Close Encounters of the Third Kind Fear Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Quote #4

BRAD: You crybaby! [Starts slamming to door.] You crybaby! You crybaby!

RONNIE: Get out of here! Get out!

ROY: Come on, you guys.

BRAD: Crybaby! You crybaby!

SYLVIA: Be quiet!

RONNIE: Stop it! I don't understand what this is!

ROY: Neither do I.

Ronnie and the children are afraid of what's happening to Roy. They know him as their Dad but now he's an unknown to them. And that scares them.

Quote #5

ANCHORMAN: At the top of the news tonight, a rail disaster. At Devils Tower, Wyoming, a train loaded with a dangerous chemical gas went off the rails and has forced the widest area evacuations in the history of these controversial Army rail shipments.

Governments know that it's easy to manipulate people's fear. In this case, it's probably for their own safety—to keep them away from the landing site—as well as to keep people from compromising their operation. But fear's a powerful motivator, which is why it's such a popular political tactic to stoke fears.

Quote #6

ROY: Jillian! Jillian!

OLD MAN: Don't! You'll get poisoned!

ROY: Listen. There's nothing wrong with the air around here. The Army is getting us out of here because they don't want any witnesses.

OLD WOMAN: But if the Army doesn't want us here, then it's none of our business.

Despite fear over the chemical spill, Roy takes the plunge into the unknown and discovers the truth. With the exception of Jillian and Larry, the other helicopter passengers remain fearful, acquiescing to the authorities and losing the chance to understand what they've been experiencing.