- Dr. Daniel Jackson: There's no conclusion to the file. No summary, no notes, no reason to explain why they gave up.
- Jack O'Neill: Well, whole boxes of material could be missing.
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: The Pentagon said this was everything.
- Jack O'Neill: Oh, please. The Pentagon's lost entire countries.
- Jack O'Neill: Basic survival training. We know what we have, what do we need?
- Teal'c: We have the stargate. We need the dial home device.
- Jack O'Neill: Thank you, Teal'c.
- Sam Carter: Where's Daniel?
- Jack O'Neill: Oh, Ernest was showin' him a new toy.
- Sam Carter: Really, what?
- Jack O'Neill: Some fancy light show that may be the key to our existence or somethin' like that.
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: This was transferred from film of experiments done on the gate in 1945. You don't find that the least bit intriguing?
- Jack O'Neill: Oh, yeah. Nothing piques my interest more than repeated failure.
- [Daniel recognizes a series of markings to be part of the Asgard language]
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: This is Thor's race.
- Ernest Littlefield: Thor was an alien?
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: Oh, yeah. That's, ah - that's another long story. But a good one.
- Jack O'Neill: [It's their only chance to escape through the Stargate during a massive storm, but Daniel wants to stay and study "beginning of life" information] What if the gate crumbles into the ocean?
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: Then I can rebuild it--I'm willing to take that risk!
- Jack O'Neill: [Grabbing Daniel by the back of his vest and dragging him off] Well, I'm not!