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Alien
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"Alien" Quotes

A crew of astronauts must navigate a treacherous alien world in order to survive.

Quotes

In space, no one can hear you scream.

Alan Dean Foster

fearspace

I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.

Alan Dean Foster

admirationmorality

Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting. The other members of the crew—Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash, and Captain Dallas—are dead.

Alan Dean Foster

reportdeath

Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.

Alan Dean Foster

organismhostility

Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded.

Alan Dean Foster

lifepriority

You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.

Alan Dean Foster

understandingorganism

The company sent them out there, and I'm the one they sent to keep an eye on them, to make sure they didn't get any money out of it. I'm expendable. I'm the one who gets thrown out. Why me?

Alan Dean Foster

companyexpendable

Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?

Alan Dean Foster

intelligence

You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage.

Alan Dean Foster

greedcooperation

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Alan Dean Foster

solutiondestruction