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Ellen Ripley: Final report, the commercial star-ship Nostromo. Third officer reporting. The other members of the crew?Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash, and Captain Dallas?are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier within six weeks. With a little luck the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.
Ash: I can't lie to you about your chances, but you have my sympathies.
Ellen Ripley: We will and then we will blow it the fuck out into space!
Parker: Get out of the room!
Ellen Ripley: This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.
Ellen Ripley: You...are...my...lucky...star...
Ash: You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.
Lambert: You admire it.
Ash: I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.
Parker: Look, I am... I've heard enough of this, and I'm asking you to pull the plug.
Ash: Last word.
Ellen Ripley: What?
Ash: I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies.
Brett: Jonesy... here Jonesy.
Parker: [to Kane] What's the matter? The food ain't that bad...
Ash: Ripley, for God's sake, this is the first time that we've encountered a species like this. It has to go back. All sorts of tests have to be made.
Ellen Ripley: Ash, are you kidding? This thing bled acid. Who knows what it's gonna do when it's dead?
Ash: I think it's safe to assume it isn't a zombie.
Dallas: [from editited footage] Kill... me! Ripely.
Ellen Ripley: Whenever he says *anything* you say 'right,' Brett, you know that?
Brett: Right.
Ellen Ripley: Parker, what do you think? Your staff just follows you around and says 'right'. Just like a regular parrot.
Parker: Yeah, shape up. What are you some kind of parrot?
Brett: Right.
Ellen Ripley: Ash can you hear me? Ash!?
Ash: [Eyes open] Yes I can hear you.
Ellen Ripley: What was your special order?
Ash: You read it, I thought it was clear.
Ellen Ripley: What was it?
Ash: Bring back life form, priority one, all other priorities are rescinded.
Parker: The damn Company. What about our lives you son of a bitch?
Ash: I repeat, all other priorities are rescinded.
Ellen Ripley: How do we kill it Ash, there's got to be a way of killing it, how, how do we do it?
Ash: You can't.
Parker: That's bullshit!
Ash: You still don't understand what you're dealing with do you? Perfect organism. It's structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.
Lambert: You admire it.
Ash: I admire its purity. A survivor, unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.
Parker: I've heard enough of this and i'm asking you to pull the plug.
Ash: Last word.
Ellen Ripley: What?
Ash: I can't lie to you about your chances, but, you have my sympathies. [Smiles]
Ellen Ripley: [Pulls the plug]
Ellen Ripley: Whenever he says *anything* you say 'right,' Brett, you know that?
Brett: Right.
Ellen Ripley: Parker, what do you think? Your staff just follows you around and says 'right'. Just like a regular parrot.
Parker: Yeah, shape up. What are you some kind of parrot?
Brett: Right.
Parker: Anybody ever tell you you look dead, man?
Parker: It's a robot. Ash is a god damn robot.
Brett: Here kitty, kitty, kitty. Meaow. Here Jonesy.
Dallas: [looking at alien skeleton] Alien life form. Looks like it's been dead a long time. Fossilized. Looks like it's growing out of the chair.
[climbs up for a closer look]
Dallas: Bones are bent outward, like he exploded from inside.
Ellen Ripley: This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off. [to Jonesy the cat]
Ash: There is an explanation for this, you know.
Ellen Ripley: I'm thinking.
Parker: Ash is a robot!
Ash: I admire it's purity. A survivor. Unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.
Parker: So, um, we think we should discuss the bonus situation..
Ellen Ripley: Micro changes in air density, my ass.