Capt. Hendry Twenty thousand tons of steel is an awful lot of metal for an airplane.
It is for the sort of airplane we know, Captain.
Played by Kenneth Tobey 
The Thing from Another World (1951) · 12 quotes
The Thing from Another World (1951) · 12 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in The Thing from Another World (1951): in 3 of its 12 quotes
Most scenes with: Ned Scott (2), Dr. Arthur Carrington (2)
Scenes with Capt. Hendry
3 scenes Capt. Hendry
Lt. McPherson
Hey Pat! The heat's off in the mess hall!
Dr. Chapman
No more oil coming in.
Pat, it's off in there, too. Could the tank be empty?
Dr. Chapman
Filled the day before yesterday.
The main line could be plugged. You better run outside and fix it.
Capt. Hendry And probably run smack into our visitor. He'll be waiting for you to do just that.
Lt. McPherson
We underestimate this guy.
You're doing more than breaking army orders. You're robbing science of the greatest secrets that ever come to it.
Capt. Hendry You'd better go back, Doctor.
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?
It doesn't matter what happens to us. Nothing counts except for our thinking. We thought our way into nature. We split the atom.
Lt. ****
Yes, and that sure made the world happy, didn't it?