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- You're talking like frightened schoolboys.
- You're right, doctor. I am frightened.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Thing from Another World movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:06:41 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- How you can be sure of our safety or, more important, the safety of the world?

- Think of a thousand such creatures... ten thousand.

- Yes, it must be destroyed, this progeny along with it.

- No!

- We can burn these.

- What about that thing in the greenhouse?

- You're talking like frightened schoolboys.

- You're right, doctor. I am frightened.

- Any destruction would be an outrage, a betrayal of science.

- It may be a betrayal of science, doctor, but it'll make me and some of the others sleep a lot better if we get rid of it.

- Finally got a message through. Here's the answer.

- Go ahead.

- Fogarty to Hendry. Carrington informs me Martian alive. You are directed to make effort to keep it alive and protect it against injury.

- Under no circumstances, take action against it until my arrival when weather permits.

- You have your orders, Captain. I consider them sane and intelligent.

[...]

The Thing from Another World Sound Clip

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Revisit the sci-fi classic "The Thing from Another World" with our collection of sound clips featuring iconic quotes from the 1951 movie.

Actors: Margaret Sheridan (Nikki Nicholson), Kenneth Tobey (Captain Patrick Hendry), Robert Cornthwaite (Dr. Arthur Carrington), Douglas Spencer (Scotty)

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