- Chloe Sullivan: I'm off to see Clark Kent in a wet t-shirt. Care to join me?
- Lois Lane: Like I've never seen that before.
- Lois Lane: [to Chloe] Uh, no hard feelings here, cuz, but unlike you, the last thing I want to be is a reporter.
- Lex Luthor: I guess the polite thing to do is cough and let you know I'm standing here. But that always seems so forced, doesn't it?
- Clark Kent: Come on, Lois! Didn't those guys on the base teach you anything?
- Lois Lane: Wouldn't you like to know? Doesn't matter 'cause you are going down.
- Clark Kent: That'll be the day.
- Jonathan Kent: Congratulations are in order. Coach Quigley called; you made the football team.
- Clark Kent: You don't have to worry, dad. I'm not gonna hurt anyone. I know how to control my abilities.
- Jonathan Kent: The person I'm worried about you hurting, Clark, is yourself. You're gonna be tempted to... run just a little bit faster, to throw the ball just far enough to win every game.
- Clark Kent: [indignantly] You think I'm gonna cheat? I won't cross that line.
- Jonathan Kent: You won't even know where that line is, Clark. Come on, think about it. You're out there, your friends are giving it their all; you're gonna do whatever it takes to win. That's football, son. And with you, it's never gonna be a fair competition.
- Clark Kent: Well, let's talk about what's fair. What's the first thing you remember about high school when you think back?
- Jonathan Kent: No, no, no...
- Clark Kent: Don't tell me it's not football. I want that, too, dad. And I'm sick of begging for the same chances that you just had. I want my own life.
- Jonathan Kent: The Talon?
- Martha Kent: Lex, uh, agreed to let me manage it. I was lucky to find a job at all, Jonathan. It's not like I have a full résumé these days.
- Jonathan Kent: Sweetheart, if we're so worried about money, then why don't we just go through the books again? We'll find some other place to cut.
- Martha Kent: Like where? We've been over it every week for two months. There's no way we can get out from under these hospital bills. I'm... I'm not blaming you, I just... I just don't want to keep waiting and... and risk losing the farm. You've worked too hard.
- Jonathan Kent: Yeah, so that you wouldn't have to.
- Martha Kent: It's not so bad right now. You have the farm, and Clark is gonna go off to college next year. I need something of my own.
- Jonathan Kent: But why does it have to be with the Luthors?
- Martha Kent: I'll be selling espressos, Jonathan, not masterminding hostile takeovers.
- Jonathan Kent: Well, I've always known that you wanted to have more than just this old farm. I'm not gonna be the one to stand in your way.
- Lex Luthor: What's with this fascination with ancient writings?
- Lana Lang: ...School project.
- Lex Luthor: Must be the same project Clark's always working on.