Data quotes from Star Trek: The Next Generation

Data

If you had an off switch, Doctor, would you not keep it secret?

Beverly Crusher

I guess I would.

Jean-Luc Picard

Data, find a way to defeat that shield.

Data

That may be impossible, sir.

Jean-Luc Picard

Data, things are only impossible until they're not.

Data

Do Klingons observe birthdays, Worf?

Worf

Klingons are born, live as warriors, and die.

Data

Then how do you know how old you are?

Worf

I don't. Do you know?

Data

I have no age.

Whoever you are, wherever you're from, greetings! Welcome to Minos, The Arsenal of Freedom!

Jean-Luc Picard

I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterp...

If you need a little something "special", be it for one target or multiple targets, we've got it, you'll see it, here on Minos, where we live by the motto, "Peace through superior firepower."

Jean-Luc Picard

To whom am I speaking...?

To be totally armed is to be totally secure! Remember, the early bird that hesitates gets wormed.

Data

It is a recorded message, sir.

Minos, the Arsenal of Freedom: perfection in highly advanced weaponry. Versatility, flexibility, and everything 100% guaranteed! So lock on to my signal and beam on down! Because we don't just provide weapons...

Jean-Luc Picard

Shut that off.

We provide complete weapons sys-

Geordi La Forge

That's a heck of a sales pitch.

Picard

Rest In Peace, Natasha...This gathering is concluded.

Data

Sir, the purpose of this gathering...confuses me.

Picard

How so?

Data

My thoughts are not for Tasha, but for myself. I keep thinking how empty it will feel without her presence. Did I miss the point?

Picard

No, you didn't, Data. You got it.

Data

You are aware, Counselor, that the holodeck can be programmed to recreate an oceanic environment?

Deanna Troi

Data, it's just not the same. Have you ever gone for a real moonlight swim?

Data

One can swim in moonlight?

Dah-ta, look at this.

Data

[looking slightly confused] 'Day-ta'.

What?

Data

My name. It is pronounced 'Day-ta'.

Oh?

Data

You called me 'Dah-ta'.

[laughing] What's the difference?

Data

One is my name. The other is not.

Geordi La Forge

All right, Data. You solve all the cases and get all the gifts, but what do I do?

Data

Primarily as Dr. Watson, you will keep a written record of everything I say and do.

Wesley Crusher

Say goodbye, Data.

Data

Goodbye, Data.

Data

Was that funny?

Data

Accessing... Ah, Burns & Allen, Roxy Theatre, New York City, 1932. It still works!

Data

Sir? There is a celebration on the holodeck.

William Riker

[despondent] I have no right to be there.

Data

Because you failed in your task?

William Riker

Oh, God, no, I was that close to winning, Data.

Data

[considers the statement] Yes, sir.

William Riker

I almost cost you your life!

Data

That is true, sir. But Commander... Will. I have learned from your example.

William Riker

[perplexed] What could you possibly have learned from that ordeal?

Data

That at times, one must deny one's nature, sacrifice one's own personal beliefs, to protect another. Is it not true that had you refused to prosecute, Captain Louvois would have ruled summarily against me?

William Riker

Yes.

Data

That action injured you, and saved me. I will not forget it.

William Riker

[smiles] You're a wise man, my friend.

Data

Not yet, sir. But with your help, I am learning.

Data

Blue, amber, amber, red.

Jean-Luc Picard

That's the launch sequence? [Data gives a jerky nod.] How do I override the doors?

Data

Blue, blue, blue

Jean-Luc Picard

I hope that is not a stutter.

Six. Six is your number.

Hell, my blind grandma can make a six, boy! Come on; roll 'em!"

William Riker

I thought seven and eleven had value.

Data

Actually, six is a valid point. Of course, now the objective is to hit a duplicate six before hitting seven.

William Riker

But the probability of making a six is no greater than that of rolling a seven.

Data

There is a certain degree of random fortune involved. I believe that is why they call it "gambling."

Yeah.

Data

Commander, these cubes are improperly balanced. I believe their final resting position would be a...

Riker

Can you repair them?

Data

I believe so. I will make another attempt.

Data

Baby needs a new pair of shoes.

Data

I wish to cash in, sir.

I'm afraid you've broken the bank!

William Riker

Just take out 12.5 million — the purchase price of this hotel — and spread the rest around.

You're the foreign investors.

Riker

That's right! We just bought this place, lock, stock and barrel. Consider it a done deal.

Travel time to the nearest starbase?

Data

[OC] At maximum warp, in two years, seven months, three days, eighteen hours we would reach Starbase 185.

Why?

Q

Why? Why, to give you a taste of your future, a preview of things to come. Con permiso, Capitan. The hall is rented, the orchestra engaged. It's now time to see if you can dance.

Jean-Luc Picard

Guinan, your people have been in this part of the galaxy.

What can you tell us?

Guinan

Only that if I were you, I'd start back now.