"So Mrs. Columbo, she's really the expert on extraterrestrial biomimetics. I'll tell ya, if she were here, we'd figure out who was a Thing lickity-split. I'm pretty slow on the uptick myself...but a murder's a murder. And I tell ya, I've seen a couple a those in my time."

"Jeez Louis, is it always so cold here?" "...It's Antarctica."

"It's funny, we're down here, miles away from help and running on gas generators. Every drop of that stuff is like gold." "What are you getting at detective?" "Well MacReady isn't it a little wasteful to leave your lights on?" "..." "Just one more thing... I found your coat in the furnace."