# 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:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17587 "2020-05-31T12:43:47Z")

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First time?

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17588 "2020-05-31T16:04:34Z")

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Second verse, same as the first.

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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 31, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17589 "2020-05-31T19:33:22Z")

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We all live in a Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine…

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17590 "2020-05-31T21:53:11Z")

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“He was a big, ugly, slick-haired yeller dog”

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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 1, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17591 "2020-06-01T01:45:45Z")

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Nobody here cried when Old Yeller died?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17592 "2020-06-01T19:00:00Z")

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I will not say “Do not weep”, for not all tears are an evil.

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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:** [June 1, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17593 "2020-06-01T20:21:23Z")

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No more words. Here’s my price: fifteen hundred for your sacrifice.

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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 1, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17594 "2020-06-01T21:21:22Z")

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if you’re not making money hand over fist, something’s terribly wrong.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17595 "2020-06-02T07:06:09Z")

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“Show me the Money!”

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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 2, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17596 "2020-06-02T14:13:17Z")

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You needn’t worry about your reward. If money is all that you love, then that’s what you’ll receive.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17597 "2020-06-02T18:01:46Z")

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“Love means never having to say you’re sorry”

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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 2, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17598 "2020-06-02T23:55:14Z")

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That’s the stupidest thing I ever heard.

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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 3, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17599 "2020-06-03T18:17:22Z")

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Now, Oliver, either you cut out these fat-headed monkey shines of yours and let by-gones be by-gones, or I’m walking out of this fish trap right here and now.

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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 4, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17600 "2020-06-04T13:08:35Z")

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It’s me own fault, Swee’Pea’s been kidnapped. Olive’s was right. Even an orphan needs a mutter and a father. If I was gonna be Swee’Pea’s mutter, I should’ve at least let Olive be his father. Or viska versa. I ain’t man enough to his mutter.

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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 5, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17601 "2020-06-05T18:40:28Z")

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I used to wish so hard for my parents to be alive again, but you can’t make something happen just by wishing for it.

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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 5, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17602 "2020-06-05T22:28:19Z")

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Your mother’s name was Martha?

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17603 "2020-06-06T07:39:35Z")

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“How? How could you humiliate me so?  
I’m ashamed to be your Mother.”

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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:** [June 6, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17604 "2020-06-06T10:59:55Z")

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Mother, do you think they’ll drop the bomb?  
Mother, do you think they’ll like this song?  
Mother, do you think they’ll try to break my balls?

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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 6, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17605 "2020-06-06T23:04:29Z")

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Believe me, a tune without a lyric is a mighty lonesome thing.

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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 8, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17606 "2020-06-08T18:18:51Z")

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I wouldn’t write that song with you if you begged me.

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