Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 quotes

I cannot deactivate the auto-destruct, but at least I have the satisfaction that you will die with us.

Jean-Luc Picard

[beaming out] Not, I think, today, Commander.

William Riker

Looks like the poor devil died in his sleep.

Worf

What a terrible way to die!

William Riker

[reading Richie's diary entry] "I write this in the hope that it will someday be read by human eyes. I can only surmise at this point but, apparently, our exploratory shuttle was contaminated by an alien life form which infected and killed all personnel except myself. I awakened to find myself here in the Royale Hotel precisely as described in the novel I found in my room. And for the last 38 years, I have survived here. I have come to understand that the alien contaminators created this place for me out of some sense of guilt, presuming that the novel we had on board the shuttle about the Hotel Royale was, in fact, a guide to our preferred lifestyle and social habits. Obviously, they thought this was the world from which I came. I hold no malice toward my benefactors; they could not possibly know the hell they have put me through, for it was such a badly written book, filled with endless cliché and shallow characters. I shall welcome death when it comes."

Worf

[holding telephone] Sir. There is a woman's voice asking if we want room service

William Riker

That's how we're getting out. We're buying this place!

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.

So much for your new turkey!

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.

The man has the touch.

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.

William Riker

Flair is what marks the difference between artistry and mere competence.

William Riker

The game's not big enough unless it scares you a little.

Q

You judge yourselves against the pitiful adversaries you've encountered so far: the Romulans, the Klingons... They're nothing compared to what's waiting. Picard, you are about to move into areas of the galaxy containing wonders more incredible than you can possibly imagine... and terrors to freeze your soul. I offer myself as a guide -- only to be rejected out of hand.

Q

(to Worf) Micro-brain! Growl for me, let me know you still care!

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.