Sheppard: Look at the dialing device. Burn those symbols into your mind!

Weir: Not in my wildest dreams did I hope to find the lost city of the Ancients so completely untouched, so pristine, and we have no choice but to walk away from this?
McKay: In order to save it.
Weir: To save it for whom? We don't have enough power to send a message. As far as Earth is concerned, we're just going to missing, presumed lost.

Weir: He's just a boy!
Jinto: I am Jinto.
Sheppard: She's pleased to meet you.

Weir: I was hoping for another day. It looks like we just got a whole lot more than that. Let's not waste it.

Sheppard: On the surface without a shield? We're target practice.
McKay: I'm acutely aware of that, Major, but thank you for reinforcing that.

McKay: Even with the six symbols Lt. Ford provided, there are still hundreds of permutations-
Sheppard: 720.
McKay: Yes. I knew that, of course, I'm just... surprised you did.

Sheppard: Let me guess. You're not going to let me rescue my people.
Weir: Major, you don't even know if they're alive.
Sheppard: You don't leave people in the hands of the enemy. And the fact that we are having this conversation in private lets me know that you know damn well that it's wrong. And it will totally undermine your leadership. So as ranking military officer, I-
Weir: All right, just shut up and listen to me for a moment, all right? Come on, what do we know about the Wraith? One of the few things we do know is that they're the enemy that defeated the Ancients. When we first began to use the Stargate we found on Earth, we got ourselves into serious trouble. Why?
Sheppard: I don't need a history lesson-
Weir: Because the people in charge didn't consider the ramifications before they reacted.
Sheppard: They took our people. How am I supposed to react?
Weir: And we're defenseless. You said so yourself. How do you know going off on some half-assed rescue mission isn't going to bring them all right back here to our doorstep?
Sheppard: Maybe it will. But it's the right thing to do. Why? Because it is.
Weir: John...
Sheppard: If we're not going to do this, and I mean right now, let's just turn tail and pack up. Because they're coming.
Weir: You don't know that.
Sheppard: Our people are in the hands of the enemy, Doctor, do you know what that means? It is just a matter of time before the Wraith figure out that this is the base of our operations-
Weir: I just need more information. I mean, who knows, maybe we could negotiate a peaceful-
Sheppard: Peaceful? Are you kidding? We weren't there for more than a few hours before they showed up-
Weir: Is it possible they came because of you? And that one of these people you brought back here with you tipped them off?
Sheppard: It's possible.
Weir: See, that is exactly the kind of snap decision I am referring to-
Sheppard: They're not all bad people. And you know, if we're going to stick around here, we need friends.
Weir: Okay. I see your point. Now you see mine. I will not authorize a rescue mission unless I am sure there is at least a remote chance of success. I'm not sending more good people, including you, to their deaths.
Sheppard: Okay.

Teyla: They have no need to explain themselves.
Sumner: Yeah, I got that.

Sheppard: You said you want a tactical advantage.
Weir: All right, so you can fly that thing. It doesn't mean you can pull off a rescue.
Sheppard: Doctor. This is why you brought me here.

Weir: Ready?
McKay: I have no idea. This technology is so far beyond us, I mean, we don't have a clue what we're dealing with. For all we know, we could- Yeah. Ready.

Ford: Gateship 1, ready to go.
Sheppard: Gateship 1? A little puddle jumper like this?
Ford: It's a ship, it goes through the 'gate. Gateship 1.
Sheppard: No, no, no, that's all wrong.
Ford: Dr. McKay thought it was cool.
Sheppard: Oh, okay. Well, it's official. You don't get to name anything. Ever. Flight, this is... Puddle Jumper. We're go to launch.
McKay: This is Flight. I thought we were going with Gateship?
Sheppard: Negative, Flight.
McKay: Standby. It's a ship that goes through the 'gate... and... Fine. Puddle Jumper, you are clear for launch.

Sheppard: Wow. This is cool.
Ford: Looks like you got the hang of it.
Sheppard: Tell you what, Lt., a lot of fighter pilots would kill to fly this thing. It's like it reads your mind.
(A map appears in front of them.)
Ford: Did you do that?
Sheppard: I, I was just wondering where we go from here.
Ford: Take that as a yes. So how do we find 'em once we land?
Sheppard: I've been thinking about that, too.
(A locator device appears. Sheppard takes it, examines it, and puts it in his pocket.)
Sheppard: I'm thinking about a nice turkey sandwich.
(Nothing happens.)
Ford: Worth a try.

Sheppard: Hey, that's you.
Ford (grinning): So, we got ourselves a life signs detector.
Sheppard: We can name it later.

Female Wraith Caretaker: All living things must eat. In this, I am sure we are similar. You feel hunger, even now. I can sense it. Yet, you resist. Why? Sumner: Why do you care?
Female Wraith Caretaker: Hunger... is distasteful.
Sumner: Looks to me like the food didn't agree with him.
Female Wraith Caretaker: There we are quite dissimilar, Colonel Sumner. We don't require our food to agree with us.

Female Wraith Caretaker: What do you call your world? What do you call your world? (Words echo repeatedly.)
Sumner: ... Earth.
Female Wraith Caretaker: It is not among our stars.
Sumner: ... No.
Female Wraith Caretaker: Tell me of Earth. How many more are there of your kind? Thousands? Millions? More? Our feeding ground has not been so rich in 10,000 years.

Sheppard: How's the hand feeling?
Female Wraith Caretaker: Much better.
Sheppard: I'm sorry to hear that.

Female Wraith Caretaker: We are merely the caretakers for those that sleep. When I die, the others will awaken. All of them.

Weir: I should've never let them go.
McKay: For what it's worth, you made the right decision.

Ford: Thank you, sir.
Sheppard: Let's try not to make a habit of this.

Ford: I hope that was the hard part.
Sheppard: Crap. I don't think we've gotten to the hard part yet.

Sheppard: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Atlantis. Please remain seated until the Puddle Jumper has come to a full and complete stop.

Ford: I guess this is home now.
Sheppard: Guess so.
Ford: I'm thinking of a little place with an ocean view. Out of the way.

Weir: You did good, John.

Beckett: How come I never make friends like that?
McKay: You need to get out more.
Beckett: We're in another galaxy. How much more out can you get?
McKay: ... Is there lemon in this?

Weir: One more thing, Major. It's something I'd like you to sleep on. I have a few thoughts on it myself-
Sheppard: Thoughts about what?
Weir: Who the members of your team might be.
Sheppard: My team?
Weir: Well, you are the ranking military officer now. Or do you need to be reminded of that? We need to get back out there. Do what we came to do.
Sheppard: You realize that could get us in into all sorts of... trouble... Right?