Alien (1979) · 35 quotes
7th most-quoted character in Alien (1979): in 6 of its 35 quotes
Most scenes with: Ripley (4), Parker (3), Ash (2)
Oh, God! It's moving right towards you! Move! Get out of there!
This is the worst shit I've ever seen, man.
What you say? You got any biscuits over there?
Here's some cornbread.
Cornbread. Yeah.
Lambert I am cold.
Still with us, Brett?
Right.
Oh, I feel dead.
Anybody ever tell you you look dead, man?
Lambert I can't see a goddamn thing.
Quit griping.
Lambert I like griping.
Ok Ripley, we're clean let us in.
What happened to Kane?
Something's attached itself to him, we have to get him to the infirmary right away.
What kind of thing, I need a clear definition.
An organism, open the hatch!
Wait a minute, we let it in the ship could be infected. You know the quarantine procedures, 24 hours for decontamination.
He could die in 24 hours! Open the hatch.
Listen to me, if we break quarantine we could all die.
Lambert Look! Would you open the goddamn hatch, we have to get him inside!
No - and if you were in my position you'd do the same.
Ripley this is an order, you open that hatch right now you hear me?
... Yes.
Ripley, that was an order! Do you hear me?!
... Yes, I read you. The answer is negative.
Inner hatch opened.
Ash, can you hear me? Ash?
Yes, I can hear you.
What was your special order?
You read it. I thought it was clear.
What was it?
Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded.
The damn company. What about our lives, you son of a bitch?!
I repeat, all other priorities are rescinded.
How do we kill it Ash? There got to be a way of killing it, how - HOW do we do it?
You can't.
That's bullshit.
You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.
Lambert ... You admire it.
... I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.
Look, I am, I've heard enough of this, and I'm asking you to pull the plug.
What?
I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies.
We found this laying there. No blood, no Dallas, nothing. How come I don't hear anybody say anything?
I'm thinking! Unless somebody has got a better idea...we'll proceed with Dallas' plan.
Lambert What? And end up like the others? No, no, you're out of your mind!
You got a better idea?
Lambert Yes! I say that we abandon this ship! We take the shuttle and just get the hell out of here! We take our chances and … and hope that somebody will pick us up!
Lambert... the shuttle won't take four.
Lambert Well, then why don't we draw straws and...
I'm not drawing any straws! I'm for killing that goddamn thing right now!
Right. Well, let's talk about killing it. We know it's using the air shafts. Will you listen to me, Parker? Shut up!!
Let's hear it. Let's hear it.
It's using the air shafts.
But we don't know that.
That's the only way! We'll move in pairs. We'll go step by step and cut off every bulkhead and every vent until we have it cornered. And then we'll blow it the **** out into space. Is that acceptable to you?
If you think it means killing it, yeah, that's acceptable to me.
Obviously, it means killing it. But we have to stick together.
