Nog quotes from Deep Space Nine

Miles O'Brien

"Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them, Volley'd and thunder'd..."

Julian Bashir

"Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell, Rode the six hundred."

Nog

Whatever it is you're quoting, I wish you'd stop!

Uh, Chief? How does that poem end?

O'Brien

You don't want to know.

Jake Sisko

I don't even know who you are anymore.

Nog

I'm the chief engineer of the starship Valiant.

Jake Sisko

I'll have them put that on your tombstone.

Nog

You gonna write a story about all this?

Jake Sisko

Probably.

Nog

What are you going to say?

Jake Sisko

What do you think I should say?

Nog

That it was a good ship, with a good crew, that made a mistake. We let ourselves blindly follow Captain Watters, and he led us over a cliff.

That's not true. Captain Watters was a great man.

Nog

Dorian, he got everyone killed.

If he failed, it was because we failed him.

Nog

[to Jake] Put that in your story too. Let people read it, decide for themselves.

Nog

He may have been a hero. He may have even been a great man. But in the end, he was a bad captain.

Nog

What? What happened?

Miles O'Brien

He didn't touch home, Nog!

Nog

Well, what do I do?

Worf

Find him and kill him!

O'Brien

But remember—be discreet.

Nog

Rule of Acquisition 168: "Whisper your way to success."

Nog

When the war began, I wasn't happy or anything. But I was eager. I wanted to test myself. I wanted to prove I had what it took to be a soldier. And I saw a lot of combat. I saw a lot of people get hurt. I saw a lot of people die. But I didn't think anything was going to happen to me. And then suddenly, Dr. Bashir is telling me he has to cut my leg off. I couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it. If I can get shot, if I can lose my leg, anything can happen to me, Vic. I could die tomorrow. I don't know if I'm ready to face that. If I stay here, at least I know what the future is going to be like.

You stay here, you're gonna die. Not all at once, but little by little. Eventually, you'll become as hollow as I am.

Nog

You don't seem hollow to me.

Compared to you, I'm hollow as a snare drum. Look, kid, I don't know what's going to happen to you out there. All I can tell you is that you've got to play the cards life deals you. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. But at least you're in the game.

Benjamin Sisko

Ensign, I believe you know the way to Cardassia.

Nog

If I get lost, I'll just follow the ship in front of us.