Howard: I just want to let you know I get why you don't want me to be a part of the planetarium show.
Raj: Oh, great. Thanks for stopping by.
Howard: You don't want to talk about the stars next to an actual astronaut. That would be like doing karaoke with a rock star.
Raj: First of all, I've totally done karaoke with a rock star. Or are you forgetting when the Spin Doctors handed me the mic at the Orange County Fair?

Howard: Listen, I understand you being intimidated, but I can't help that I'm proud of being an astronaut. It's a big deal.
Raj: Oh, it certainly is, but I also happen to be very accomplished in my field.
Howard: Great. So you have no reason to be scared of sharing the spotlight.
Raj: Please. I may be scared of heights and spiders and showing up at a costume party that turns out to be a regular party, but I am not scared of sharing the spotlight with you! [Raj walks out, and then reappears]
Howard: What's happening?
Raj: I just stormed out for dramatic effect. I- Actually, I don't have anywhere to go.

Sheldon: President Siebert, how much do you know about physics?
President Siebert: I'm a physicist.
Sheldon: Huh. I would not have guessed that.
President Siebert: I have a doctorate from Indiana University.
Sheldon: Oh, that makes more sense. Well, don't worry, I'll go slow.
President Siebert: Thank you.

Sheldon: Dr. Fowler and I have been working on a theory of super-asymmetry that could reconcile the lack of observation of supersymmetry in a world still governed by string theory.
President Siebert: Interesting. So you're taking the paradigms of supersymmetry, but removing the limitations of obeying the Poincare algebra.
Sheldon: Well, aren't you just the pride of Bloomington?

President Siebert: What do you want, Sheldon?
Sheldon: Dr. Fowler has found herself distracted by the commitments in her own lab. It would be a great help to both of us if you could free her up from her other projects.
President Siebert: I'm confused.
Sheldon: Yeah, well, there's that Indiana.

President Siebert: This is physics research. Dr. Fowler's a neuroscientist.
Sheldon: Yes, but her insights into the very ways we conceptualize symmetry and asymmetry have been invaluable.
President Siebert: Dr. Cooper-
Sheldon: Look, I know what you're thinking, that "they're newlyweds, how are they gonna keep their hands off of each other?" Let me assure you, we will not engage in workplace coitus. Okay, if I won't put a bagel on my desk, I'm certainly not putting Amy's bare bottom.

President Siebert: I must say, I do not enjoy our talks.

Amy: Dr. Park, may I help you?
Dr. Park: Actually, yes, do you have any better notes on this project? I'm having a hard time reading your handwriting.
Amy: Oh, uh, allow me to rephrase that. What the hell are you doing in my lab?

Sheldon: Oh, Amy, there you are.
Amy: No, not- Not now, Sheldon, I'm dealing with an epic screwup, and when I find out who's responsible, they're gonna get an earful.
Sheldon: All right, well, when you're done, let me know, I've got some exciting news.
Dr. Park: I'm sorry, I'm confused. President Siebert said you were focusing on some important physics work and I should take over your lab in the interim.
Sheldon: Uh, hey, that was my exciting news. All right, I'm gonna tell you again. Pretend you haven't heard it.

Amy: You got me removed from my own project?
Sheldon: Yeah, and it wasn't easy. Apparently, you're very difficult to replace. Hey, just between you and me, they consider Dr. Park quite the step down.
Dr. Park: I was trying to pick my moment to leave. This seems like it.
Sheldon: Wow. Banker's hours. No wonder you're not on the tenure track.

Amy: Sheldon, you had no right.
Sheldon: What- I thought you said you were spread too thin. You said that you wished you had more time to focus on our research. I thought I was helping.
Amy: Well, you're not. I mean, I have years invested in this work, and now someone's gonna come in and take it over? I mean, how would you feel if I let Leonard take over your super-asymmetry project?
Sheldon: (laughs) That's funny. Oh, he'd be like a puppy with a microscope.

Raj: Hey.
Leonard: Hey.
Raj: I brought Chinese.
Penny: Oh, that's a nice surprise. What's the occasion?
Raj: Please, I don't need a reason to bring food to my friends.
Leonard: But you have one, don't you?
Raj: Yeah, I need your help.

Raj: So, I folded, and I told Howard he could be a part of my planetarium show. And now I'm worried he's just gonna make the whole thing about himself.
Penny: So just tell him you changed your mind and you don't want him to do it.
Raj: No, no, then he's gonna think I'm too insecure to share the spotlight with him.
Leonard: And he'd be right.

Leonard: Hey, Raj, if I had a nickel for every time a charity sent me a nickel.
Raj: ... That's hilarious!
Leonard: I know.

[Penny arrives back in the apartment, out of breath]
Leonard: It's three, right?
Penny: Just shut up.