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.
Byron Sully: Rich people pay to eat snails?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: I could use some advice... from someone who's had experience.
Dorothy Jennings: Oh. Well, don't you worry. It's as easy as falling off a log.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: Remember, I've never... fallen off a log.
Loren Bray: Of course they're true! That's how they get to be rumors.
Hank Lawson: Speakin' of ladies... May I?
Marjorie Quinn: No, you may not.
Hank Lawson: Pleased to almost meet you.
Matthew Cooper: What's a dog like that good for?
Byron Sully: Bait.
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.
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.
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: Where does that leave Horace? He's been struggling at the plate. He's afraid of striking out.
Byron Sully: He's not the only one.
Preston A. Lodge III: D'you hear the news? Dr. Mike is climbing to the top of Pike's Peak.
Jake Slicker: Don't worry. After a while, nothin' she does'll seem strange.
Dr. Cassidy: It's your funeral, Reverend.
Rev. Timothy Johnson: Yes, it is. And I would like to wait on it.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: Dorothy's overcome so much herself. I think she means this book to be inspirational. I'm sure she didn't mean to offend anyone.
Hank Lawson: You read it?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: I haven't had time yet. I'm looking forward to reading it this afternoon.
Hank Lawson: Where exactly you gonna be when you're readin' it?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn: The clinic, I suppose. Why?
Hank Lawson: Might wanna steer clear of that part of town today, folks.
Grace: Oh, no you don't.
Brian Cooper: I was just sayin' hello.
Grace: I know you, and you were one step away from namin' that turkey.
Brian Cooper: Well, his face does kinda remind me of.
Grace: Shhh. Don't say it. You name that bird, start makin' friends with it, and there goes my Thanksgiving appetite. That bird's name is 'dinner'.
Cloud Dancing: The marriage is good?
Byron Sully: Yeah. It's great.
Cloud Dancing: It took Snow Bird and I many months to discover that we no longer rode separate horses.
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.
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: 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.
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 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.