A character in Deep Space Nine
Played by Colm Meaney
Deep Space Nine · 633 quotes
7th most-quoted character in Deep Space Nine: in 58 of its 633 quotes
Most scenes with: Julian Bashir (23), Benjamin Sisko (8), Worf (7)
[just before Bashir and O'Brien sit down to a huge meal]
What do you think you're doing?
Miles O'BrienThe wedding's been called off.
It's back on! Worf is apologizing to Jadzia at this very moment.
Quark, take it all away! No food for those on the path to Kal'Hyah!
No refunds for those on the path to Kal'Hyah, either. Sorry.
[Bashir and O'Brien, starving, thirsty, and hanging off a pole during Kal'Hyah (The Path of Clarity) before Worf's marriage]
Miles?
Miles O'BrienYeah?
It works. I've had a vision about the future. I can see it so clearly.
Miles O'BrienWhat is it?
I'm going to kill Worf. I'm going to kill Worf! That’s what I'm going to do. I see it so clearly!
Miles O'BrienKill Worf.
Yeah, kill Worf.
[They lapse into a mantra of "Kill Worf".]
[O'Brien, Bashir and Dax are all 1 centimeter tall]
Miles O'BrienAre you telling me I'm going to be this bloody tall for the rest of my life?
[indicating smaller] This bloody tall, actually.
This conduit’s filthy, Chief. Don’t you ever clean up in here?
All right, all right. Let’s not badger the Chief.
Miles O’BrienThank you!
I’m sorry. It was very small of me.
Are you sure that you two returned to your original height?
Miles O'BrienWhy do you ask?
It's just that you both seem to be a couple of centimeters shorter. A Changeling notices these sort of things.
Actually now that I think about it, you both do seem a little on the petite side.
Infirmary.
[Both run to the infirmary]
[to Odo] And they say you don't have a sense of humor.
[Quark and Odo chuckle]
Let me ask you something—back home, wherever that is, you got a family?
Miles O'BrienYeah.
Good. After all, that's the most important thing.
What are you eating?
Miles O'BrienI'm not eating—I'm chewing.
Chewing what?
Miles O'BrienGum. It's traditional. I had the replicator create me some.
They just chewed it?
Miles O'BrienNo, they infused it with flavor.
What did you infuse it with?
Miles O'BrienScotch. Here—try some.
Mmmm!
[Odo declares that Worf has struck out]
WHAT?! What are you talking about?! That ball was at least half a metre out! How could you call it a strike?! REVERSE THE CALL! REVERSE THE CALL!
[rushes over] Are you blind?! That was low and outside!
The ball was clearly outside!
What the hell were you looking at?! You can't tell me that ball was over the plate! What were you doing—REGENERATING?!
[calmly] Caught the outside corner.
[Worf and Sisko continue to protest over each other]
THE OUTSIDE CORNER?! THE CORNER OF THE DUGOUT, PERHAPS! MAYBE THE CORNER OF THE STADIUM! BUT NOT THE CORNER OF THE PLATE!
THE CORNER, MY FOOT! THAT WAS A BALL, AND YOU KNOW IT! WE SHOULD HAVE TWO MEN ON! TWO MEN ON! TWO MEN ON!
Gentlemen, you are trying my patience.
You stole the run from us! You stole it, just as if you reached up and tore it off the score board!
[Begins poking Odo in the chest]
You stole it from us!
You. YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!
What?!
“No player shall at anytime make contact with the umpire in any manner. The prescribed penalty for the violation is immediate ejection from the game.” Rule number 4.06, subsection A, paragraph four. Look it up, but do it in the stands. YOU'RE GONE!
[Sisko walks off]
[Muttering to himself] It was a ball. It was no strike. I know it was a ball.
Chief?
Miles O'BrienWhat?
I think that means you're in charge now.
Miles O'BrienYou're right. [To the team] What are you standing around for? You never seen a man thrown out of a game?
[Nog catches the ball as the Vulcan runs past him. We see that the Vulcan's foot does not actually touch home plate. Odo (the umpire) says nothing.]
What? What happened?
Miles O'BrienHe didn't touch home, Nog!
Well, what do I do?
Find him and kill him!
How could I have been so blind? What was I thinking, trying to move things along so fast? She needed time. I didn’t give it to her. I came this close to driving her back inside herself. I’m supposed to be a doctor. I’m supposed to put my patient’s needs above my own.
Miles O’BrienYou didn’t want to be lonely anymore. Nobody does.
O'BrienBut remember—be discreet.
Rule of Acquisition 168: "Whisper your way to success."
Miles O'BrienHow could he do this to me? How could he leave me adrift, mid-river, without a paddle?
What river would that be?
Miles O'BrienYou know, the Great Material Continuum.
That river. It can be very treacherous.
Miles O'BrienTell me about it. Well, I suppose the good news is with Nog gone, nothing else can go missing.
[in a cargo bay, General Martok knocks over a crate]
Where is my case of bloodwine?!
I do not know, General, but I promise you I will find out.
Miles O'BrienA-ha. [picks up a bottle] I knew Quark was hiding a bottle of the good stuff.
[inspecting the label] This is older than I am.
Miles O'BrienWhat?! [looks at the label himself] I'm drinking with a child.
Benjamin SiskoAvery Brooks · 150 quotes
QuarkArmin Shimerman · 108 quotes
Julian BashirAlexander Siddig · 97 quotes
Kira NerysNana Visitor · 89 quotes
OdoRené Auberjonois · 82 quotes
EGElim Garak65 quotes
WorfMichael Dorn · 50 quotes
Jadzia DaxTerry Farrell · 42 quotes
Gul DukatMarc Alaimo · 37 quotes
RomMax Grodénchik · 24 quotes
DamarCasey Biggs · 23 quotes
NogAron Eisenberg · 22 quotes
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