Quote Episode
"Check the circuit." - Spock to helmsman; the first words ever spoken on Star Trek.

"I'm tired of being responsible for 203 lives, and I'm tired of deciding which mission is too risky and which isn't, and who's going on the landing party and who doesn't... and who lives, and who dies." - Pike to Boyce

"I'll break out of this zoo somehow and get to you. Is your blood red like ours? I'm gonna find out!" - Pike to the Talosian

"We had not believed this possible. The customs and history of your race show a unique hatred for captivity. Even when it is pleasant and benevolent, you prefer death!" - Talosian to Pike

"Engage." - Pike to Number one, the first time the word was ever used in Trek.

TOS : The Cage
"Did you hear him joke about compassion? Above all, a 'god' needs compassion!" - Kirk to Dehner regarding Mitchell. TOS : Where No Man Has Gone Before
"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. It's five year mission : to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before." - Kirk in the first use of the line. TOS : The Corbomite Maneuver
"You'll find out that ships' captains are already married, girl, to their vessels. You'd find that out the first time you came between him and the ship." - Mudd to Eve TOS : Mudd's Women
"The intelligence, the logic - it appears that your half has most of that. And perhaps that's where most of man's essential courage comes from for you see, he was afraid and you weren't." - McCoy to Kirk

"He's dead, Jim." - McCoy to Kirk regarding the dog, the first use of the line in Star Trek.

