Geordi La Forge quotes from Star Trek: The Next Generation

Geordi La Forge

Listen, my advice is... ask somebody else for advice, at least someone who's got more experience at... giving advice.

Geordi La Forge

Data! Data, isn't this exciting? We are going to witness a moment in history!

Geordi La Forge

Maybe the Federation should develop phase inverter of its own. If it can teach Ro Laren humility, it could do anything!

Data

[his fingers in a Chinese finger trap] Apologies, Captain. I seem to have reached an odd functional impasse. I am, uh... stuck.

Jean-Luc Picard

Then get unstuck and continue with the briefing.

Data

Yes, sir. That is what I'm trying to do, sir, but the solution eludes me.

Geordi La Forge

My hero.

Keep notes. This project might turn out to be of interest to future scholars.

Geordi La Forge

Really?

Think about it. A blind man teaching an android to paint? That's got to be worth a couple of pages in someone's book.

Jean-Luc Picard

Can you filter out the extraneous information?

Geordi La Forge

No, I get it all simultaneously.

Jean-Luc Picard

It's a jumble. How can you make heads or tails of it?

Geordi La Forge

I select what I want to see and disregard the rest.

Jean-Luc Picard

How is that possible?

Geordi La Forge

In a noisy room, how can you pick out one specific voice or sound?

Jean-Luc Picard

I see. Something you learn.

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.

Geordi La Forge

Relinquishing command, Captain.

Jean-Luc Picard

As you were, Lieutenant!

Geordi La Forge

Sir?

Jean-Luc Picard

Mr. La Forge, when I left this ship, it was in one piece. I would appreciate your returning it to me in the same condition. Do you concur, Number One?

William Riker

Absolutely, sir.

Worf

Are you okay?

Geordi La Forge

If I could see, I'd be seeing stars now.

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.

La Forge

Well, Doctor Pulaski and I had a discussion about whether Data could solve an original Holmes-type mystery.

Picard

Which you asked the computer to provide?

La Forge

Yes, with a worthy opponent.

Picard

Worthy of Holmes?

La Forge

...Oh my God...I asked for a Holmes-type mystery with an opponent capable of defeating...Data! That's gotta be it!

Picard

(under his breath) Merde...

We are strong!

Geordi La Forge

You're now armed to the teeth.

Teeth are for chewing.

Jean-Luc Picard

I beg your pardon?

Geordi La Forge

Looks like things are back to normal.

Jean-Luc Picard

I'm pleased to report that Ensign Crusher's Starfleet exam results permit him to continue his studies on board the Enterprise. Furthermore, any rumours of my brush with death are greatly exaggerated. Is that clear?

William Riker

Yes, sir.

Jean-Luc Picard

Then, Ensign Crusher, set course for the Epsilon Sector, warp five. Engage.

[referring to Geordi's blindness] How did this happen?

Geordi La Forge

I was born that way.

And your parents let you live?

Geordi La Forge

What kind of question is that! Of course they let me live.

No wonder your race is weak. You waste time and resources on defective children.

I have no more wish to die than you do.

Geordi La Forge

Bochra, there are times when it is necessary to die for one's ideals... do you believe this is one of those times?

Geordi La Forge

Let's go find that beacon.