Ben: What if it actually works and you have to go back in time?
Addison: That’s the mission.
Ben: Yeah, yeah, I know. But it just seems crazy. Right? That you have to risk your life.
Addison: That’s the mission, Ben. That’s why they call it military service. We dedicate our lives and yeah, you sometimes risk them, in service of something greater. The greater goal than any one of us could accomplish alone. It’s my job, and it makes me happy doing it.
Ben: I know, but what if we… what if I lose you?
Addison: Then you’ll come find me.

Grier: The funny thing is we have been so preoccupied with getting ourselves out of purgatory that we have forgotten why we joined the Air Force in the first place.
Enoch: To fly cool jets.
Grier: No, to help people.

Quantum Leap Season 2 Episode 1 Quotes

Grier: That thing is a ticket out of running dead-end long-haul supply missions. We land in New Delhi, hand it off, you two [to Abrams brothers] get to go … do whatever, you [to Bailey] get an honorable discharge, and you [to Ben] get to finally go home. Isn’t that what you’ve always wanted?
Ben: Yeah, it is.

Ronnie: Just because we pick it up from Germany, doesn’t mean it came from Germany.
Enoch: You’re just going to gloss over the fact that the Nazis ‘collected’ a lot of artifacts?
Ronnie: Stop. It’s not what you think it is.
Enoch: I’m just saying that this could be some sort of deeply supernatural, level ten occult, ultra powerful ancient artifact!
Ronnie: This is not a supernatural relic.
Enoch: Okay, fine. What do you think it is?
Ronnie: I’ll tell you what you think it is.
Enoch: The floor is yours.
Ronnie: Taking into account all the variables that you brought up, I think that the only reasonable explanation is that it’s some sort of alien or extra-dimensional energy device that our government just stumbled upon.
Enoch: You’re thinking like Roswell?
Ronnie: Roswell’s a hoax.