 TOS : The Enemy Within
"May the Great Bird of the galaxy bless your planet!" - Sulu to Rand TOS : The Man Trap
"I can't change the laws of physics!" - Scott to Kirk in a much parodied quote TOS : The Naked Time
"Charlie, there are a million things in this universe you can have and there are a million things you can't have. It's no fun facing that, but that's the way things are." - Kirk to Charlie TOS : Charlie X
"In this galaxy there's a mathamatical probability of three million Earth type planets. And in all of the universe, three million million galaxies like this. And in all of that... and perhaps more... only one of each of us." - McCoy to Kirk TOS : Balance of Terror
"Do you realize the number of discoveries lost because of superstition, of ignorance, of a layman's inability to comprehend?" - Korby to Kirk TOS : What Are Little Girls Made Of?
"To all mankind. May we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that we cannot fill them with love and warmth." - Adams' toast TOS : Dagger of the Mind
"I don't know. Probably the little bugs, or what ever they are, have no appetite for green blood." - McCoy to Kirk, demonstrating his command of scientific language in his summation of the reasons for Spock's immunity. TOS : Miri
"We've armed man with tools. Striving for greatness continues." - Kirk to Kodos, in response to the latter's claim that modern life has dehumanized Mankind. TOS : The Conscience of the King
"I examined the problem for all angles and it was plainly hopeless. Logic informed me that under the circumstances the only possible action would have to be one of desperation. A logical descision, logically arrived at." - Spock to Kirk, justifying his emotional decision to gamble his crew's lives. TOS : The Galileo Seven
"It is impossible for Captain Kirk to act out of panic or malice. It is not in his nature." - Spock to Areel. TOS : Court Martial
"RHIP Captain... rank hath its privileges." - Commodore Mendez to Kirk. TOS : The Menagerie, Part 1
"You want me to test out my theory on your head?" - Pike to a Talosian, wondering if his weapon is actually working TOS : The Menagerie, Part 2
"You've got your problems, I've got mine. But he's got ours, plus his, plus four hundred and thirty other people." - McCoy to Sulu on Kirk TOS : Shore Leave
"I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose." - Spock to Trelane TOS : The Squire of Gothos
"We're a most promising species, mister Spock, as predators go. Did you know that?" - Kirk to Spock on Humanity. TOS : Arena
"Jim, madness has no no purpose or reason. But it may have a goal." - Spock to Kirk TOS : The Alternative Factor
"Well, gentlemen, we all have to take a chance. Especially if one is all you have." - Kirk to Spock and Scotty TOS : Tomorrow is Yesterday
"You said you wanted freedom. It's time you learned that freedom is never a gift. It has to be earned." - Kirk to Marphon TOS : The Return of the Archons
"Death, destruction, disease, horror. That's what war is all about, Anan. That's what makes it a thing to be avoided. You've made it neat and painless, so neat and painless you've had no reason to stop it!" - Kirk to Anan TOS : A Taste of Armageddon
"If I can have honesty, it's easier to overlook mistakes." - Kirk to McGivers TOS : Space Seed
"Maybe we weren't meant for Paradise. Maybe we were meant to fight our way through, struggle, claw our way up, scratch for every inch of the way. Maybe we can't stroll to music of the lute, we must march to the sound of drums." - Kirk to McCoy TOS : This Side of Paradise
"I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!" - McCoy to Kirk TOS : The Devil in the Dark
"Gentlemen, I have no great love for you, your planet, your culture. Despite that Mister Spock and I are going to go out there and quite probably die, in an attempt to show you that there are some things worth dying for." - Kirk to Ayelbourne TOS : Errand of Mercy
"Captain, you're asking me to work with equipment which is hardly very far ahead of stone knives and bearskins." - Spock to Kirk TOS : The City on the Edge of Forever
"Mister Spock is the best first officer in the fleet." - McCoy to Kirk, confessing his secret admiration for Spock. TOS : Operation: Annihilate!
"Very bad poetry, Captain" - Spock to Kirk, when asked for an analysis of the witches. TOS : Catspaw
"Our species can only survive if we have obstacles to overcome." - Kirk to the Companion. TOS : Metamorphosis
"There's an old, old saying on Earth, Mr Sulu. 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.'" - Scotty to Sulu. TOS : Friday's Child
"We've outgrown you. You asked for something we can no longer give." - Kirk to Apollo, on the latter's need for worship. TOS : Who Mourns for Adonais?
"Love long, T'Pau and prosper." - Spock to T'Pau, the first time this phrase is used. TOS : Amok Time
"To blazes with regulations! You can't let him take command when you know he's wrong." - McCoy to Spock on Commodore Decker. TOS : The Doomsday Machine
"Humans and humanoids make up only a small percentage of the life forms we know of." TOS : Wolf in the Fold
"This unit is different. It is well ordered." - Nomad to Kirk regarding Spock. TOS : The Changeling
"Well there goes paradise." - McCoy on finding that Vaal does not allow holding and touching. TOS : The Apple
"May I point out, that I had an opportunity to observe your counterparts here quite closely. They where brutal, savage, unprincipled, uncivilised, traitorous. In every way splendid examples of Homo sapiens, the very flower of humanity. I found them quite refreshing." - Spock to Kirk and McCoy. TOS : Mirror, Mirror
"Give us some more blood, Chekov.' 'The needle won't hurt, Chekov.' 'Take of your shirt, Chekov.' 'Roll over, Chekov.' 'Breath deeply, Chekov.' 'Blood sample, Chekov.' 'Marrow sample, Chekov.' 'Skin sample, Chekov.' If... if I live long enough, I'm going to run out of samples." - Chekov to Sulu. TOS : The Deadly Years
"Knowledge, sir, should be free to all." - Harry Mudd to Spock. TOS : I, Mudd
"Before they went into warp I transferred the whole kit and kaboodle into their engine room, where they'll be no tribble at all." - Scotty to Kirk. TOS : The Trouble With Tribbles
"Once, just once, I would like to land somewhere and say 'Behold, I am the Archangel Gabriel.'" - McCoy to Spock. TOS : Bread and Circuses
"At the time it seemed the logical thing to do." - Sarek to Spock on marrying Amanda. TOS : Journey to Babel
"A hundred... serpents. Serpents for the garden of Eden." - Kirk to Scotty after asking for 100 flintlocks. TOS : A Private Little War
"A species that enslaves other beings is hardly superior, mentally or otherwise." - Kirk to the Providers. TOS : The Gamesters of Triskelion
Scotty : "Captain, thank heaven!"
Spock : "Mr Scott, there was no deity involved. It was my cross-circuiting to B that recovered them."
McCoy : "Well then, thank pictchforks and pointed ears."		 TOS : Obsession
"We're on a difficult mission, but it's not the first time. Our orders do not say 'stay alive' or 'retreat'. Our mission is to investigate." - Kirk to crew. TOS : The Immunity Syndrome
"Captain, you are an excellent star ship commander, but as a taxi driver... you leave much to be desired." - Spock to Kirk. TOS : A Piece of the Action
Rojan: "You would really do that? You would extend welcome to invaders?"
Kirk: "No, but we would welcome friends"		 TOS : By Any Other Name
"Risk is our business, that's what this starship is all about. That's why we're aboard her." - Kirk to crew. TOS : Return to Tomorrow
"What he's saying, Spock, is that a man who holds that much power, even with the best intentions, just can't resist the urge to play god." - McCoy to Spock. TOS : Patterns of Force
"Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them." - Spock to Kirk TOS : The Ultimate Computer
"...Liberty and freedom have to be more than just words." - Kirk to Spock justifing yet another prime directive violation. TOS : The Omega Glory
"That's why some of my generation are kinda crazy and rebels, you know? We wonder if we're going to be alive when we're thirty." - Roberta Lincoln to Gary Seven. TOS : Assignment: Earth
"Physical realtiy is consistent with universal laws. When the laws do not operate, there is no reality." - Spock to McCoy TOS : Spectre of the Gun
"Mister Spock, the women on your planet are logical. That's the only planet in this galaxy that can make that claim." - Kirk to Spock TOS : Elaan of Troyius
"My bairns! My poor bairns!" - Scotty, bemoaning the abuse of his engines TOS : The Paradise Syndrome
"Military secrets are the most fleeting of all." - Spock to the Romulan Commander TOS : The Enterprise Incident
"Without followers, evil cannot spread." - Spock to Kirk TOS : And the Children Shall Lead
"Brain, brain! What is brain?" - Kara to Kirk TOS : Spock's Brain
"Most of us are attracted by beauty and repelled by ugliness. One of the last of our prejudices." - Kirk to Marvick

"This thing you call language, though, most remarkable. You depend on it for so very much... but is any one of you really its master?" - Kollos via Spock.		 TOS : Is There in Truth no Beauty?
"I'm a doctor, not a coal miner!" - McCoy to Spock

"Your actions were spontaneous. Everything that is truest and best in all species of beings has been revealed by you. Those are the qualities that make a civilization worthy to survive." - Lal

 TOS : The Empath
"At critical moments men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see." - Spock to McCoy TOS : The Tholian Web
Spock: "Indeed, Doctor, the young lady did show a marked preference for your company."
McCoy: "Now, nobody can blame her for that, can they?"

