# 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\
**Page:** 94

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1862 "2012-10-03T14:32:24Z")

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I’ll drive this truck off a cliff before I ever go back to Berlin!

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1863 "2012-10-03T14:38:30Z")

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My name is Bob Bookman, sir, and I hate truckers.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1864 "2012-10-03T14:46:17Z")

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Madam, just because I drive a truck does not make me a truck driver.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1865 "2012-10-03T14:47:57Z")

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Hey, until you get a little better control over that machinery, I’d suggest you lay off them acrobatics.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1866 "2012-10-03T15:04:32Z")

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Why do you think I always want a two-act? One swings, and the other catches, and nobody comes between them!

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1867 "2012-10-03T15:07:41Z")

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And the hits just keep on coming.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1868 "2012-10-03T15:18:51Z")

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Hey, we’re back! That last two seconds of silence was Marcel Marceau’s newest hit single, “Walking In The Wind.”

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1869 "2012-10-03T15:24:08Z")

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Dude, what does a mime look like when he’s having sex anyway?

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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 3, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1870 "2012-10-03T15:29:22Z")

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When they finally pulled his body from the twisted, burning wreck, it looked like THIS!

_crazy evil face that gave me nightmares as a kid, much to my sister’s amusement_

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1871 "2012-10-03T16:20:45Z")

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I want you to use all your powers, and all your skills. I don’t want his mother to see him this way. Look how they massacred my boy…

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1872 "2012-10-03T16:22:08Z")

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Hey, Stan, you’re in Ala-fuckin’-bama. You come from New York. You killed a good ol’ boy. There is no way this is not going to trial!

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1873 "2012-10-03T18:16:30Z")

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You keep coming in with these bright sayings. Why don’t you send 'em into a paper - they pay three dollars apiece.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1874 "2012-10-03T19:04:41Z")

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What are we, girlfriends? Do I give a shit about this? No.

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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 3, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1875 "2012-10-03T19:36:06Z")

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I want us to be friends, Faye. I really do. And we all know that friends don’t hit each other… unless they have to.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1876 "2012-10-03T19:50:18Z")

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If you ask me nicely enough, I just might.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1877 "2012-10-03T21:18:27Z")

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See, you think you’re being nice, but it’s really just self-destructive.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1878 "2012-10-03T21:30:25Z")

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Nice guy? I don’t give a shit. Good father? Fuck you! Go home and play with your kids.

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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 4, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1879 "2012-10-04T03:07:57Z")

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You know what it takes to sell real estate? It takes _brass balls_ to sell real estate. Go and do likewise, gentlemen.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1880 "2012-10-04T03:19:58Z")

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You got leads. Mitch & Murray paid good money. Get their names to sell them. You can’t close the leads you’re given, you can’t close shit, _you are_ shit, hit the bricks pal, and beat it, 'cause you are going _out_.

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/1881 "2012-10-04T03:28:53Z")

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Dammit, are you boys gonna chase down your leads or are you gonna sit drinkin’ coffee in the one house in the state where I know my boy ain’t at?

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