Deep Space Nine quotes

Kira Nerys

I suppose you want the office.

Benjamin Sisko

Well, I thought I would say hello first and then take the office, but we can do it in any order you like.

Kira Nerys

[sarcastically] Hello!

Jean-Luc Picard

Have we met before?

Benjamin Sisko

Yes, sir, we met in battle. I was on the Saratoga at Wolf 359.

Benjamin Sisko

Sounds like they're not ready.

Jean-Luc Picard

Your job—short of violating the Prime Directive—is to make sure that they are.

Kira Nerys

You are throwing it all away! All of you!

You're being a fool!

Kira Nerys

Well, then, don't ask my opinion next time!

How ironic—one who does not wish to be among us is to be the Emissary.

Julian Bashir

This is where the adventure is. This is where heroes are made. Right here—in the wilderness.

Kira Nerys

This "wilderness" is my home!

Miles O'Brien

Sir, have you ever served with any Bajoran women?

Benjamin Sisko

No. Why?

Miles O'Brien

I was just wondering, sir.

Benjamin Sisko

It's really quite simple, Quark. You're not going to leave.

Quark

Not going to leave? But we're packed and ready to go.

Benjamin Sisko

Unpack.

Quark

I don't understand, Commander. Why would you want me to stay?

Odo

I'm curious myself. The man is a gambler and a thief.

Quark

I'm not a thief.

Odo

You are a thief!

Quark

If I am, you haven't been able to prove it for four years.

Quark

Commander, I've made a career out of knowing when to leave. And this provisional government is far too provisional for my taste. And when governments fall, people like me are lined up and shot.

Benjamin Sisko

There is that risk, but then, you are a gambler, Quark.

Odo

And a thief.

Benjamin Sisko

You know, Quark, that poor boy is about to spend the best years of his life in a Bajoran prison. I'm a father myself. I know what your brother must be going through. The boy should be with his family, not in some cold jail cell. Think about it. It's up to you.

Odo

You know, at first, I didn't think I was going to like him.

Benjamin Sisko

[To Captain Picard] In the meantime, I will do the job I've been ordered to do to the best of my ability, sir!

Kira Nerys

Quark, if you don't take your hand off my hip, you'll never be able to raise a glass with it again.

Quark

Oh, I love a woman in uniform.

Benjamin Sisko

That may be the most important thing to understand about humans. It is the unknown that defines our existence. We are constantly searching, not just for answers to our questions, but for new questions. We are explorers. We explore our lives day by day, and we explore the galaxy trying to expand the boundaries of our knowledge. And that is why I am here—not to conquer you with weapons or ideas, but to coexist and learn.

Nine Orbs, like this one, have appeared in the skies over the past 10,000 years. The Cardassians took the others. You must find the Celestial Temple before they do.

Benjamin Sisko

The Celestial Temple?

Tradition says that the Orbs were sent by the Prophets to teach us. What we have learned has shaped our theology. The Cardassians will do anything to decipher their powers. If they discover the Celestial Temple, they could destroy it.

Benjamin Sisko

What makes you think I can find your... temple?

[gives Sisko the Orb Ark] This will help you.

Benjamin Sisko

Kai Opaka, I—

I can't unite my people until I know the Prophets have been warned. You will find the Temple. Not for Bajor, not for the Federation, but for your own pagh. It is quite simply, Commander, the journey you have always been destined to take.

Benjamin Sisko

I have a son that I’m raising alone, Captain. This is not the ideal environment.

Jean Luc Picard

Unfortunately, Starfleet officers do not always have the luxury to serve in an ideal environment.