Fabrini Man : "Years ago I climbed the mountains... even though it was forbidden."
Kirk : "Why is it forbidden?"
Fabrini Man : "I am not sure. But things are not as they teach us. For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky!"

 TOS : For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
"Those who hate and fight must stop themselves, Doctor. Otherwise it is not stopped." - Spock to McCoy

"Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man with a knife." - Klingon to Kang.

"We need no urging to hate humans! But for the present... only a fool fights in a burning house." - Kang to Kirk.

 TOS : Day of the Dove
"I guess we weren't sufficiently... entertaining." - Kirk.

"You think that's what I want? Become one of them? Become my own enemy? Just lie around like a big blob of nothing and have things done for me? No, sir... if I want to do something, I'll do it for myself! If I want to laugh or cry, I'll do it for myself! You can keep your precious power! All I ask is one thing... if you do make it out of here, take me with you!" - Alexander to McCoy

"I could have had your power, but I didn't want it. I could have had your position, your place, right now! But the sight of you and your academicia sickens me. Despite your brains, you're the most comtemptable beings who ever lived in this universe!" - Alexander to Parmen.

 TOS : Plato's Stepchildren
"Oh there is a scientific explanation for it. But all that really matters is that you can see me, and talk to me and we can go on from there." - Deela to Kirk. TOS : Wink of an Eye
"Beauty is transitory, doctor." - Spock to McCoy TOS : That Which Survives
"What's the matter with you? Do you hear Spock - your planet's dead! There's no one alive on Cheron because of hate! Give yourselves time to grieve, give up your hate! You're welcome to live with us. Listen to me! You both must end up dead if you don't stop hating!" - Kirk to Lokai and Bele.

Spock : "All that matters to them is their hate."
Uhura : "Do you suppose that's all they ever had, sir?"
Kirk : "No. But that's all they have left."

 TOS : Let that be Your Last Battlefield
"How can we be powerful enough to wipe out a planet and still be so helpless?" - McCoy to Scotty TOS : Whom Gods Destroy
"We must acknowledge once and for all that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis." - Spock to bridge crew TOS : The Mark of Gideon
"When the personality of a human is involved, exact predictions are hazardous." - McCoy to Spock.

"Well, this is an Enterprise first. Mister Spock, Doctor McCoy and Engineer Scott are all in complete agreement! Can I stand the strain?" - Kirk

TOS : The Lights of Zetar
"Father, are we so sure of our methods that we never question what we do?" - Droxine to Plasus TOS : The Cloud Minders
"I am proud of what I am. I believe in what I do. Can you say that?" - Chekov to Irina.

"Herbert! Herbert! Herbert! Herbert!" - Space hippies to Kirk.

 TOS : The Way to Eden
Rayna: "What is loneliness?
Flint: "It is thirst, it is a flower dying in the desert."		 TOS : Requiem for Methuselah
"There's no honerable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy; there is nothing good in war except it's ending" - Abraham Lincoln to Kirk. TOS : The Savage Curtain
"After all a library serves no purpose unless someone is using it." - Mr Atoz to Spock. TOS : All Our Yesterdays
"It may not be scientific, but if Mr. Spock thinks it happens then it must be logical." - Scotty to McCoy. TOS : Turnabout Intruder
"Let's see what's out there..." - Picard ordering the Enterprise into the unknown.

"Treat her like a lady and she'll always bring you home." - McCoy to Data on the Enterprise-D

 TNG : Encounter at Farpoint
"You jewel, that's exactly what I wanted to hear!" - Yar to Data on discovering that he is 'fully functional' in matters of sexuality. TNG : The Naked Now
"In my world it's a greater honour to refuse..." - Yar when Yareena challenges her to fight for her honour. TNG : Code of Honor
"Fear is the true enemy. The only enemy." - Riker to Portal TNG : The Last Outpost
"In three centuries of space travel we've charted just 11% of our galaxy. And then... we accomplish this." - Kozinsky on the Enterprise being hurled into another galaxy. TNG : Where No One Has Gone Before
"The search for knowledge is always our primary mission." - Picard to Crusher. TNG : Lonely Among Us
"Sharing an orbit with God is no small experience." - Troi to Picard TNG : Justice
"Let the dead rest, and the past remain the past." - Picard to Riker. TNG : The Battle
"A macro head with a micro brain..." - Q on Worf, the first time he calls him micro brain. TNG : Hide and Q
"Please continue the 'petty bickering'." - Data to the party guests. TNG : Haven
"One look at you, sir, is proof that nothing is impossible." - Redblock to Data. TNG : The Big Goodbye
"If it feels awkward to be reminded that Data is a machine, just remember that we are merely a different variety of machine, in our case electrochemical in nature." - Picard to the bridge crew. TNG : Datalore
"In our society we share the responsibility and the pleasures equally." - Riker to Beata on Human gender equality (there wasn't much to choose from in this one.) TNG : Angel One
"Blondes and Jazz seldom go together." - Riker, while creating Minuet. TNG : 11001001
Picard: "The quest for youth, number one; so futile. Age and wisdom have their graces too."
Riker: "I wonder if one doesn't have to have age and wisdom to appreciate that, sir?"		 TNG : Too Short a Season
"Things are only impossible until they are not." - Picard to Data. TNG : When the Bough Breaks
"Only fools have no fear..." - Worf to Wesley. TNG : Coming of Age
"What magnificent battles we could have at the helm of this ship!" - Klingon to Worf on the Enterprise. TNG : Heart of Glory
"The name of my ship is the Lollipop. It's a good ship." - Riker to the Rice image. TNG : The Arsenal of Freedom
"Beverly the prime directive is not just a set of rules. It is a philosophy, and a very correct one. History has proved again and again that whenever Mankind interferes with a less developed civilization, no matter how well intentioned that interference may be, the results are invariably disasterous." - Picard to Crusher TNG : Symbiosis
"You say you are true evil? Let me tell you what true evil is. It is to submit to you. It is when we surrender our freedom, our dignity, instead of defying you." - Picard to Armus.

