Kunal Nayyar credited as playing...
Raj Koothrappali
- Raj Koothrappali: You want me to work with you.
- Sheldon Cooper: For me. You're going to have to listen more carefully when you're on the job.
- Raj Koothrappali: Okay, please don't take this the wrong way, but I would rather swim buck naked across the Ganges with a paper cut on my nipple and die a slow, agonizing death from a viral infection than work with you.
- Sheldon Cooper: *For* me.
- Sheldon Cooper: I took another look at the board, and I realized you were right.
- Raj Koothrappali: So you were wrong.
- Sheldon Cooper: I'm not saying that.
- Raj Koothrappali: That's the only logical inference.
- Sheldon Cooper: I'm still not saying it.
- Raj Koothrappali: I've reconsidered your offer to let me work with you.
- Sheldon Cooper: *For* me.
- Raj Koothrappali: Yes, *for* you. I do however have a few conditions. First, at all times I am to be treated as a colleague and an equal. Second, my contributions shall be noted in all published materials. And third, you are never allowed to lecture me on Hinduism or my Indian culture.
- Sheldon Cooper: I'm impressed, Raj. Those are very cogent and reasonable conditions.
- Raj Koothrappali: Thank you.
- Sheldon Cooper: I reject them all.
- Leonard Hofstadter: I've always been a little confused about this. Why don't Hindus eat beef?
- Raj Koothrappali: We believe cows are gods.
- Sheldon Cooper: Not technically. In Hinduism, cattle are thought to be *like* god.
- Raj Koothrappali: Do not tell me about my own culture, Sheldon! In the mood I'm in, I'll take you out - I swear to cow!
- Sheldon Cooper: Forgive me. You know I am not adept at reading facial cues, but I am going to take a stab here. You are either sad or nauseated.
- Raj Koothrappali: I'm sad.
- Sheldon Cooper: I was going to say sad! I don't why I hedged.
- Raj Koothrappali: If we were having this argument in my native language, I'd be kicking your butt.
- Sheldon Cooper: English is your native language.
- Raj Koothrappali: Okay, you got me there.