- Ellen Jensen: Pa's in the hospital.
- Clark Kent: What happened?
- Ellen Jensen: His tractor went wild and he went into a ditch.
- Clark Kent: I told him to get rid of that piece of junk. It was due for an accident.
- Ellen Jensen: Yeah, well, there's been a lot of those kind of accidents since the Kenderson people came to town. If it keeps up, somebody's gonna get killed.
- Clark Kent: Okay, look, I'm gonna be on a plane within an hour, and I'll be on the 1:00 bus to Smallville.
- Ellen Jensen: I'll pick you up at the depot.
- Superboy: Kenderson! You can get all the water you want in prison, and you won't have to pay a cent for it.
- Ellen Jensen: I'm proud of you. That you didn't let them force you into a fight.
- Clark Kent: [sarcastic] That's great. Can you take the, uh, "kick me" sign off my back now?
- Jarvis: If it isn't the poor college boy who lost his buttons.
- Borkner: Well, well, well. I got a hunch the Kents might be ready to sell.
- Kenderson: Huh? Have a seat.
- Clark Kent: If one more accident happens to a Kent, you're gonna be running your rotten business from a hospital bed, Kenderson.
- Jarvis: What'd you do, college boy, take some "get tough" pills?
- Kenderson: Now, hold it, son. I'm here to help any farmer who wants to get out from under his debts.
- Clark Kent: Like I said, any more attempts on the farmhouse... you're gonna be sorry.
- Ellen Jensen: I never dreamed I'd meet Superboy. But he saved us, and I didn't even get a chance to thank him.
- Clark Kent: I tell you what, if I ever run into him, I'll thank him for you.