16:19Z")

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Run away! Run away!

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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: [July 19, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16686 "2019-07-19T16:21:08Z")

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I’m afraid I’m going to have to be the one to break the news to you, Taffy. I’ve thrown Gater out and started divorce proceedings. I don’t want to seem overly bitter, but I’d appreciate it if you would destroy all of his belongings.

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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: [July 19, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16687 "2019-07-19T19:06:50Z")

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1970 Pontiac Firebird. The car I’ve always wanted and now I have it. _I rule!_

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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: [July 20, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16688 "2019-07-20T15:14:17Z")

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Is that you in that beautiful car? Geez, what a waste of machinery!

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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: [July 20, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16689 "2019-07-20T19:14:26Z")

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Oh, you pretty Chitty Bang Bang! Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang, we love you!

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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: [July 21, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16690 "2019-07-21T01:52:47Z")

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That rotten car is driving me piffy!

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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: [July 21, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16691 "2019-07-21T20:58:08Z")

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Well, a Ferrari would certainly change that.

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### Author: ![Taesahnim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taesahnim/32/84_2.png) [@Taesahnim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taesahnim)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16692 "2019-07-21T22:30:24Z")

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You’re gonna build a car to beat Ferrari with… a Ford.

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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: [July 22, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16693 "2019-07-22T16:01:29Z")

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Isn’t that the idea? To build a better mouse trap?

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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: [July 22, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16694 "2019-07-22T23:28:14Z")

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Well, I just got tired of you stealing my ideas, Wilson.

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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: [July 23, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16695 "2019-07-23T21:26:16Z")

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I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Wilson, Wilson, I’m sorry.

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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: [July 23, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16696 "2019-07-23T21:44:53Z")

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Woodrow, that’s the last straw! You’ve got to do something about it. They’ve no right to say such things about you, even to win an election.

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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: [July 23, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16697 "2019-07-23T22:38:42Z")

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When I win the Presidency, we’re gonna be spending a lot of time together… Lots and lots and lots of time. President and advisor. Harmonious and productive. Close and special. You and I.

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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: [July 24, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16698 "2019-07-24T02:09:35Z")

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I have had a vision that I am going to be President of the United States someday. And nobody, and I mean nobody is going to stop me!

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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: [July 24, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16699 "2019-07-24T20:50:16Z")

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“Still no word from Vision?”

“Satellites lost him somewhere over Edinburgh.”

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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: [July 24, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16700 "2019-07-24T23:56:14Z")

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I lost control? Look at you, you’re fucking walking around like John Barrymore! A fucking pink robe and a fucking cigarette holder? I lost control?

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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: [July 25, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16701 "2019-07-25T11:22:10Z")

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His pulse never got above 85, even when he ate her tongue.

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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: [July 25, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16702 "2019-07-25T13:26:31Z")

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I tell you what, kids, it’s, uh, odd thing here. Your wrist, uh, far as I can tell, is, uh, fractured in three places. Uh, and you’ve shattered, uh, two vertebrae, though I can’t be certain without an X-ray… The bone protrusion through the skin - that’s not a good sign. You’re body temperature is below 80, and your, your, your heart’s stopped beating.

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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: [July 25, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16703 "2019-07-25T21:47:08Z")

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“Tell the attending he’s got a puncture in the epigastric area.”

“How the hell could he tell that by looking at his face?”

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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: [July 25, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16704 "2019-07-25T23:12:16Z")

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Shut up! A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still a hooker.

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