Jean-Luc Picard quotes from Star Trek: Picard

Jean-Luc Picard

I haven't been living. I've been waiting to die.

Jean-Luc Picard

But murder is not justice. There is no solace in revenge. You have had your humanity restored to you. Don't squander it now.

Jean-Luc Picard

They may be right about what happened two hundred thousand years ago. The past is written. But the future is left for us to write and we have powerful tools, Rios. Openness, optimism, and the spirit of curiosity. All they have is secrecy and fear. And fear is the Great Destroyer, Rios.

Jean-Luc Picard

Data's capacity for expressing and processing emotion was limited. I suppose we had that in common.

Jean-Luc Picard

There's a difference between killing an attacking enemy and watching a wounded one die.

Jean-Luc Picard

It says a great deal about the mind of Commander Data that, looking at the human race with all its violence and corruption, willful ignorance, he could still see kindness, the immense curiosity, and greatness of spirit. And he wanted, more than anything else, to be part of that, to be part of the human family. We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.

Jean-Luc Picard

Guinan! Don't leave the Earth just yet. I know you're done with listening, but you're not done with humanity. Change always comes later than we think it should.

Jean-Luc Picard

Sometimes those who shine the brightest feel the sting of fear and melancholy in ways that others can never understand.

Jean-Luc Picard

Tallinn. I'm so sorry.

Jean-Luc Picard

Y’know, there will be a time when you will need to remember that no matter how bleak or unwinnable a situation, as long as you and your crew remain steadfast in your dedication, one to another, you are never ever without hope.

Jean-Luc Picard

[to Beverly Crusher] Look, I know that time is precious, but do you think you could give me a moment or two with Jack?

Jean-Luc Picard

Fate has a way of surprising us.

Data

Why are you stalling, Captain?

Jean-Luc Picard

I don't want the game to end.

Laris

Bad dreams?

Jean-Luc Picard

The dreams are lovely. It's the waking up that I'm beginning to resent.

What was it that you lost faith in, Admiral? You've never spoken about your departure from Starfleet. Didn't you, in fact, resign your commission in protest? Tell us, Admiral. Why did you really quit Starfleet?

Jean-Luc Picard

Because it was no longer Starfleet.

I'm sorry?

Jean-Luc Picard

Because it was no longer Starfleet! We withdrew. The galaxy was mourning, burying its dead, and Starfleet had slunk from its duties. The decision to call off the rescue and to abandon those people we had sworn to save was not just dishonorable. It was downright criminal! And I was not prepared to stand by and be a spectator. And you, my dear, you have no idea what Dunkirk is, right? You're a stranger to history. You're a stranger to war. You just wave your hand and it all goes away. Well, it's not so easy for those who died. And it was not so easy for those who were left behind. We're done here.