# 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:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17547 "2020-04-30T14:58:08Z")

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“Nobody owes nobody nothing.”

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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:** [April 30, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17548 "2020-04-30T15:17:44Z")

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I never thought I’d say this again. _I am getting the pig_!

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17549 "2020-05-01T05:14:37Z")

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“You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm. They will go through a body that weighs 200 pounds in about eight minutes. That means that a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute. Hence the expression, ‘as greedy as a pig’.”

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [May 1, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17550 "2020-05-01T14:17:53Z")

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I only distribute pigs to early risers, and Fern was up at daylight trying to rid the world of injustice.

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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:** [May 5, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17551 "2020-05-05T12:59:04Z")

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New orders, boys. You’re going to FernGully. And I want you there by morning.

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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:** [May 5, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17552 "2020-05-05T14:23:54Z")

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I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn’t find one of ’em, not one stinkin’ dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like victory.

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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:** [May 7, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17553 "2020-05-07T17:33:44Z")

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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:** [May 7, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17554 "2020-05-07T23:11:33Z")

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Oh, him? Name’s Kelly. Used to be a lieutenant. Pretty good one, too. Till they gave orders to attack the wrong hill. Wiped out half a company of GI’s. Somebody had to take the blame and he got picked.

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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:** [May 7, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17555 "2020-05-07T23:25:03Z")

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The Japanese have a saying, “Fix the problem, not the blame”. Find out what’s fucked up and fix it. Nobody gets blamed. We’re always after who fucked up. Their way is better.

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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:** [May 8, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17556 "2020-05-08T13:14:48Z")

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You ever talk that way to my kid again… I’m knockin’ you out!

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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:** [May 11, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17557 "2020-05-11T20:20:15Z")

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Life hits you with all these cheap shots.

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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:** [May 12, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17558 "2020-05-12T00:54:44Z")

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You’re a goalie, you’re supposed to be like that.

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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:** [May 15, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17559 "2020-05-15T19:59:47Z")

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I’m here to do whatever they need me to do. You know, if they need me to bleed, then I’ll bleed for my team.

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**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17560 "2020-05-15T21:20:40Z")

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I ain’t got time to bleed.

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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:** [May 16, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17561 "2020-05-16T20:27:02Z")

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I’m too busy to work.

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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:** [May 18, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17562 "2020-05-18T15:39:07Z")

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Nobody is losing their jobs!

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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:** [May 19, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17563 "2020-05-19T17:36:18Z")

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Five minutes, my office. If it’s six, keep walking.

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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:** [May 19, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17564 "2020-05-19T21:33:06Z")

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Why do I have to walk 1000 miles?

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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:** [May 21, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17565 "2020-05-21T01:19:00Z")

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To get to the other side!

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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:** [May 21, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17566 "2020-05-21T16:33:14Z")

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See you on the other side, Coop

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