Dr. Martin Stein quotes from The Flash

Stein

[speaking through Ronnie's body] You know, Einstein was not only brilliant, he had a great sense of humor. How did it go? "Any man who drives safely while kissing a pretty girl is not giving the pretty girl the attention she deserves." If I learned anything this past year, life's too short not to live.

Stein

Well, I must admit I never imagined the Sphinx's riddle of a man requiring three legs would ever apply to me, but if this device keeps me mobile then I will gratefully oblige.

Dr. Martin Stein

I thought people your age didn't read actual books anymore.

Barry

Oh, I'm the only one.

Stein

[speaking through Ronnie's body] This body's taste buds would obviously be different from my own. Perhaps I'm now a light beer man.

Barry

There are worse things to be.

Stein

You mean like a living nuclear bomb?

Barry

You know.

Stein

Unstable nuclear fission was always a danger in the transmutation process. Plus, you all argue very loudly.

Cisco

Hey? You gonna miss being able to fly?

Yeah, maybe if I was the one holding the controller.

Stein

Meaning?

Meaning you weren't the most conscientiousness body-mate.

Stein

So you do not consider keeping you alive to be conscientiousness?

Alive? We were living under a bridge eating garbage.

Stein

I did not determine that it would be my mind that would dominate our existence, but thank God it was. I could feel your fear and panic, emotions that could have gotten us killed in that state.

You kept me buried down. You kept me from her.

Stein

Which is likely why she's still alive. Now I believe that you and I have spent quite enough time together.

Stein

We're dealing with a lot of big scientific ideas today. But you, Mr. Thawne, might be the most interesting thing here at S.T.A.R. Labs.

Eddie

Me?

Stein

What are the odds that Dr. Wells would travel back in time and get stuck in the exact same city as his great-great-great-great grandfather? Working in the same profession, the same building? And that part of his plan to get home would mean that he'd have to preserve and protect your life. That makes you this rare thing that no scientist can plan for.

Eddie

Which is?

Stein

Coincidence. There is no science to coincidence. You, sir, are an anomaly. A wild card, as it were. You are the only person in this whole story who gets to choose his own future. At least, that's my opinion.

Stein

The calculations. There is a danger.

Barry

I know. I'm ready to take the risk.

Stein

No, not just you, but to everyone. Wells didn't tell us everyone. Barry, even if you do reach the right speed, colliding with the hydrogen particle, there is a chance that explosion could create a singularity.

Caitlin

What's a singularity?

Cisco

A black hole.

Barry

We could destroy Central City.

Stein

For starters. If we create a singularity here and then cannot control it, we could be looking at a global catastrophe.

Cisco

So long and thanks for all the fish.

Stein

That's where you'll find your Atom Smasher! [off Iris' and Cisco's looks] Because he absorbs atomic power. And he... well... smashes.

Cisco

Come here. [hugs Stein] That's a great name. Welcome to the team.