"So you will understand when I say that death is that state in which one exists only in the memories of others. Which is why it is not an end." - Yar's image to her friends.

 TNG : Skin of Evil
"Enough of this self indulgence." - Picard chiding himself for spending time on personal matters. TNG : We'll Always Have Paris
"Swimming is too much like... bathing!" - Worf on the horrors of being clean. TNG : Conspiracy
"I am never critical of any member of my staff being curious." - Picard. TNG : The Neutral Zone
"One is my name. The other is not." - Data to Pulaski, on her mispronunciation of his name. TNG : The Child
"Yes. Absolutely. I do indeed concur wholeheartedly!" - Riker when asked by the computer if he concurs in aborting the autodestruct sequence. TNG : Where Silence Has Lease
"And Doctor. God knows I'm not one to discourage you, but... but I would appreciate it if you would let me finish my sentances once in a while." - Picard to Pulaski TNG : Elementary, Dear Data
"Life is like loading twice your cargo weight into your spacecraft. If it's canaries and you can keep half of them flying all the time, you're all right." - Okona to Data. He's actually wrong about the canaries thing, but it's a good line. TNG : The Outrageous Okona
"Confidence is faith in oneself. It can't easily be given by another." - Troi to Picard. TNG : Loud as a Whisper
"No being is so important that he can usurp the rights of another." - Picard to Data and Graves, on Data TNG : The Schizoid Man
"Scientists believe no experiment is a failure, that even a mistake advances the evolution of understanding... but all achievement has a price." - Pulaski's log. TNG : Unnatural Selection
"If Klingon food is too strong for you, perhaps we can get one of the females to breast feed you." - Klag to Riker TNG : A Matter of Honor
"It sits there looking at me, and I don't know what it is. This case has dealt with metaphysics, with questions best left to saints and philosophers. I am neither competent nor qualified to answer those. I've got to make a ruling, to try to speak the the future. Is Data a machine? Yes. Is he the property of Starfleet? No. We have all been dancing around the basic issue. Does Data have a soul? I don't know that he has. I don't know that I have! But I have got to give him the freedom to explore that question himself. It is the ruling of this court that Lieutenant Commander Data has the freedom to choose." - Phillipa's ruling on Data. TNG : The Measure of a Man
"This is all just beginning; We've only charted 19% of our galaxy. The rest is out there just waiting." - Wesley to Salia. TNG : The Dauphin
"Fate. Protects fools, little children, and ships named Enterprise." - Riker to bridge crew. TNG : Contagion
"It was a dark and stormy night..." - The first line of the novel Hotel Royale. TNG : The Royale
"One of your strengths is your ability to evaluate the dynamics of a situation and then take a definitive, pre-emptive step - take charge. Now you're frustrated because you not only can't see a solution, you can't define the problem." - Riker to Picard. TNG : Time Squared
"Respect is earned, not bestowed." - Troi TNG : The Icarus Factor
"You see, the prime directive has many different functions. Not the least of which is to protect us, to prevent us from allowing our emotions to overwhelm our judgement." - Picard to Pulaski TNG : Pen Pals
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wonderous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross... but it's not for the timid." - Q to Picard. TNG : Q Who?
"We are smart." - Pakled to Riker. TNG : Samaritan Snare
"You see lad, every moment of pleasure in life has to be purchased by an equal moment of pain." - Oirish man to Worf. TNG : Up The Long Ladder
"I didn't want to frighten you." - Troi to Riker, on her reason for not revealing that a Betazoid woman's sex drive more than doubles during the Phase. TNG : Manhunt
"Comfortable chair." - Worf to Riker on the joys of command. TNG : The Emissary
"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." - Picard to Data. TNG : Peak Performance
"If you drop a hammer on your foot, it's hardly useful to get mad at the hammer." - Riker to Picard. TNG : Shades of Gray
"A brand new era in astrophysics... postponed one hundred and ninety six years on account of rain." - Stubbs to Wesley, bemoaning the disruption of his experiment. TNG : Evolution
"This is just a thing, and things can be replaced. Lives cannot." - Data to Gosheven. TNG : The Ensigns of Command
"Are eleven thousand people worth fifty billion? Is the love of a woman worth the destruction of an entire species?" - Kevin to Picard, agonizing over his crime. TNG : The Survivors
"That's the problem with believing in a supernatural being... trying to determine what he wants." - Troi to Liko TNG : Who Watches The Watchers?
"Maybe if we felt any loss as keenly as keenly as we felt the death of one close to us, Human history would be a lot less bloody." - Riker to Data. TNG : The Bonding
"You know, I've always thought technology could solve almost any problem. It enhances the quality of our lives, lets us travel across the galaxy, even gave me my vision. But sometimes you just have to turn it all off." - Geordi to holo-Leah on the solution to their problem. TNG : Booby Trap
Bochra: "And they let you live?"
Geordi: "Of course they let me live! What kind of question is that?" - On Geordi's parents reaction to his being born blind.		 TNG : The Enemy
"I fell in love in a day. It lasted a week... but what a week!" - Crusher to Troi on love at first sight. TNG : The Price
"Your ambushes would be more successful if you bathed more often!" - Worf to Gatherers. TNG : The Vengeance Factor
"I will never see my child smile again. She will grow up believing that her father was a traitor. But she will grow up." - Admiral Jarok on his reasons for betraying his government. TNG : The Defector
"Survival is not enough... to simply EXIST is not enough..." - Roga Danar to Danarto Nayrok. TNG : The Hunted
"Don't you know? A dead martyr's worth ten posturing leaders." - Flinn to Crusher. TNG : The High Ground
"I'm not good in groups. It's difficult to work in a group when you're omnipotent." - Q to Data. TNG : Deja Q
"Let's make sure history never forgets the name... Enterprise." - Picard to crew.

