- Col. Edward McCauley: Oh Mrs. Holcomb, aren't you being a little dramatic? They've both been through security tests. On a job like this, we can't take any chances on an incompatibility risk.
- Mandy Holcomb: Do your machines know more about him then his wife?
- Col. Edward McCauley: I know how wives think. In fact, my wife used to tell me that every time I got a new co-pilot, she'd hear a story - from a very reliable source, mind you - that he was either emotionally unstable, color-blind, or had a wooden leg. She knows better now.
- Perry Holcomb: I never stole anything from you, Hal.
- Harold Carter: But you know what I resent the most? Not even that you got Mandy. But that you never had to work for anything. You just reached up into the stars and took it!
- Perry Holcomb: I never cheated you. You never learned your limitations. You set your sights too high and you missed.
- Harold Carter: Because you were always there trying to top me!
- Perry Holcomb: I'm not going to talk to you anymore, Hal. But I want you to take a look at yourself. Take a good look. Maybe what you see will make you a better scientist. A better man. That is, if you can overlook what you're doing out here.