MacGyver: One thing you gotta know when you're ballooning is how to land. Simply put, you just cut the heat, and let gravity do the rest.

MacGyver: Look, I said, "nothing personal," but those mountains are rugged, and I don't want to be saddled...
Nikki Carpenter: You don't want to be stuck dragging a woman around.
MacGyver: Well, I wouldn't have put it quite like that.

Nikki Carpenter: Well I suppose your Swiss miss could have done better.
MacGyver: Heidi happens to be extremely competent, intelligent, and articulate.
Nikki Carpenter: Not to mention a great body.
MacGyver: That's not her fault!

Nikki Carpenter: I have to give you high marks for acting like a perfect gentleman last night.
MacGyver: That's amazing. I don't know how I did it, but I controlled myself.

Starkoss: That woman, you will come to love her, huh.
MacGyver: What?! No, no, no, no no... no way. No. I'm glad she's all right but... trust me.
Starkoss: No, MacGyver, trust me.

MacGyverisms:
* Pine needles used as insulation between two shirts
* Homemade boots made out of duct tape and a backpack's styrofoam backing
* A hot-air balloon made out of a refrigerator casing, fabrics soaked in a glue-like substance, a hot-air burner made out of stove pipes and acetylene welding gas