Carter Burke: 11 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: May 16, 2026

Movie quotes spoken by Carter Burke, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 Maybe we could build a fire. Sing a couple of songs, huh? Why don't we try that?

Paul Reiser in Aliens (1986)

2 This is so nuts. I mean, listen Listen to what you're saying. It's paranoid delusion.

Paul Reiser in Aliens (1986)

3 That's just natural side effects of such an unusually long hyper-sleep, or something like that.

Paul Reiser in Aliens (1986)

4 It's one in a thousand, really. I think you're damn lucky to be alive, kiddo.

Paul Reiser in Aliens (1986)

5 It's just common practice. We always have a synthetic on board.

Paul Reiser in Aliens (1986)

6 There were problems and a few deaths were involved.

Paul Reiser in Aliens (1986)

7 This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it.

Paul Reiser in Aliens (1986)

8 This is clearly clearly an important species we're dealing with, and I don't think that you or I or anybody has the right to arbitrarily exterminate them.

Paul Reiser in Aliens (1986)

9 He's just a grunt. Uh, no offense. -None taken.

Carter Burke (Paul Reiser), Corporal Hicks (Michael Biehn) in Aliens (1986)

10 How can they impound it if they don't know about it?

Paul Reiser in Aliens (1986)