Memorable Quotes from Ralph Brown
6 quotesChoosing between action and inaction
Dillon
This is the choice. You die sitting here on your ass or to die out there. At least we take a shot, we owe it one! It's fucked us up. Maybe we can get even for the others. So how do you want it?
Morse
What the fuck are you talking about?
Dillon
I'm talkin about killing that big motherfucker.
Aaron
Hold it, hold it. The rescue team is on its way. We could just sit this out.
Ripley
Rescue team for who?
Aaron
For us.
Ripley
They just want the beast. You know that.
Aaron
I don't give a damn what they want. They're not gonna pick us off one by one, are they?
Ripley
I wouldn't be so sure.
Aaron
Come on, they're gonna take us home.
Dillon
They're not gonna take us home.
Morse
Still doesn't mean we should go out and fight it. Jesus Christ, give us a break!
Aaron
You've gotta be fucking nuts! Look, I've got a wife and a kid--
Dillon
Nobody give a shit about you, 85. You're not one of us, you're not a believer. You're a fucking company man!
Aaron
Yeah, okay. So I'm a company man, I'm not a fucking criminal. You keep telling me how dumb I am. Well I'm smart enough not to have a life sentence on this rock! Yeah, and I'm smart enough to wait for some firepower to show up before we fight this thing! Right?
[the prisoners yell insults and profanities at him]
Dillon
Okay, fine. Just sit here on your asses.
Morse
How about if I sit here on my ass?
[sarcastically]
Dillon:
No problem. Oh, I forgot. You're the guy that's made a deal with God to live forever, huh? And all the rest of you pussies can sit it out too. Me and her will do all the fighting.
Morse
Okay, look. I want the same thing as you. I want to see it dead, I hate the fucker! It killed my mates too! Why can't we just wait for the company and have some guns on our side? Why do we have to go on some fucking suicide run?!
Aaron
Right!
Ripley
Because they won't kill it. They might kill you just for having seen it, but they're not gonna kill it.
Aaron
That is crazy! That is horseshit! They will not kill us!
Ripley
When they first heard about this thing, it was crew expendable. The next time they sent in marines; they were expendable too. What makes you think they're gonna care about a bunch of lifers who found God at the ass-end of space? You really think they're going to let you interfere with their plans for this thing? They think we're crud, and they don't give a fuck about one friend of yours that's died. Not one.
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A Wild Night in Sri Lanka
Del Preston
And there I am in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at three o clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&M's to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night. So, Jeff Beck pops his head round the door and mentions there's a little sweetshop on the edge of town. So, we go, and - it's closed. So there's me, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby breaking into this little sweetshop right? Well, instead of a guard dog, they've got this bloody great big Bengal tiger. Well I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, but the shopowner and his son, that's a different story altogether... I had to beat them to death with their own shoes... Nasty business really... But sure enough, I got the M&M's and Ozzy went on stage and did a GREAT show.
[At Mikita's, the doughnut shop; everyone in donut shop claps]
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Sealed Facility Offers No Escape Options
Aaron
Never been used. They were gonna dump a lot of nuclear crap in there. Never got around to it. Clean as a whistle inside.
[showing Ripley a nuclear waste storage room]
Ripley
This is the only way in or out?
Aaron
That's right. Walls are six feet thick, solid steel. They really knew how to build these babies.
Ripley
You're saying we get something inside... there's no way it can get out?
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Survival Challenges in the Dark Environment
Ripley
It's like a lion. Sticks close to the zebras.
Aaron
Zebras? Oh, right. But look, running around down here in the dark - are you kidding? Once you get out of this main shaft, there's no overheads.
Ripley
Don't we have flashlights?
Aaron
We've got thousands of them, but no batteries. I told you, nothing works.
Ripley
Torches? Do we have the capacity to make fire? Most humans have enjoyed that privilege since the Stone Age.
Aaron
No need to be sarcastic.
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Discussion on Quinitricetyline and Organization Tasks
Aaron
This is where we keep it. Forget what the stuff's called...
David
Quinitricetyline.
Aaron
I knew that. Right, I've got to get these section arrangements organized with Dillon for the paintbrush, so...
David
David.
Aaron
Yeah, you can get these drums organized.
David
Right, 85.
Aaron
And, uh... don't call me that.
[starts walking away; leaves]
Ripley
What's this 85 thing?
David
Couple of us sneaked a look at his personnel file the day he arrived. It's his IQ. I saw a drum of this stuff fall into a beachhead bunker once. The blast put a tug in dry dock for 17 weeks. Great stuff.
[about the chemicals]
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Confrontation Amidst Uncertainty and Fear
Ripley
Don't come any closer!
Aaron
Wait. They're here to help...
Ripley
Stay where you are!
Bishop II
Ripley.
[removes his sunglasses and steps forward]
Ripley
Bishop?
Bishop II
I'm here to help you.
Ripley
No more bullshit. I just felt it move.
Bishop II
Do you know who I am?
Ripley
You're a droid, same model as Bishop. Sent by the fucking company.
Bishop II
No. I'm not the Bishop Android. I designed it. I'm very human. The company sent me here to show you a friendly face, to demonstrate how important you are to us... to me.
Ripley
You just wanna take it back.
Bishop II
We want to kill it and take you home.
Ripley
Bullshit.
Bishop II
You're wrong. We want to help.
Ripley
What does that mean?
Bishop II
We're going to take that out of you...
Ripley
...and keep it.
Bishop II
We can't allow it to live. Everything we know would be in jeopardy.
Ripley
You don't wanna take it back?
Bishop II
Ripley, time is important. Let us deal with the malignancy. We've got a surgical base set up on the rescue ship. Come with me.
Medic
It's very quick. Painless. A couple of incisions... you'll be out for two hours.
Bishop II
And then it's over. You still can have a life. Children. And most important, you'll know it's dead. Let me help you.
Ripley
What guarantee do I have, once you've taken it out... that you'll destroy it?
Bishop II
You have to trust me. Please? Trust me?
[approaches her]
Bishop II
What's this going to achieve? STOP!
[a soldier shoots Morse in the leg]
Morse
AHHH! Oh, Jesus!
Ripley
Morse, will you help me?
Morse
What do you want me to do?
Bishop II
It was a mistake! There was no need for any of it!
Aaron
Fucking android!
[picks up a large wrench, then hits Bishop II over the head with it]
Bishop II
I'M NOT A DROID!!
Bishop II
Ripley, think of all we can learn from it! It's the chance of a lifetime! You must let me have it! It's a magnificent specimen! No pictures!
[to cameraman]
Ripley
You're crazy.
Bishop II
What are you doing?
Bishop II
NOOOOOOOOO!
[as Ripley falls into the furnace below, a queen Chestburster pops out, but Ripley holds her captive and both of them get engulfed in the furnace]
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