# 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:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17447 "2020-03-13T22:06:09Z")

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What’s that smell in this room? Didn’t you notice it, Brick? Didn’t you notice a powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room?.. There ain’t nothin’ more powerful than the odor of mendacity… You can smell it. It smells like death.

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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 14, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17448 "2020-03-14T11:57:49Z")

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The characteristic smell of bitter almonds!

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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, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17449 "2020-03-14T21:05:08Z")

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“I look like that? I look like that.”

“Now, now, don’t be bitter.”

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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:** [March 15, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17450 "2020-03-15T22:31:03Z")

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It’s like he bit her to make it burn.

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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 16, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17451 "2020-03-16T19:54:31Z")

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You were not bitten by a werewolf. You will not become a werewolf, any more than I will sprout wings and fly out of that window.

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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 19, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17452 "2020-03-19T15:06:21Z")

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Everything is unprecedented until it happens for the first time.

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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:** [March 20, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17453 "2020-03-20T02:08:34Z")

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“Nervous?”  
“Yes.”  
“First time?”  
" No, I’ve been nervous lots of times."

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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 20, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17454 "2020-03-20T13:31:44Z")

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High anxiety … it’s always the same;  
High anxiety … it’s you that I blame.  
It’s very clear to me I’ve got to give in.  
High anxiety: you win.

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17455 "2020-03-20T14:21:25Z")

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Do not worry. I’m not a man who’s affectionate in the morning hours.

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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 21, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17456 "2020-03-21T13:28:53Z")

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Hold your breath and lie down.

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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 21, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17457 "2020-03-21T16:18:27Z")

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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:** ![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 21, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17458 "2020-03-21T18:01:25Z")

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It was a typical wedding: enemies of the bride on the right, enemies of the groom on the left.

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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 21, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17459 "2020-03-21T20:45:08Z")

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“When Tropp come for me, she was in the middle of getting married. And they’re holding up the ‘love, honor and obey’ part until I get back.”

“You mean you walked out in the middle of the wedding?”

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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 23, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17460 "2020-03-23T20:12:19Z")

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“Who says a woman has to be married?”

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17461 "2020-03-24T01:29:32Z")

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You better get married soon. You’re starting to look… old!

…Yes! Get married, make babies! You look so… old!

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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 24, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17462 "2020-03-24T19:59:09Z")

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Bring honor to us all!

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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 24, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17463 "2020-03-24T21:08:15Z")

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Boromir, you have fought bravely. You have kept your honor.

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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 24, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17464 "2020-03-24T22:16:14Z")

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Die! Die! Die!

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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 24, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17465 "2020-03-24T22:27:27Z")

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When you hear the pellets drop, count to ten. Take a deep breath. It’s easier that way.

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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 25, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17466 "2020-03-25T21:31:48Z")

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You know what I sometimes wish? I sometimes wish I _were_… ordinary. Like you. Dead ordinary. Ordinary and _dead_ like all the others.

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