"That'll be the day..." - Picard muttering to himself when the Klingons demand his surrender.

 TNG : Yesterday's Enterprise
"Thank you for my life." - Lal's last words to Data. TNG : The Offspring
"It is a good day to die, Duras... and the day is not over yet." - Worf to Duras, the first time this 'Klingon' saying is used. TNG : Sins of the Father
"Imprisonment is an injury, regardless of how you justify it." - Picard to the alien. TNG : Allegiance
"The more difficult the task, the sweeter the victory." - Riker to Troi. TNG : Captain's Holiday
"Is that the purpose of existence? To care for someone?" - Data to Elbrun. TNG : Tin Man
"The idea of fitting in just repels me." - Guinan to LaForge. TNG : Hollow Pursuits
"He was a man. Take him for all in all. I shall not look upon his like again." - Picard on Data, quoting from Hamlet. TNG : The Most Toys
"All this magnificent technology, we still find ourselves susceptible to the ravages of old age. The loss of dignity, the slow betrayal of our bodies by forces we cannot master." - Picard to Data. TNG : Sarek
"Gentlemen, I have the utmost confidence in your ability to perform the impossible." - Picard to crew. TNG : Menage a Troi
"Words come later. It is the scent that first speaks of love." - Worf to LaForge. TNG : Transfigurations
"Strength is irrelevant. Resistance is futile. We wish to improve ourselves. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us." - Borg to Picard, the first time their mission statement is heard. TNG : The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1
"When a man is convinced that he is going to die tomorow, he'll probably find a way to make it happen." - Guinan to Riker. TNG : The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2
Marie: "He's still out there, dreaming about starships and adventures. It's getting late."
Robert: "Yes. But let him dream."		 TNG : Family
"They're brothers, Data. Brothers forgive." - Beverly to Data TNG : Brothers
"You are Human, and amongst Humans females can achieve anything that the males can." - Worf to Jono. TNG : Suddenly Human
"If there's nothing wrong with me, maybe there's something wrong with the universe!" - Beverly to herself. The sheer chutzpah of this statement is staggering. TNG : Remember Me
"Without trust there's no friendship, no closeness, none of the emotional bonds that make us who we are." - Riker to Data TNG : Legacy
"Not even a bite on the cheek for old time's sake?" - K'Ehleyr to Worf. TNG : Reunion
"Shut up! As in, close your mouth and stop talking!" - Riker to the fake Picard. TNG : Future Imperfect
"Wesley, you remember... I was always proud of you." - Picard to Wesley. TNG : Final Mission
"Human intuition and instinct are not always right, but they do make life interesting." - Guinan to Troi. TNG : The Loss
"Some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you." - Riker to Picard. TNG : Data's Day
"It's not you I hate, Cardassian. I hate what I became, because of you." - O'Brien to Glinn Daro TNG : The Wounded
"I pity you. We live in a universe of magic, which evidently you cannot see." - Ardra to Riker. TNG : Devil's Due
"To many Humans, a mystery is irresistable. It must be solved." - Picard to Troi/Paxan. TNG : Clues
"I will have to say... this morning I was the leader of the universe as I knew it. This afternoon I am only a voice in a chorus. But I think it was a good day." - Chancellor Avel Durkem to Picard on meeting aliens for the first time. TNG : First Contact
"There's theory and then there's application. They don't always jibe." - Geordi to Brahms. TNG : Galaxy's Child
"To admit that you're afraid gives you strength." - Troi to Worf. TNG : Night Terrors
"Young children are sometimes frightened of the world. That doesn't mean that their parents should let them stay in their cribs." - Barclay to Troi. TNG : The N'th Degree
"Sir, I protest! I am NOT a merry man!" - An outraged Worf to Picard. TNG : Qpid
"Admiral? What you're doing is unethical. It's immoral. I'll fight it."

"With the first link the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied... chains us all irrevocably." - Picard quoting Admiral Aaron Satie.

