"Up to now, only one man had seen the bird and lived. Among those who knew of it, its existence was a closely guarded secret. But even as arrangements were made for an emergency meeting of the President, the Cabinet, the National Defense Board and the Joint Chiefs of Staff - even then, the bird revealed itself to the world at large, and complacency quickly turned to panic! Panic, terror and horror! No corner of the earth was spared the terror of looking up into God's blue sky and seeing not peace and security, but the feathered nightmare on wings."

"Once the world was big, and no man in his lifetime could circle it. But through the centuries, science has made man's lifetime bigger and the world smaller. Now the farthest corner of the Earth is as close as a pushbutton, and time has lost all meaning as manmade devices speed many, many times faster than sound itself. Here, near the top of the world, free men struggle with the elements to create some measure of defense to protect that selfsame freedom."

"Robert Shayne - Gen. Van Buskirk"

"Edgar Barrier - Dr. Karol Noymann"

"Louis Merrill - Pierre Broussard"

"Morris Ankrum - Lt. Gen. Edward Considine"

"Mara Corday - Sally Caldwell"

"Jeff Morrow - Mitchell 'Mitch' MacAfee"

"By the time I get through with you, Mr. Electronics Engineer, you'll be lucky if they let you test batteries for flashlights."

"Now, I don't don't care if that bird came from outer space or Upper Saddle River, New Jersey; it's still made of flesh and blood - of some sort - and vulnerable to bullets and bombs."

"[to Sally] You keep your shirt on and I'll go get my pants on."

"Clark Howat - Maj. Bergen"

"Have a nice end of the world."

"Allow me to share something with the entire class. Last night as I was grading papers, I came across two gems both entitled "Cells are Bad" and both with just one paragraph which I unfortunately committed to memory: "Cells are bad. My uncle lives in a cell. It's ten foot by twelve and he has to read the same old, boring magazine everyday. The end". And although my standards are nowhere near where they used to be, I still could not bring myself to put an "A" on top of those beauties. I hope you understand, guys."

"Let's shampoo us some aliens!!"

"Dan Aykroyd - Governor Lewis"

"Ted Levine - General Russell Woodman"

"Seann William Scott - Wayne Grey"

"Orlando Jones - Prof. Harry Phineas Block"

"Julianne Moore - Dr. Allison Reed, CDC"

"David Duchovny - Dr. Ira Kane"

"Coming to wipe that silly smile off your planet."

"[during the second expedition to the meteorite cavern, to Ira about Dr. Reed] All she needs is a good humping. [mocks Reed while "demonstrating" sex] Oh Ira! I-i-i-i-ra ...OOOH IRA!"