- Dr. Dick Solomon: How can we honor the memory of a man like Leonard Hanlin? Well...
- [long pause]
- Dr. Dick Solomon: He was governed by the laws of physics, as are all living things. It is a scientific fact that hearts and clocks slow down as they approach the speed of light: the point at which matter is converted into energy. Dr. Hanlin's heart approached that speed on Friday evening, at 7:57, according to the coroner, converting his matter into energy... Into pure white light. Though he is no longer with us... he is all around us.
- [about what will happen to their earthly bodies after they go on to explore other planets]
- Sally Solomon: Dick, I feel different here. I mean, I like Sally. What will happen to her when I'm gone? What happens to all her stuff? All her shoes?
- Dr. Dick Solomon: Behind his back, they deride him, but to his face they kiss his ass.
- Harry Solomon: Well, that's just the kind of stunt you can see only on cable.
- Tommy Solomon: Matter into energy?
- Sally Solomon: Could you have been more trite?
- Harry Solomon: Why didn't you just phone it in?
- Dr. Leonard Hamlin: And I admire your courage, Mrs. Sumner. A framed Audubon print over the mantel posing as art - *that* takes courage.
- Dr. Leonard Hamlin: So tell me Dick, what do you think of my work?
- Dr. Dick Solomon: Mechanistic and disturbingly fascist, but pretentious high schoolers might find it thought-provoking.
- Harry Solomon: To die, to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream. Ahh, there's the rub. For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause.
- Dr. Dick Solomon: What's that from?
- Harry Solomon: I dunno, some Mel Gibson movie.
- [Dr. Hanlin just died. Earlier Mary was saying how she wished he would die]
- Dr. Dick Solomon: [shouting enthusiastically] Dr. Albright! You got your wish!
- Sally Solomon: [last lines - the whole family is gazing up at the night sky] When *are* we going to leave this planet?
- Dr. Dick Solomon: When we know everything there is to know about life.
- Harry Solomon: Whoa, good thing we have cable.
- Dr. Dick Solomon: Eh, eh, eh, momentito. ¿Cual lengua hablamos?
- Sally Solomon: Español.
- Dr. Dick Solomon: ¿Cual es la lengua official del Ohio?
- Harry Solomon: Inglés.
- Dr. Dick Solomon: Inglés. Entonces hablamos Inglés.
- Harry Solomon: Ahhhhhh.
- Sally Solomon: [as they're leaving, Sally is muttering] English, Spanish, French, Italian...
- Dr. Dick Solomon: Earth! Go figure!
- Sally Solomon: [Tommy has just come in with a new girl friend] Tommy, what happened to August?
- Tommy Solomon: August - well, August is bright and intelligent and funny, and I love to be with her, but... Cheryl's easy.
- Dr. Dick Solomon: So you're jeopardizing a meaningful relationship for pure physical pleasure.
- Tommy Solomon: Egg-zactly!
- Dr. Dick Solomon: Very well, carry on.
- Narrator: Aliens are all around us. This is the story of a band of four such explorers. In order to blend in, they've assumed human form.
- Narrator: [as Dick appears on screen] This is the High Commander. He has assembled an elite team of experts: a decorated military officer, a seasoned intelligence specialist, and...
- Narrator: [as Harry is seen stuffing a photograph into his mouth] ... well, they had an extra seat.
- Narrator: The Earth is covered with a deep, hard crust - although it does have a wonderful, chewy center.