Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: Sully says that everyone recognizes members of their own tribe.
Louise Chambers: Who's Sully?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: Well, that's something for a whole other picnic.
Hank Lawson: Speakin' of ladies... May I?
Marjorie Quinn: No, you may not.
Hank Lawson: Pleased to almost meet you.
Matthew Cooper: I think Dr. Mike's in trouble.
Brian Cooper: What kinda trouble?
Matthew Cooper: What kinda trouble does she usually get into?
Brian Cooper: So why don't ya marry our Ma and be our Pa?
Colleen Cooper: Brian.
Byron Sully: Brian, it's not something you just do. It takes time.
Brian Cooper: She's 35. She doesn't have a lot of time left.
Byron Sully: I don't want ya to leave. I wanna be with you. I need to be with you.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: Sully.
Byron Sully: I will love you all my days. Will you marry me?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: Yes.
Matthew Cooper: What's a dog like that good for?
Byron Sully: Bait.
Hank Lawson: What's that squallin'?
Jake Slicker: Somebody's singin'. Sounds like Myra.
Hank Lawson: Myra can't sing.
Jake Slicker: Well, that ain't stoppin' her. Listen.
Jake Slicker: Who the hell is Ralph Waldo?
Loren Bray: Probably another darn woman from Boston.
Hank Lawson: Great, now we've got two of 'em.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: I can't say if your spirits exist or not. I'm not even sure how I feel about my own God anymore.
Cloud Dancing: Just because we are angry with them does not mean they will go away.
Byron Sully: There's only one thing I know about women - you gotta be lucky enough to find the right one, and then never let her go.
Colleen Cooper: I'll still can't believe I have a baby sister.
Robert E.: Well, she's got your eyes, Sully.
Jake Slicker: Not much hair, though... considerin' its parents.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: Do you think most women find it agreeable?
Grace: Sure.
Myra Bing: If they're in love, they do.
Dorothy Jennings: I think women find it more agreeable then men do. I do. I mean, the men don't wanna know it. It would just vex 'em.
Byron Sully: Blamin' doesn't fix things. It just makes them go on and on tearin' at folks.
Colonel Egan: Black Kettle and his party are late for his treaty council.
Byron Sully: The Cheyenne say that only a white man needs a watch to tell him when he's hungry.
Kid Cole: I know I'm new in town, but it woulda been nice to've been invited to your party.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: I know what everyone is saying about me, that I'm an old maid. But I don't need you to contribute.
Colleen Cooper: That's not what people are sayin'.
Brian Cooper: Yeah, no-one's said nothin' about the maid part.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: You can't close your heart and give up on people. When you shut down the door, no-one can get in.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: How long before we go?
Byron Sully: You're not going. The women stay in camp.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: Not this woman.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: Whenever anyone used to comment on my being my father's daughter, he used to tell them not to let my choice of profession fool them. That it was my mother I was most like, not him. It's the only thing he ever said that made me truly angry at him.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: You know what Sam said? She said that seeing us together is like watching a fire burn.
Byron Sully: Is that good?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: Well, ignore a fire and it burns out. But if you tend to it, take care of it, feed it... it keeps growing bigger - burns brighter.
Answer: A Cooper was someone who made various things out of wood including wooden caskets and even barrels.