 TNG : The Drumhead
"No parent should expect to be paid back for the love they've given their children." - Timicin to Lwaxana. TNG : Half a Life
"Speak softly governor. Those who cannot hear an angry shout may strain to hear a whisper." - Odan to Governor Trion Leka TNG : The Host
"...I would be delighted to offer any advice I can on understanding women. When I have some, I'll let you know." - Picard to Data TNG : In Theory
"Lies must be challenged." - Picard to Worf. TNG : Redemption, Part 1
"The claim 'I was only following orders' has been used to justify too many tragedies in our history." - Picard to Data. TNG : Redemption, Part 2
"The Tamarian was willing to risk all of us - just for the hope of communication, connection. Now the door is open between our peoples. That commitment meant more to him than his own life." - Picard to Riker. TNG : Darmok
"That's one reason why I ran away. They're lost, defeated. I will never be." - Ro to Picard. TNG : Ensign Ro
"Doctor, the sperm whale on Earth devours millions of cuttlefish as it roams the oceans. It is not evil - it is feeding. The same may be true of the entity." - Picard to Dr. Marr. TNG : Silicon Avatar
"Congratulations, you are fully dilated to ten centimetres. You may now give birth." - Worf to Keiko. TNG : Disaster
"I never met a chocolate I didn't like." - Troi to Riker. TNG : The Game
"Father and son, both proud, both stubborn, more alike than either of them are prepared to admit. A lifetime spent building emotional barriers, they're very difficult to break down. And now the time has come when it is too late. It's a difficult moment. It's a lonely one." - Picard to Data. TNG : Unification, Part 1
Spock : "In your own way you are as stubborn as another captain of the Enterprise I once knew."
Picard : "Then I am in good company, sir." 		TNG : Unification, Part 2
"Of course you know the Prime Directive, which tells us that we have no right to interfere in the natural evolution of alien worlds. Now, I have sworn to uphold it, but nevertheless I have disregarded that directive on more than one occasion... because I thought it was the right thing to do." - Picard to Rasmussen. TNG : A Matter of Time
"You must do what you think is best for him. That's all a parent can hope to do." - Helena to Worf. TNG : New Ground
"I would gladly risk feeling bad at times, if it also meant I could taste my dessert." - Data to Timothy. Nice foreshadowing of Generations here... TNG : Hero Worship
"Earth was once a violent planet too. At times, the chaos threatened the very fabric of life. But like you, we evolved. We found better ways to handle our conflicts. But I think noone can deny that the seed of violence remains within each of us, We must recognise that, because that violence is capable of consuming each of us." - Picard to Tarmin. TNG : Violations
"Who gave them the right to decide whether or not I should be here? Whether or not I might have something to contribute?" - Geordi to Hannah regarding the settlement's decision to remove all disabilities from their offspring. TNG : The Masterpiece Society
"I feel as though I've been handed a weapon, sent into a room, and told to shoot a stranger. Well, I need some moral context to justify that action. And I don't have it. I am not content simply to obey orders. I need to know that what I am doing is right." - Picard to MacDuff. TNG : Conundrum
"To die defending his ship is the hope of every Klingon." - Worf to the alien in Data. TNG : Power Play
"You scare me, doctor. You risk your patient's lives and justify it in the name of research. Genuine research takes time, sometimes a lifetime of painstaking, detailed work in order to get any results. Not for you - you take shortcuts, right through living tissue. You put your research ahead of your patient's lives and as far as I am concerned, that's a violation of our most sacred trust. I'm sure your work will be hailed as a stunning breakthrough. Enjoy your laurels, doctor. I'm not sure I could." - Crusher to Russell. TNG : Ethics
"A warrior does not let a friend face danger alone." - Worf to Riker. TNG : The Outcast
"Captain, perhaps you should come aboard my ship. There's something we need to discuss." - Picard to Bateson, trying to find a way to break the news gently. TNG : Cause and Effect
"The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth." - Picard to Wesley. TNG : The First Duty
"You're just supposed to sit here?" - Worf on the mud bath. TNG : Cost of Living
Briam : "You had to work side by side with her for days. How could you resist her?"
Picard : "Ambassador, have a safe trip home."		 TNG : The Perfect Mate
"It is interesting that people try to find meaningful patterns in things that are essentially random. I have noticed that the images they percieve sometimes suggest what they are thinking about at that particular moment. Besides, it is clearly a bunny rabbit." - Data to Guinan on the nebula cloud formations. TNG : Imaginary Friend
"Because it's been given a name by a member of my crew doesn't mean it's not a Borg. Because it's young doesn't mean that it's innocent." - Picard to Guinan on Hugh. TNG : I, Borg
"But my uniform, my VISOR... are you saying I'm some blind ghost with clothes?" - Geordi commenting on Ro's assertion that they are dead. TNG : The Next Phase
"If you remember what we were and how we lived, then we will have found life again." - Eline to Picard. TNG : The Inner Light
"I have often wondered about my own mortality as I have seen others age around me. Until now it has been theoretically possible that I would live an unlimited period of time. And although some might find this attractive, to me it only reinforces that fact that I am... artificial." - Data to Geordi. TNG : Time's Arrow, Part 1
