And as the 34th Rule of Acquisition states: "Peace is good for business."
That's the 35th Rule.
Oh, you're right. What's the 34th?
"War is good for business." It's easy to get them confused.
S3 E15Destiny
S3 E16Prophet Motive
Greed is eternal.
(holding the Grand Nagus' new book) You rewrote the Rules of Acquisition?
Read me the first word of every rule.
(flipping through the pages) "If" "never" "keep" "profit" "a" "good" "smile" "honesty"...
Aha! (standing up, he stares at the ceiling as if he'd just realized a hidden message) “If never keep profit, a good smile... honesty!”
What does it mean, brother?
It means... absolutely... nothing.
You embezzled money from the Nagus?
Surprise!
Father would be proud!
S3 E17Visionary
Quark?
Yes?
Dabo.
Dabo? Huh?
(beat, then the sound of a Dabo table paying out)
BPBar Patrons
Dabo!
O'Brien! Wait!
S3 E18Distant Voices
And you, Chief, you represent my uncertainty and my doubt.
No I don't!
To think—after all this time, all our lunches together—you still don't trust me. There's hope for you yet, doctor.
S3 E20Improbable Cause
[after Bashir tells the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf]
The point is, if you lie all the time, nobody's going to believe you even when you're telling the truth.
Are you sure that's the point, Doctor?
Of course. What else could it be?
That you should never tell the same lie twice.
The truth is usually just an excuse for the lack of imagination.
Is there anything you need me to do while you're gone?
Like what?
I don't know— Any unfinished business?
Actually, Doctor, there is something. If you go into my quarters and examine the bulkhead next to the replicator, you'll notice there’s a false panel. Behind that panel is a compartment containing an isolinear rod. If I'm not back within 78 hours, I want you to take that rod and eat it.
Eat it?!
Um-hum.
You're joking.
Yes, Doctor, I am.
Very. Funny.
I thought so! But the answer to your question, Doctor, is, “No. There is nothing you can do for me while I'm away.”
S3 E21The Die is Cast
Do you remember getting that confession out of Dr. Parmak?
I never even touched him.
That was the beauty of it. You just sat there for—what, three hours?
Four!
And after four hours of watching you stare at him, he confessed.
I was good, wasn't I?
You were brilliant. Afterwards, he just kept saying, "His eyes... his eyes."
CLColonel Lovok
The fleet has re-cloaked and is heading to our destination at Warp six.
Warp six? That's a little slow, isn't it?
[the Jem'Hadar is firing on their ship]
How could this be? What could have happened?
I'm afraid the fault, dear Tain, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
What?
Something I learned from Doctor Bashir.
My mother always said, 'If you try to combine talking and eating, you'll end up doing neither very well.'
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