Citations

Window of Opportunity

Jack O'Neill: You know the worst part about this? Every time we loop Daniel asks me a question, and I wasn't listening the first time.
Teal'c: You're not the only one to suffer some discomfort, O'Neill.
[loop resets; cut to Teal'c getting hit by a door]

Jack O'Neill: [during the briefing] Anyway I don't know why none of you remember any of this! But I do know for a fact there's no point in having ol' Doc Fraiser examine us AGAIN!
[everyone stares at O'Neill. Cut to O'Neill being examined by Dr. Fraiser]
Jack O'Neill: I ask you... What could possibly be in my eye that would explain this?

Jack O'Neill: [talking to the General about the loop] If it was just me I'd agree. But what about Teal'c? Come on! Is this the face of a crazy man?
[cuts to Teal'c looking very peculiar]
Jack O'Neill: Bad example.

Jack O'Neill: I distinctly remember sitting here, listening to Carter prattle on about solar activity and a... corona... something.
Major Samantha Carter: Coronal mass emissions - I was just about to bring it up.
Jack O'Neill: There you go, how would I know that?
Major Samantha Carter: Maybe you read my report.
Daniel Jackson: Maybe he *read* your report?

Jack O'Neill: [stuck in a timeloop] If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it.
[Teal'c looks questioningly at him]
Jack O'Neill: Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!

[Teal'c and Jack are playing golf through an active Stargate]
Jack O'Neill: How far away is Alaris, anyway?
Teal'c: Several billion miles, O'Neill.
Jack O'Neill: That's gotta be a record.
[Jack swings again as Major General Hammond approaches]
Major General George Hammond: [shouting] Colonel O'Neill, what the hell are you doing?
Jack O'Neill: [shouting back, annoyed] In the middle of my backswing?

Malikai: Once I've correctly deciphered the symbols on the altar, I will be able to master the time device.
Jack O'Neill: Why, so you can be king of Groundhog Day?

Daniel Jackson: On the other hand, it's kind of an opportunity.
Jack O'Neill: How's that?
Daniel Jackson: Well think about it, I mean if you knew in advance that everything was going to go back to the way it was then...
[Teal'c stops writing to listen to the conversation]
Daniel Jackson: you could do anything. For as long as you want, without having to worry about consequences.
[Daniel pauses as O'Neill rises from his chair]
Jack O'Neill: Excuse me.
[O'Neill leaves. Teal'c nods to Jackson and also leaves]

Jack O'Neill: Listen to me I know what it's like.
Malikai: You can't!
Jack O'Neill: I LOST MY SON!... I KNOW!... AND AS MUCH AS I - I could NEVER relive that again! Could you?
Malikai: ...No.
Jack O'Neill: Let her go.

[repeated lines]
[the time loop resets]
Daniel Jackson: [to Jack O'Neill eating Froot Loops] Anyway, I'm sorry, but that just happens to be how *I* feel about it. What do *you* think?

[repeated lines]
[decoding and translating text in successive iterations of the loop]
Daniel Jackson: Okay, this section of the text seems to deal primarily with their arrival on P4X-639...

Daniel Jackson: I've encountered this script before. It's, uh, similar in pronunciation to a language on our planet called Latin. As near as I can tell, the main body of the text represents a planetary history.
Malikai: I agree... But isn't it time for you to return through the Stargate?

Daniel Jackson: Now, this line recurs several times: "Domavatus vestul motabilum."
Malikai: "Conqueror of time."
Daniel Jackson: In this context, I'd say more like "Master of the uncertain past."
Malikai: You're a skilled linguist, Dr Jackson.
Daniel Jackson: Thank you. I had the opportunity to hear the language spoken a year or so ago, so...

Daniel Jackson: Jack. Wait up. Um... I was thinking about what you said about, uh, a beam coming out of the altar. SG-15 took digital images of the carvings on the ruins. I was thinking there might be some sort of clue. Unfortunately it's the equivalent of 400 pages of alien text.
Jack O'Neill: Looks familiar.
Daniel Jackson: It should. It's something that you spoke for a few days. It's a variation of the writings used by the Ancients.
Jack O'Neill: If you're lookin' for help translating it, you're barkin' up the wrong genius.
Daniel Jackson: No, I realize the Asgards returned you to normal, which is fortunate, I... suppose. But if you give me details about the layout of the ruins it might be...

Major Samantha Carter: I'm gonna go run a few simulations.
Jack O'Neill: [she leaves] You run. Simulate. Let me know how it turns out. Keep me posted. Keep me apprised.

Major General George Hammond: Well, we're still here, Colonel. I assume you were successful.
Jack O'Neill: Well, General, you know what they say. If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try again.

Daniel Jackson: Look, if you guys really are the only ones that are going through this loop, then you're gonna have to remember these things.
[hands a document to Jack]
Jack O'Neill: [glosses over the document in his hand] Fine! How hard can it be?
[Daniel turns the upside-down document around for Jack]