- Captain Janeway: Time travel. Since my first day on the job as a Starfleet captain I swore I'd never let myself get caught in one of these godforsaken paradoxes - the future is the past, the past is the future, it all gives me a headache.
- [the away team is looking over the wild characters on the 20th century LA Boardwalk]
- Lieutenant Tuvok: We could've worn our Starfleet uniforms. I doubt if anyone would've noticed.
- Rain Robinson: Who are you people? And what is that thing in your pants?
- Lieutenant Tuvok: I beg your pardon?
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Lighten up, Tuvok. This was a great time and place, and you're getting to see it first-hand. Come on, take off your shirt.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: And risk dermal dysplasia? No thank you.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: [scoffs] Vulcans! Deep down, you're all a bunch of hypochondriacs.
- Neelix: We have come across some very intriguing televised broadcasts. Take a look at this: it's a form of entertainment called a 'soap opera'. The exploration of human relationships is fascinating.
- Ensign Harry Kim: Hm. I can't imagine just watching the story and not being a part of it.
- Kes: That's because you've been spoiled by the holodeck. There's something to be said for non-interactive stories like this, being swept away in the narrative.
- Henry Starling: This could be a close encounter, but then again, it could be a flock of geese.
- Rain Robinson: Mmm... Geese don't park themselves 20,000 kilometers above North America.
- [Janeway is jostled by a skater]
- Captain Janeway: For all I know, she could be my great great great... great grandmother.
- Commander Chakotay: She does have your legs.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: You know, you might get better resolution if you adjust your amplitude parameters.
- Rain Robinson: You're probably right.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Or you might try using a theta band filter.
- Rain Robinson: You know a lot for someone who can't find his way past Saturn.
- Captain Janeway: Ensign Kim, you have an impeccable sense of timing. Not bad for your first day in the big chair.
- [after she and Chakotay have been rescued out of Starling's office]
- Commander Chakotay: I see you never learned to type.
- Captain Janeway: Turn of the millennium technology was not a required course at the academy.
- Captain Janeway: As I recall, Tom, you're something of an aficionado on 20th century America.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: That's right.
- Captain Janeway: What will we need to pass as locals in this era?
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Simple: nice clothes, fast car - lots of money!
- Capt. Braxton: Your vessel is responsible for a disaster in my century, a temporal explosion that will destroy all of Earth's solar system. I've come back in time to prevent that occurrence. My mission is your destruction. You must not resist!
- Captain Janeway: I won't sacrifice this ship and crew based on a ten second conversation. I need proof.
- Rain Robinson: It was my understanding you wanted to be notified immediately if I ever picked up a gamma emission that matched the frequency profile you gave me. Well - I did. So, I am.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: It's a shame though. She was about to make the biggest discovery in human history. Could have changed her career.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: And ended ours.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: Perhaps we should find a more secluded parking place. This is, after all, a stolen vehicle.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Nobody's around, Tuvok. We're fine.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: A taxi cab would've been less worrisome and more ethical.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: We haven't stolen anything. We borrowed a car, and we'll return it to the dealership as soon as we're done.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: I was referring to the ethics of time travel.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Somehow I doubt that taking a test drive is gonna alter the course of the universe.
- Henry Starling: Do you think E.T. likes Chateau Coeur?
- Rain Robinson: Well, if he doesn't, I've got a six-pack in the fridge.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: I majored in astrophysics.
- Rain Robinson: Where?
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Starfleet Academy.
- Rain Robinson: Never heard of it.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Uh... East Coast school.
- Capt. Braxton: All things are set in motion. The temporal explosion will occur. The end is coming! The future's end!
- Captain Janeway: I've got a starship in orbit that can vaporise this entire building in the blink of an eye.
- Henry Starling: And you along with it.
- Captain Janeway: If necessary.
- Henry Starling: Captain... you've got some cojones.
- Science Division Officer: [Voyager has been hailed by Rain Robinson, while orbiting 20th Century Earth] Should I respond?
- Ensign Harry Kim: Absolutely not.
- Rain Robinson: I'm gonna pop this hatch and I'm gonna start screaming until you tell me what's going on. Who are you? What is that thing in orbit?