- Dr. Rodney McKay: Maybe we should offer a sense of humour in trade.
- Maj. John Sheppard: Sure. They can have yours.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Oh, Major. My side. You slay me.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: You do realise that long term exposure to these levels of radiation is extremely dangerous?
- Cowen: Our scientists tell me otherwise.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Well, they're wrong.
- Maj. John Sheppard: [nervously, to Rodney] Are we in danger now?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Oh, it would take days or weeks at these levels of radiation, but I assume the Genii spend days or weeks down here?
- Cowen: Many of our people have spent their entire lives here.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Their entire short lives.
- [to John]
- Dr. Rodney McKay: We'll be fine, just as long as you weren't planning on having children.
- Maj. John Sheppard: You know how to make an A bomb?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Major, most of my high school chess team could design an A bomb.
- Maj. John Sheppard: We have something they need and they have something we need. I thought that's what negotiating was all about.
- Dr. Elizabeth Weir: Oh, well it is. Personally I stop short of offering nuclear weapons.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: You know, if people could just learn to keep their secret underground hatches locked...
- Dr. Rodney McKay: What is it you said they grow here anyway?
- Teyla Emmagan: Many things, but they are best known for a bean known as Tava.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Java?
- Maj. John Sheppard: Ta-va!