- Zoe Carter: [Trying to talk down the attack drone] I know it sucks, having someone control everything you do, but it's worse not having anyone care at all.
- [Carter has just been shown a graph that correlates his employment in Eureka to dozens of costly mishaps at GD]
- Jack Carter: I take it, uh, red is bad?
- Eva Thorne: Yes, red is bad. Red is costly. To be frank, your budget can't afford you.
- [Ms. Thorne walks away]
- Jack Carter: So this is somehow my fault?
- Nathan Stark: [teasingly] Numbers don't lie.
- Jack Carter: I don't cause the problems around here!
- Allison Blake: [interrupting] Okay, can the two of you get along for five minutes?
- Jack Carter, Nathan Stark: [both] Not likely.
- Dr. Ethan Edison: I don't know what happened. I swear I stayed within test parameters.
- Jack Carter: Look, nobody's blaming you.
- Zane Donovan: I'm blaming you.
- Dr. Ethan Edison: Nineteen tests, that's 19 victories for the Viper, nineteen losses for me. I finally win, everyone's mad at me.
- Jack Carter: Nobody's mad at you.
- Zane Donovan: I'm mad at you.
- Eva Thorne: You and your team went behind my back and undercut my direct order.
- Nathan Stark: Some of us went in front of your back.
- Jack Carter: Great rewards require great risk.
- Eva Thorne: Big reader, are you sheriff?
- Jack Carter: I heard it somewhere.