The Thing (1982) · 37 quotes
Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in The Thing (1982): in 9 of its 37 quotes
Most scenes with: MacReady (3), Childs (2)
I don't want to stay out here anymore. I want to come back inside.
Blair Whenever it was revived, it... Well, The Thing was probably disoriented... and realised it couldn't survive for long in our atmosphere. But being the incredibly adaptable creature it was... it tried to become something that could. Before the Norwegians killed it... it somehow got to this dog.
Blair You think this Thing wants to become an animal? Dogs can't make it 1000 miles to the sea. No skua gulls to imitate this time of year... No penguins this far inland... Don't you understand?! It wanted to become us!
Blair Can't you see...? If one cell of this Thing got out it could imitate every living thing on Earth. Nothing could stop it! Nothing!
So, MacReady, come on now. These Norwegian dudes come by... find him and dig him up...
Yeah, they dig him up and cart him back. He gets thawed out, wakes up and scares the shit out of them. And they get into one hell of a brawl...
Now how's this mother****er wake up after thousands of years in the ice, huh?
I don't know how. Because he's different than we are. Because he's a space guy. What do you want from me, anyway. Go ask Blair.
You buy any of this, Blair?
Blair It was here... got to that dog... It was here in this camp...
So...? So what? It's over with.
Bennings Well, isn't it?
How you doin', old boy?
Blair I don't know who to trust.
Know what you mean, Blair. Trust is a tough thing to come by these days. Just trust in the Lord.
Blair You see, what we're talkin' about here is an organism that imitates other life-forms, and it imitates 'em perfectly. When this thing attacked our dogs it tried to digest them... absorb them, and in the process shape its own cells to imitate them. This for instance. That's not dog. It's imitation. We got to it before it had time to finish.
Finish what?
Blair Finish imitating these dogs.
Blair Nobody gets in and out of here! NOBODY! You guys think I'M crazy! Well, that's fine! Most of ya don't know what's goin' on around here, but I'm damn well sure SOME of you do!
Christ!
He got most of the chopper and the tractor. And he's killed the rest of the dogs.
Garry, wait a minute, wait a minute. Now, Childs, go around to the map room door. Talk to him.
Yeah.
Blair D'ya think that thing wanted to be an animal?! No dogs make it a thousand miles through the cold! No, you don't understand! That thing wanted to be US! If a cell gets out, it could imitate everything on the FACE OF THE EARTH! AND NOTHING CAN STOP IT!
Blair I'LL KILL YOU!
Blair Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute, man. I want to come back inside. Don't you understand? I'm all right. I'm much better and I won't harm anybody. Now you gotta let me come back inside.
