- Willie Tanner: [looking at ALF sleeping] You think the day will ever come that he'll be able to walk out of here unafraid? Won't have to hide anymore?
- Kate Tanner: I hope so. It's what keeps me going.
- ALF: But I've got an instinctive rapport with kids. It's a gift that all Melmacians share. That and the ability to suck milk through our noses.
- Willie Tanner: My... you are blessed, aren't you?
- Kate Tanner: As passionate as your argument sounds, ALF... the answer's still no.
- ALF: But why? Why?
- Kate Tanner: Why? Because you're irresponsible. You trash the house. You flooded the living room. You wallpapered the shower.
- ALF: It was a rhetorical question.