Rodney McKay quotes from Stargate Atlantis

Maj. Sheppard

McKay will come up with something.

Dr. McKay

I will try, but despite what you all may think, I am not Superman.

Maj. Sheppard

Was anyone seriously thinking that?

No sir.

Dr. Zelenka

Never.

Maj. Sheppard

Wait a second, are these things even close to a transporter?

Dr. McKay

Uh... yes. Elizabeth's is.

Maj. Sheppard

And mine?

Dr. McKay

It's a brisk walk away.

Maj. Sheppard

And by "brisk" you mean "far"?

Dr. McKay

[nods] And by "walk" I mean "run".

Dr. Weir

Well, find another problem with it! I—tell him that the power-loop interface isn't jiving with your walkabout! Something!

Dr. McKay

[incredulous] "Isn't jiving?!"

Dr. Weir

Rodney, you get my point.

You said this would work.

Dr. McKay

I don't know if you noticed or not but I'm an extremely arrogant man who tends to think all of his plans will work! [Kolya punches him]

Dr. Weir

Nice work, Rodney.

Dr. McKay

Did you ever doubt me?

Dr. Weir

Yes. Several times.

Maj. Sheppard

Try to fly this baby in a straight line.

Dr. McKay

I am flying in a straight line.

Maj. Sheppard

Not so much.

Dr. McKay

Well, in space, all motion is relative.

Maj. Sheppard

He's aboard my ship.

Dr. McKay

What are you, Captain Kirk?! What good's it gonna do him?

Maj. Sheppard

I don't know, maybe he can hot-wire the thing.

Dr. McKay

You'll only have 30 seconds to release it before it explodes, you need to get as far away as you can.

Maj. Sheppard

Get as far away from the nuclear explosion as possible. That's good advice, Rodney. Thanks.

Dr. McKay

Well, I think we both knew what you were going to say long before you even went in there.

[unhappy] We prayed for Athar's guidance.

Dr. McKay

And what did Athar say? You're hiding behind your religion to justify your complete and utter selfishness.

Maj. Sheppard

Rodney -

Dr. McKay

If Athar existed she would be ashamed of herself.

Dr. McKay

All I know is she's not who she's pretending to be.

Dr. Weir

You know this because…?

Dr. McKay

What, I'm not allowed to have intuition?

Dr. Weir

You? No.

Dr. McKay

Oh.

Dr. McKay

Word of caution? The whole "Captain Kirk" routine is problematic to say the least, let alone morally dubious.

Maj. Sheppard

What routine?

Dr. McKay

The romancing of the alien priestess? It's very 1967 of you.

Dr. McKay

According to the database, she's been in there for ten thousand years.

Dr. Weir

Ten thousand years?!

Maj. Sheppard

Doesn't look a day over nine thousand.

Is time-travel possible?

Dr. McKay

Well, according to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, there's nothing in the laws of physics to prevent it. Extremely difficult to achieve, mind you – you need the technology to manipulate black holes to create wormholes not only through points in space, but time.

Maj. Sheppard

Not to mention a really nice De Lorean.

Dr. McKay

Don't even get me started on that movie!

Maj. Sheppard

I liked that movie!

Dr. McKay

The Puddle Jumper they escaped in must have been some sort of a time machine. It had to have an additional component built into it.

Maj. Sheppard

Flux capacitor!

Dr. McKay

...Yeah.

Dr. McKay

I died?!

You never gave up trying, right until the end.

Dr. McKay

[shocked] Well, a man wonders how he would choose to go out, given such dire circumstances. Now I know.

Trying to save the lives of others.

Maj. Sheppard

[smug] But ultimately failing!