Dr. Arthur Carrington We owe it to the brain of our species to stand here and die... without destroying a source of wisdom.
Played by Robert Cornthwaite 
The Thing from Another World (1951) · 12 quotes
The Thing from Another World (1951) · 12 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in The Thing from Another World (1951): in 6 of its 12 quotes
Most scenes with: Ned Scott (2), Capt. Hendry (2)
There are no enemies in science, only phenomena to be studied.
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2 quotes Dr. Arthur Carrington Dr. Arthur Carrington No pleasure, no pain... no emotion, no heart. Our superior in every way.
Scenes with Dr. Arthur Carrington
3 scenes
Twenty thousand tons of steel is an awful lot of metal for an airplane.
Dr. Carrington It is for the sort of airplane we know, Captain.
Dr. Carrington Miss Nicholson.
Nikki Yes, Doctor?
Dr. Carrington At 12:10 AM the hand became alive. The temperature of the forearm showed a 20-degree rise. Because of this rise in temperature I believe it was able to ingest the canine blood with which it was covered. I believe...
You mean... You mean it lives on blood.
Dr. Carrington You're doing more than breaking army orders. You're robbing science of the greatest secrets that ever come to it.
You'd better go back, Doctor.
Dr. Carrington Knowledge is more important than life, Captain. We've only one excuse for existing - to think, to find out, to learn.
What can we learn from that thing except a quicker way to die?
Dr. Carrington It doesn't matter what happens to us. Nothing counts except for our thinking. We thought our way into nature. We split the atom.
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Yes, and that sure made the world happy, didn't it?