TV show quotes
[Odo frogmarches Quark and Dr. Bashir up to Ops]
[to Odo] All I'm saying is if you're going to prosecute me, I demand you prosecute my co-conspirator!
I'm not a conspirator!
And just what would you call yourself, Doctor?
An idiot...
[under his breath] I'll buy that.
[scowls at Quark] For asking for your help in the first place!
I can't feel my legs.
Don't worry. They're still there.
[Sisko stops O'Brien and Worf from fighting due to cabin fever and pulls them apart]
I said, that's enough! You're Starfleet officers. Now start acting like it!
Tough guys. A little pressure and they buckle. [Sisko rounds on her]
Dax, maybe you haven't noticed, but no one's laughing! Now I know it's hot, we're filthy, tired, and we've got ten isotons of explosives going off outside, but we will never get out of this if we don't pull it together and start to act like professionals.
Do you have any gods, Captain Sisko?
There are... things I believe in.
Duty? Starfleet, the Federation? You must be pleased with yourself. You have the ship to take back to them. I hope it was worth it.
[sadly] So do I.
[after the mission on DS9]
Starfleet Command is waiting for my official report, but every time I try to get it started, I find myself staring at the casualty list and reading the same five names over and over again. T'Lor, Rooney, Bertram, Hoya, Muniz.
It may sound cruel, but we both know that ship out there was worth it. Those five deaths may save five thousand lives, or maybe even five million.
And if I had to make the same trade all over again, I would. But five people are dead. Fine men and women who deserved a lot more than to die on some lonely planet fifty thousand light years away from home.
[quoting one of his instructors at Starfleet Academy] "Always maintain emotional distance between yourself and those under your command."
It's good advice.
And I try to follow it. But it's a lot more complicated outside of the classroom. Did you know that Jake and Muniz have the same birthday? That I performed the ceremony at Hoya's wedding? And Rooney, he could play the trumpet. I heard him at Quark's once and he had the people dancing in the aisles.
I remember. And you know something else I remember about him? How proud he was to wear his uniform. And how proud he was to serve under you. The same as Hoya, T'Lor, Bertram and Muniz. They chose a life in Starfleet. They knew the risks and they died fighting for something that they believed in.
That doesn't make it any easier.
Maybe nothing should.
The recent hostilities between the Federation and the Empire have been very costly to my family. We have suffered great losses in ships, lands, warriors.
War. What is it good for? If you ask me, absolutely nothing.
If I were in your shoes, I would be looking for someone a little more entertaining, a little more fun... and maybe even a little more attainable.
You are not in my shoes.
Too bad. You'd be amazed at what I can do in a pair of size 18 boots.
Grilka is from the Mekro'vak region. It is customary among her people for the man to bring the leg of a Lingta to the first courtship dinner. Make sure it is fresh, as if you had just killed it. Then, use the leg to sweep aside everything on the table... and declare in a loud voice, "I have brought you this. From this day, I wish to provide food for you and your House, and all I ask is to share your company and do honor to your name."
(examining an injured Quark) A compound fracture of the right radius, two fractured ribs, torn ligaments, strained tendons, numerous contusions, bruises, and scratches. What have you been doing?
You mean, (taking Grilka's hand) what have we been doing?
(Quark and Grilka erupt into naughty laughter)
(unsettled) Never mind. I don't need that particular image running around my head. I'll just treat you.
[He turns around to see Worf and Dax, both bruised and bleeding, entering the infirmary.]
What happened to you two?
We, uh...
Well, if you must know—
[becoming flustered] No! I don't need that particular image, either. In fact, I'm going to stop asking that question altogether! People can come in, I will treat them, and that will be all.
It takes courage to look inside yourself, and even more courage to write it for other people to see.
[Preparing for a top-secret assignment]
I won't even tell them my name.
Rom, everyone on the station knows your name.
Well... I won't confirm it.
Captain, why'd you take the Defiant back in time?
It was an accident.
So you're not contending it was a predestination paradox.
A time loop? That you were meant to go back into the past?
No.
Good.
We hate those. So... what happened?
This may take some time.
Is that a joke?
No.
Good.
We hate those, too.
Don't take it personally, Worf.
I... rather like the way you smell.
Yeah, sort of... earthy, peaty aroma.
With a touch of... lilac.
Be specific, Captain. Which Enterprise? There've been five.
Six.
This was the first Enterprise. Constitution-class.
[Both agents sit back, astonished]
His ship.
James T. Kirk.
[grins] The one and only.
Seventeen separate temporal violations. The biggest file on record.
The man was a menace.
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