"Poverty was eliminated on Earth a long time ago. And a lot of other things dissapeared with it" - hopelessness, despair, cruelty..." - Troi to Clemens TNG : Time's Arrow, Part 2
No decent quotes in this episode. TNG : Realm of Fear
"You cannot explain away a wantonly immoral act because you think that it is connected to some higher purpose." - Picard to Alkar TNG : Man of the People
"N-C-C-1-7-0-1. No bloody A, B, C or D." - Scotty to the Holodeck. TNG : Relics
"Felis Catus, is your taxonomic nomenclature,
An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature,
Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses,
Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.
I find myself intrigued by your sub-vocal oscillations,
A singular development of cat communications,
That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection,
For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.
A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents,
You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance,
And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,
It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.
Oh Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display,
Connote a fairly well developed cognitive array,
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I none-the-less consider you a true and valued friend." - Data, "Ode to Spot".		 TNG : Schisms
"You may be nearly omnipotent - and I don't deny that your parlour tricks are very impressive - but morality? I don't see it. I would put Human morality against the Q's any day. And perhaps that's the reason why we fascinate you so..." - Picard to Q. TNG : True-Q
"He's my number one dad!" - Picard, covering for his calling Riker number one in front of the Ferengi. TNG : Rascals
"The town of Deadwood may face danger again, Alexander. If they do they'll need a sheriff... and a deputy." - Worf confirming that he will continue to play with Alexander on the holodeck. TNG : A Fistful of Datas
"It is true I am acting on my personal beliefs. But I do not see how I can do otherwise." - Data to Riker. TNG : The Quality of Life
"And... get that fish out of the ready room." - Jellico to Riker. TNG : Chain of Command, Part 1
"There... are... four... lights!" - Picard to Madred. TNG : Chain of Command, Part 2
"But who knows? Our reality may be very much like theirs and all this might just be an elaborate simulation running inside a little device sitting on someone's table." - Picard to Troi. TNG : Ship in a Bottle
"In order to defeat your enemy, you must first understand them." - Troi to Toreth. TNG : Face of the Enemy
"That Picard never had a brush with death, never came face to face with his own mortality, never realised how fragile lif is. Or how important each moment must be. So his life never came into focus." - Q to Picard. TNG : Tapestry
"You are a culture of one. Which is no less valid than a culture of one billion." - Picard to Data TNG : Birthright, Part 1
"You do not kill an animal unless you intend to eat it." - Toq to Tokath TNG : Birthright, Part 2
Kelsey: "It's a small ship Mott, I don't think there's going to be room for both of us."
Picard: "I'm sorry to hear that. I'll send your regrets."		 TNG : Starship Mine
"I've lost people under my command, people who were very dear to me, but never someone I've been in love with. And when I believed you were dead, I just began to shut down. I didn't want to think or feel. I was here, in my quarters, and the only thing I could focus on was my music... and how it would never again give me any joy." - Picard to Darren. TNG : Lessons
"It would seem that we are not completely dissimilar after all. In our hopes, or in our fears." - Romulan to Picard. TNG : The Chase
"None of this is real!" - Riker, realising that everything he has experienced is a fantasy. TNG : Frame of Mind
"After all, a Ferengi scientist is almost a contradiction in terms!" - Reyga to Crusher. TNG : Suspicions
"Long ago a storm was heading toward the city of Quin'lat. The people sought protection within the walls, all except one man who remained outside. I went to him and asked what he was doing. 'I am not afraid,' he said. 'I will not hide my face behind stone and mortar. I will stand before the wind and make it respect me.' I honoured his choice and went inside. The next day the storm came, and the man was killed. The wind does not respect a fool." - Kahless to Gowron. TNG : Rightful Heir
"It pulses unendingly all through the night..." - Riker's poem. I fall about laughing whenever I hear this line! TNG : Second Chances
"All I remember is setting down the food... and then a hissing ball of fur came out of nowhere!" - Riker on feeding Spot. TNG : Timescape
"I got angry." - Data to Riker TNG : Descent, Part 1
"You are an insulting pompous fool. And if you were not an ambassador, I would disembowel you right here!" - Worf to the Iyaaran ambassador. TNG : Liaisons
"You'll never look at your hairline the same way again." - Picard to Jason. TNG : Bloodlines
"Five card stud, nothing wild... and the sky's the limit." - Picard to crew, the final words spoken in the series. TNG : All Good Things
"That might be the most important thing to understand about Humans. It's the unknown that defines our existence. We are constantly searching, not just for answers to our questions, but for new questions." - Sisko to Wormhole Alien. DS9 : Emissary
"Ah, an open mind! The essence of intellect!" - Garak to Bashir. DS9 : Past Prologue
"Commander, laws change depending on who's making them. Cardassians one day, Federation the next... but justice is justice." - Odo to Sisko. DS9 : A Man Alone
"You know the old saying, a man who is always looking over his shoulder is waiting for trouble to find him." - O'Brien to Sisko re Tosk. DS9 : Captive Pursuit
