# 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:** [October 24, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17045 "2019-10-24T13:04:17Z")

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“So Earth has wizards now, huh?”  
“Tea?”  
“I don’t drink tea.”  
“What do you drink?”  
“Not tea.”

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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:** [October 24, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17046 "2019-10-24T15:18:53Z")

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What I will need from you now is a commitment.

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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:** [October 24, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17047 "2019-10-24T17:01:20Z")

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Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because we’re scared, all we’re left with is an excuse. We’re always gonna wonder. But, we go out there and we give it absolutely everything… that’s heroic. Let’s be heroes!

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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:** [October 24, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17048 "2019-10-24T17:11:32Z")

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So, what’s the name of this team? How about the Super Squad?

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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:** [October 24, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17049 "2019-10-24T23:29:53Z")

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Funny name, huh?

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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:** [October 24, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17050 "2019-10-24T23:48:44Z")

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Do your friend a favor. Tell him to keep quiet.

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17051 "2019-10-25T00:01:47Z")

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Shut the fuck up, Donny!

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17052 "2019-10-25T09:41:55Z")

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Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you-- you’re cool-- fuck you, I’m 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:** [October 25, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17053 "2019-10-25T13:26:16Z")

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How very interesting. You’re a true vulgarian, aren’t you?

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17054 "2019-10-25T13:41:32Z")

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That’s what the Internet is for: slandering others anonymously.

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17055 "2019-10-25T20:57:56Z")

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How does that get to be fair?

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17056 "2019-10-25T23:00:44Z")

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Hell, I’ll kill a man in a fair fight, or if I think he’s gonna start a fair fight, or if he bothers me, or if there’s a woman, or if I’m gettin paid; mostly only when I’m getting paid

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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:** [October 26, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17057 "2019-10-26T00:57:03Z")

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I didn’t know you were the Sundance Kid when I said you were cheating. If I draw on you, you’ll kill me.

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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:** [October 26, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17058 "2019-10-26T17:11:56Z")

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My God, she’s throwing it in the can, I’ll kill her!

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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:** [October 27, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17059 "2019-10-27T22:57:10Z")

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I’m going to introduce you to agonies undreamed of.

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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:** [October 28, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17060 "2019-10-28T01:06:52Z")

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First they tore my arms off and they threw them over here, and then they tore my chest out and they threw it over there…

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17061 "2019-10-28T04:14:29Z")

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But, some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don’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:** [October 28, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17062 "2019-10-28T23:06:59Z")

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Gossip and news _are_ the same thing, they’ve always been the same thing. People tell stories, that’s what makes us human.

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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:** [October 29, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17063 "2019-10-29T14:43:56Z")

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Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far 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:** [October 29, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17064 "2019-10-29T16:08:27Z")

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Joan, you’ve got to understand it’s a public company, for Chrissakes. This isn’t Hollywood where someone takes care of things with a phone call, this is the REAL world.

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