Rush quotes from Stargate Universe

Politicians ask military personnel to sacrifice themselves for the good of others all the time. If someone doesn't go in there and close that door, we're all gonna die. Period.

(to Scott) Light-years away from the admiring eyes of your father, or your drill sergeant, or whoever's approval it is you so desperately seek.

I don't think you seem to understand what's going on here, Colonel! Our "reserves" are gone! All of our power is gone!

The ship is powered by the stars themselves. Solar powered - quite literally. There is no other explanation.

Solving the issues of dialling the ninth chevron. I'll devote two and a half years of my life to that. Meanwhile, my wife is gonna spend her dying days alone while I'm off, out, trying to solve that little problem. And then some kid, some big child, with no meaningful education is gonna jump in at the last moment, and solve it just like that. No sense of ambition; spends most of his time playing ridiculous games, yet he's the genius I'll never be. He's the one that should be here now, seeing what I'm seeing.

You know we grew up taught to believe that everyone's equal. That you are no better than anyone else – Of course that's a lie. Some are better than others. And there are those who recognize what makes them better and are able to exploit that to succeed.

Well, we can't run, we can't hide. We'll have to fight.

You think just because you were born poor, that gives you the right to be angry at the world! How pathetic!

Ooh, yeah, yeah. You think that's why I'm angry?

If it wasn't for the army, you'd be in jail, or worse.

Oh, that's what all you rich people think.

Rich?! My father worked in the shipyards in Glasgow! I earned a scholarship to Oxford while I was working two jobs! I have earned the right to make decisions without explaining myself to you or anyone else!

Eli

Why'd you do that?

He told me to.

I saved his life.

Eli

By shooting him?!

I refuse to be held responsible for this situation!

Nobody's blaming you.

I ran out of time!

We can fix this!

What, just because you give the order, you think it's possible? THERE IS NO MORE POWER!

Eli

Uh, what are we so happy about?

We're gonna live, Eli.

Eli

What about the turbulence and the heat and the death?

No, all of that would have happened by now. The shield is protecting us.

Chloe

But you said we were out of power.

I was absolutely certain of that, and I've never been more pleased to be wrong in all my life.

Eli, do me a favor. Have a look at your chest. Is there any insignia there, anything that says "Lieutenant" or "Sergeant" or anything like that?

Eli

All I've got is "You are here."

Are we done?

We'll never be done.

You're not here for me.

I've already been through this.

No, you haven't. Not really.

I was here.

You can't lie to yourself. You chose this memory because it's one you'd rather forget. What you need is here now. That's why you're here. It's not for me. You just want your answer.

I need an answer.

You're dying.

I know.

You'd rather die than fail? What have you become, Nicholas? The things you've done, that's not who you are. It's not you.

I always had it in me, to make the hard decisions. I have reasons. Good reasons.

To hurt people? Are you sure? You tell yourself me death gave you courage. In truth, it made you callous. You're not the man I loved.

He died with you.

I was never your conscience, Nicholas. You still have one of your own. You just need to listen to it. Some people live their whole lives and never find what we had. Don't let what happened to me change you this way. It's nobody's fault.

I know... I know that.

It's one stupid gene. Passed on to me by my mother, incapable of performing its one simple function, to repair damaged DNA. That's it, isn't it? That's why you're here.

Of course.

Go. I know how much you loved me. Stop taking it out on everyone else.

I haven't forgotten you, Gloria, and I never will.

What are those?

They're a kind of fruit we collected from a planet we visited recently.

May I try one?

I warn you, most people find these rather bitter. (Perry bites into one and smiles)

(shocked) Most people spit them right back out.

This is the first food I've been able to feed myself since I was nine.