Benny, Douglas and others in “Far Beyond The Stars”

You're firing me?

I have no choice, Benny. It's his decision.

Well, you can't fire me. I quit. To hell with you and to hell with Stone!

Try to stay calm, Benny.

No! I'm tired of being calm. Calm never got me a damn thing!

I'm warning you, Benny, if-- if you don't stop this, I'm going to call the police.

You GO AHEAD, CALL THEM! Call anybody you want, they can't do anything to me! Not anymore, and nor can any of you! I am a human being, dammit! You can deny me all you want, but you cannot deny Ben Sisko. He exists. That future, that space station, all those people, they exist in here! In my mind, I created it! And every one of you know it, you read it! It's here, you-- you-- you hear what I'm telling you?! You can pulp a story, but you cannot destroy an idea. Don’t you understand? That’s ancient knowledge. You cannot destroy an idea!