There are no enemies in science, professor, only phenomena to study. We are studying one.

— Dr. Arthur Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite)

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

You can hear this line at 01:03:54 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You aren't thinking of what's happening there in the greenhouse. He's growing those seeds in there, using blood just as you are.

- You've seen what one creature like that can do. Just imagine a thousand.

- I have imagined it.

- What if that aircraft came here not just to visit the earth, but to conquer it, to start growing some kind of horrible army, to turn the human race into food for it?

- There are many things threatening our world... new stars, comets shooting through space...

- But those are theories. This is an enemy right here.

- There are no enemies in science, professor, only phenomena to study. We are studying one.

(typewritter)

(Knock on door) Come in.

- Hello, Pat.

- Hi. I want to ask you something. Has anybody up here been hurt lately, anybody shot or stabbed or operated on?

[...]

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