Nog quotes from Deep Space Nine

Nog

The 9th Rule of Acquisition clearly states, "Opportunity plus instinct equals profit."

Nog

Maybe the soulless minions of orthodoxy finally caught up with him.

Sisko

I'm not going to put my reputation on the line just to satisfy some whim of yours.

Nog

It's not just a whim. I'm serious about joining Starfleet.

Sisko

: I don't have time for this, Nog. Now whatever little scheme you had, you can forget it. I'm not giving you that letter.

Nog

[angered] It's not a joke or a scheme! I want to join Starfleet. I want it more than anything I've ever wanted anything in my life!

Sisko

You're a Ferengi. Why would you want to be in Starfleet? Where's the profit in it?

Nog

I don't care about profit!

Sisko

Then what do you care about!? [Sisko takes Nog's shoulders and shakes him] Come on, Nog, tell me! Why is it so damned important for you to get into Starfleet? Why are you doing this?

Nog

[voice breaking] Because I don't want to end up like my father! [shocked, Sisko releases him]

Sisko

Your father?

Nog

That's right. My father. He's been chasing profit his whole life, and what has it gotten him? Nothing. And you know why? Because he doesn't have the lobes...and neither do I.

Sisko

[quoting] "And a Ferengi without profit..."

Nog

…"is no Ferengi at all."

Sisko

The eighteenth Rule of Acquisition.

Nog

My father is a mechanical genius. He could've been Chief Engineer of a starship if he'd had the opportunity. But he went into business, like a good Ferengi. The only thing is, he's not a good Ferengi, not when it comes to acquiring profit. So now all he has to live for is the slim chance that someday, somehow, he might be able to take over my uncle's bar. Well, I'm not going to make the same mistake. I want to do something with my life. Something worthwhile.

Sisko

Like joining Starfleet.

Nog

I may not have an instinct for business, but I have my father's hands and my uncle's tenacity. I know I've got something to offer, I just need the chance to prove it.

Sisko

All right. I'll see that you get that chance.

Nog

[overjoyed] You're going to recommend me to Starfleet Academy?

Sisko

I'll send the letter the first thing tomorrow morning.

Nog

Commander, I don't know how to thank you! [he tries to embrace Sisko, only for Sisko to hold him at arm's length]

Sisko

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Don't thank me yet. You still have a lot of work ahead of you.

Nog

Don't worry. You're never going to regret this. [he offers his hand and Sisko shakes it]

Quark

Rom! You're a genius!

Rom

You think so?

Quark

How should I know? I have no idea what you're talking about.

Nog

Tries to warn his father not to interfer with theUniversal timeline

Quark

"within a year we'll be running this planet," and dreams of cultivating a vast Ferengi economic empire with himself as the Grand Nagus. [Tribute to Charleton Heston remarks in "Planet of the Apes"[!}

Nog

The first landing parties will arrive here! (points at a random spot on a map)

Where?

Nog

Here, right next to this blue blob!

You mean your people are going to invade— Cleveland?

Nog

I'm sorry, Captain, the names of Red Squad members are supposed to be secret.

Benjamin Sisko

But you know who they are?

Nog

Hee-hee. It's not easy keeping secrets from a Ferengi, and I feel funny telling anyone else. Besides, if they found out I told you, I'd never get in.

Benjamin Sisko

Cadet, you are obviously under the mistaken impression that I am asking a favor. [increasingly hostile voice] I want a name and I want it now and that is an order. Understood, Mr. Nog?

Nog

Yes, sir.

Nog

I'll do the cleaning on the odd-numbered days; you do the cleaning on the even days.

Jake Sisko

We're going to clean every day?

Nog

No, just the odd and even ones.

Nog

Healthy body, healthy mind.

Jake Sisko

Please, Nog. No cliches before breakfast.

Jake Sisko

We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.

Nog

What does that mean exactly?

Jake Sisko

We're going to beard the lion in its den.

Nog

[Confused] Lions, Geigers, bears...

Jake Sisko

Oh, my.

Benjamin Sisko

Just don't forget the 190th Rule of Acquisition.

Nog

"Hear all, trust nothing." Good advice, sir.

Nog

You can walk in front of me, or beside me, but I won't turn my back on you again.

Cadet, there may be hope for you yet.

Benjamin Sisko

And when they've reached this point, we'll have them in a crossfire.

They won't have a chance.

That is the point. In case you've forgotten, we're in a war.

Miles O'Brien

There are rules, Garak, even in a war.

Correction. Humans have rules in war. Rules that tend to make victory a little harder to achieve, in my opinion.

So we just shoot them down?

They wouldn't hesitate if the situation was reversed.

Nog

But we're not the Jem'Hadar. It is our duty to—

Benjamin Sisko

This isn't a vote. The decision's mine. And Mister Garak is right. We are at war. Given the choice between us or them, there is no choice. Let's move out.

Jadzia Dax

Are you two ever gonna be finished?

Nog

Just a few more minutes, Commander.

Chief O'Brien

That's 'Captain'. It's an old naval tradition. Whoever's in command of a ship, regardless of rank, is referred to as 'Captain.'

Nog

You mean if I had to take command, I would be called 'Captain,' too?

Chief O'Brien

Cadet, by the time you took command, there'd be nobody left to call you anything.

Nog

Can you believe it? They made me an ensign.

Miles O'Brien

I didn't realize things were going so bad.

Nog

Scary, isn't it?