- Captain Jonathan Archer: If a Human and a Vulcan did have a child... I wonder if he'd have pointed ears.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Suppose you could look into some... future book, find out the name of the woman you're gonna marry. Would you wanna know it?
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Absolutely. Think of all the awkward first dates I could avoid.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Fine. So, one day you meet Jane Doe. You go out a few times, and you pop the question. She says 'I do', and the two of you live happily ever after.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Sounds perfect.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Now - did you marry her for love... or because some book told you to?
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Well, if we're happily ever after, what difference does it make?
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: If Daniels came here and offered you a chance to go to the 31st century - you wouldn't take it?
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Some things are better left to mystery.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: And you called yourself an explorer.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Where is the fun in exploring if you know how it all turns out?
- [last lines]
- Captain Jonathan Archer: [of the High Command] I wonder... if they'll believe that Humans and Vulcans will be... swapping chromosomes one day.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: They're more likely to believe in time travel.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Now, if I had a chance to see the past, I'd jump at it. I always wanted to meet a stegosaurus.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: He'd probably make a quick meal of you.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: The stegosaurus was an herbivore.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: If I could travel back in time, I know exactly what year I'd pick: 1588.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: What happened in 1588?
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: England defeated the Spanish Armada.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Oh, I'm sure someone named Reed had a lot to do with that.
- [Trip and Malcolm pull a piece off the ship. Time rewinds and they re-enter the room]
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: If I had a chance to see the past, I'd jump at it. I always wanted to meet a stegosaurus.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: He'd probably make a quick meal of you.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: The stegosaurus was an herbivore.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: It seems like we were just in here...
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: [dismissing the thought] If I could travel back, I know exactly what year I'd pick.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III, Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: 1588.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: How'd I know you were gonna say that?
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: I think we're spending far too much time together.
- [Trip and Malcolm pull a piece off the ship. Time rewinds and they re-enter the room]
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Now, if I had a chance to see the past, I'd jump at it.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: I always wanted to meet a stegosaurus.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: He'd probably make a... quick meal of you.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Stegosaurus was a herbivore...
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Captain I got to take you down to that chamber, you're not going to believe your eyes.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Bigger on the inside?
- [the retrieved vessel turns out to be bigger on the inside than the outside]
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: This gives 'space' exploration a whole new meaning.
- Dr. Phlox: I understand Captain Archer believes that the vessel traveled here from the future.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: That's his theory.
- Dr. Phlox: Genetic anomalies, unexplainable alloys, the evidence of it seems to be mounting.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: Perhaps.
- Dr. Phlox: Ah. The Vulcan Science Directorate. They've always been rather reluctant to embrace unorthodox ideas. After they review our findings, I have a feeling they might reconsider their opinion of time travel.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: It's not an opinion. It's simple logic.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: Are you saying you believe time travel is possible?
- Dr. Phlox: Surprises, Sub-Commander. I believe in embracing surprises.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: I prefer to embrace logic.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: [after run-ins with the Suliban and the Tholians] I wonder if there's anyone else... who thinks they have a claim on that ship.
- Ensign Travis Mayweather: [of the mysterious traveler] We're more than thirty light years from the nearest trade route. I don't see how he could have made it out this far.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Maybe he got a ride from someone.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: That's got to be a world record for hitchhiking.
- Admiral Maxwell Forrest: 100 light years from Earth. You might have solved the greatest missing person case of the century.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I'm tired of these factions interfering with our century. It's time we took a more active interest in this war, gathered some intelligence ourselves.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: Assuming, for the moment, the Temporal Cold War exists - I believe we shouldn't get involved.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Like it or not, we've been involved since we left Spacedock.
- [a Tholian ship is parting with the Enterprise, its captain screeching a final message]
- Captain Jonathan Archer: What did he say?
- Ensign Hoshi Sato: I don't know. But I don't think he was paying you a compliment.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: [to the Suliban] You might want to contact your superiors. Ask for a man named Silik. He'll tell you I don't respond well to threats.