Ford: Without landmarks, how can you tell?
Teyla: It is difficult by air, but every world is unique in its own way.

McKay: Specifically the mission reports of Colonel Samantha Carter. She and I, uh, worked together to avert global catastrophe a few years back. She and I... ai yai yai... Anyways, what was I saying?

Sheppard: You think it's worth checking out?
McKay: Any significant energy emission generally indicates technological civilization.
Sheppard: So, you think it's worth checking out.
McKay: I'm sorry. Yes. Energy field good.

Ford: Check it out, sir. I think my compass has gone wonky.
McKay: You brought a magnetic compass to another planet in another galaxy? Heh. You have absolutely no way of knowing if this planet's magnetic field is- Wait a second. Let me see that.

McKay: Lt. Ford's compass is acting weird. It might be on to something.
Ford: I'm glad I brought it along.
McKay: How prescient of you.

McKay: We didn't fly over this on the way in, did we?
Sheppard: I don't know. I was kinda busy with the whole trying-not-to-get-us-killed thing.

Sheppard: They're kids, Ford.
Ford: Yeah, with weapons pointed at us.

Sheppard: Hey... kids.

Native Boy: You're a full-grown.
Sheppard: Excuse me?
Native Boy: You need to see the elders.
Sheppard: Elders? Sound... good. Just lead the way.

Ford: You don't think they worship the Wraith, do you?
Sheppard: That'd be a first.
McKay: That'd be disturbing.

Keras: And you're all... older than 24?
Sheppard: Ford, how old are you?
Ford: 25, sir.
Sheppard: Hm, I guess so.

McKay: "Eternal rest"?
Keras: To die at the hands of the Wraith, to breathe your last breath amongst such... hatred... and evil... There is no way to move peacefully into the next world when that is your fate.

Ford: Never in my life have I ever felt so... old.
Sheppard: This is without a doubt the most screwed-up way of life I can imagine.
McKay: Hmm.
Teyla: They seem to accept it.
Sheppard: They're kids. What the hell do they know?

Ford: They can't be right, can they? Would the Wraith just ignore them... because they're young? I mean, I don't eat veal. It can't be the same thing, can it?
McKay: Of course it's not the same. Veal is delicious.

McKay: What are we going to tell them, Teyla? Listen, kiddies, everything you believe to be true is wrong, and trust us, because we've, oh, been here for almost an hour.

Cleo: Casta says you're a hundred-years-old. Are you?
McKay: Oh, who's Casta?
Casta: Me.
McKay: Where're you getting your information, Casta?
Casta: Why are we going to the Old City?
McKay: I gotta check something.
Casta: What kind of thing?
McKay: It's grown-up stuff.
Cleo: What's a grown-up?
McKay: Someone who is older than you are.
Casta: I'm three days older than Cleo. You can tell me.
McKay: Nice try, but you're not a grown-up.
Cleo: But you just said someone that's older than me is a grown-up.
McKay: I don't need you to tell me what I just said, okay?
Cleo: Okay.
Casta: So, why are we going to the Old City?
McKay: Ford, a little help here.
Ford: Heh heh. What're you talking about? You're a natural.
McKay: Let's see how long we can be quiet. Who can be quiet the longest, huh?
Cleo: Well, I'm not a quiet person.
McKay: That's not quiet, that's talking.
Cleo: Well, I'm not a quiet person. I talk a lot.

Sheppard: Lt. Ford- he's just a year older than you. Do you know what he would've missed out on if his life was over a year ago?

Keras: Tomorrow is the first day of my 25th year.
Sheppard: Tomorrow.
Keras: Yes. That's why I lead the council of elders. I am oldest among the 24s.
Sheppard: You mean, um, tomorrow, you, um-
Keras: Tonight.
Sheppard: Tonight?

McKay: Hey, hey, coming through. Thank you.
Cleo: What's that?
McKay: It's a compass.
Cleo: What's that?
McKay: Used for determining direction on Earth. I'm using it to-
Casta: Where's Earth?
McKay: Listen, Cleo-
Casta: Casta.
McKay: Whatever. Aren't you supposed to be observing? You understand what that means, observing?
Casta: Observing?
McKay: It means you're supposed to watch. You're supposed to stay out of my way and watch.
Casta: Why?
McKay: Because.
Cleo: Because why?
McKay: Because I say so.
Cleo: Why?
McKay: Because I can't get any work done with you two buzzing around asking stupid questions in your stupid little voices. Now sit down and shut up!
(Cleo begins to cry.)
McKay: Oh, don't. Don- don't.
Casta (hitting McKay in the stomach repeatedly): You're mean!
McKay: Ow. Ow. Thank you for finally noticing. (Starts to fight Casta back.) Okay. You wanna go? You wanna go, huh? I'll take-
Ford: Okay, okay. You got a real gift with kids. You do birthday parties?

Ford: It's okay. It's okay. He's just upset because you're smarter than him. You guys know what chocolate is? (Casta and Cleo shake their heads no.) No? This is going to be huge! Okay, come over here. We're going to go over here, and we'll leave the old, mean man alone.

Sheppard: How do you plan on doing that?
McKay: Well, I've had the gene innoculation, and, uh, you've already given me a flying lesson.
Sheppard: It's gonna take more than a shot in the arm and a five-minute lesson.
McKay: Listen, I'm not going to be dog-flying Wraith darts. Ford and I can handle it.

Sheppard: We sort of have a... a deadline.

Aries: The guides were sent back to the village.
Sheppard: Were they?
Aries: Yeah, they were.
Sheppard: Must've been naptime.
Aries: You think this is a joke, Sheppard?
Sheppard: I don't find much of what's going on around here to be that funny.

Weir: Rodney, we can't just visit planets, take away their defenses, uproot their cultures, and bring them all back here to Atlantis.
McKay: If they have a Zed-Pee-Em, yes, we can.
Weir: Oh, my God, how morally superior you must feel.
McKay: Elizabeth, they live in trees. Atlantis would be a big step up for them.

Weir: So the suicide pact is-
McKay: Population control.
Weir: Wow. That's a little severe.
McKay: A little?

Sheppard: Please tell me you have this working.
McKay: I don't know what I did. These things are usually plug-and-play. This device must be using an older version of Windows.

McKay: You scared me!
Cleo: You scared-ed us!

McKay: Look, both of you, go to your rooms!

Sheppard: In fact, Ford would be happy to come back and explain how to be a 25-year-old.