"Enterprise? Oh yes, weren't you one of the little people?" - Q to O'Brien. DS9 : Q-Less
Quark : "It's good to want things."
Odo : "Even things you can't have?"
Quark : "Especially things I can't have."		 DS9 : The Passenger
"One man's priceless is another man's worthless." - Quark to Falow. DS9 : Move Along Home
"Going through my own adolescence was difficult enough. Survivng my son's is going to take a miracle." - Sisko to Dax. DS9 : The Nagus
"There is no profit in kindness." - Odo to Quark. DS9 : Vortex
"They don't know how to do anything else but die... they've forgotten how to live." - Opaka to Kira. DS9 : Battle Lines
"The ninth rule of acquisition clearly states that opportunity plus instinct equals profit." - Nog to Varis. DS9 : The Storyteller
Mullibok : "The Cardassians probably told you you didn't stand a chance either. Did you surrender?"
Kira : "No."
Mullibok : "Why do you expect me to act any different than you?"		 DS9 : Progress
"Too many people dream of places they'll never go, wish for things they'll never have... instead of paying adequate attention to their real lives." - Odo to Quark. DS9 : If Wishes Were Horses
"Nothing makes them happy. They are dedicated to being unhappy, and to spreading that unhappiness wherever they go. They are ambassadors of unhappy!" - Bashir to Sisko, bemoaning his escort duty. DS9 : The Forsaken
"Nothing justifies genocide." - Kira to Marritza. DS9 : Duet
"I'm a teacher. My responsibility is to expose my students to knowledge, not to hide it from them." - Keiko to Wynn. DS9 : In the Hands of the Prophets
"Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies." - Quark to Rom. DS9 : The Homecoming
"If you want to change the government, Minister Jaro, you vote to change it. You don't sneak up from behind it with a dagger." - Kira to Jaro. DS9 : The Circle
"Dying lets you off the hook. The question is, are you willing to live for your people? Live the role they want you to play? That's what they need from you right now." - Sisko to Li Nalas. DS9 : The Siege
"There's nothing quite so depressing as a winning streak that won't stop streaking." - Quark to Bashir. DS9 : Cardassians
"I dreamt about exploring the stars as a child. And I wasn't going to allow any... 'handicap', not a chair, not a Cardassian station... to stop me from chasing that dream." - Melora to Sisko. DS9 : Melora
"It never hurts to suck up to the boss." - Quark to Pel. DS9 : Rules of Acquisition
"Justice, as the Humans like to say, is blind." - Log made by Odo. DS9 : Necessary Evil
"Let there be light!" - Seyetik's last words as he dived into the dead star to re-ignite it. DS9 : Second Sight
"Kick his butt!" - Keiko to O'Brien re his match with Bashir. DS9 : Rivals
"I'm beginning to think that the scientific method and police method have a lot in common." - Dr. Mora to Odo. DS9 : The Alternate
"Marriage is the greatest adventure of them all. It's filled with pitfalls and setbacks and mistakes, but it's a journey worth taking." - O'Brien to bashir DS9 : Armageddon Game
"Perhaps one day you'll feel the hand of God resting on your shoulder." - Sisko to Alixus DS9 : Paradise
"There is only one thing I want from you. Find something you love, then do it the best you can." - Sisko to Jake DS9 : Shadowplay
"Just because we don't understand a life form doesn't mean that we can destroy it." - Odo to Kira DS9 : Playing God
"So, how well does she know you? Just enough to dislike you, or well enough to realy hate you?" - Odo to Quark. DS9 : Profit and Loss
"A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye." - Koloth to Kor. DS9 : Blood Oath
"On Earth there is no poverty, no crime, and no war. You look out the window and you see Paradise. Well, it's easy to be a saint in Paradise but the Maquis do not live in Paradise." - Sisko to Kira. DS9 : The Maquis, Part 2
"That man has a rare gift for obfuscation." - Tain to Bashir regarding Garak. DS9 : The Wire
"Truth is not always easy to recognise." - Bareil to Kira. DS9 : The Collaborator
"I'm no angel, but I try to live every day as the best Human being I know how to be. I need my little girl to wake up in the morning and look up at me and see a man she can respect." - O'Brien to Odo. DS9 : Tribunal
"You have no idea what's begun here." - Eris to Sisko, truer words never spoken. DS9 : The Jem'Hadar
"I've brought back a little surprise for the Dominion." - Sisko to Kira regarding the Defiant. DS9 : The Search, Part 1
"No changeling has ever harmed another." - Founder to Odo. DS9 : The Search, Part 2
"A brave Ferengi. Who would have thought it?" - Gowron to Quark. DS9 : The House of Quark
Quark : Isn't there some petty thief you could harass?
Odo : Just you.		 DS9 : Meridian
"You're trying to be a hero. Terrorists don't get to be heros." - Kira to Thomas Riker. DS9 : Defiant
"You humans, you never learn. You let your women go out in public, hold jobs, wear clothing... and you wonder why your marriages fall apart." - Quark to O'Brien DS9 : Fascination
"Causing people to suffer because you hate them is terrible... but causing people to suffer because you've forgotten how to care, that's really hard to understand." - Bashir to Sisko. DS9 : Past Tense, Part 1
"When you treat people like animals, you're gonna get bit." - Biddle Coleridge regarding the Bell riots. DS9 : Past Tense, Part 2
"While violence may keep an enemy at bay, only peace can make him a friend." - Winn to Sisko. DS9 : Life Support
"Everything that goes wrong here is your fault. It says so in your contract." - Quark to Rom. DS9 : Heart of Stone
"You can make your own decisions, or you can let these prophecies make them for you." - Dax to Sisko. DS9 : Destiny
"Actually, I've lost my taste for beetle snuff. It might be fun for you and me, but it's no fun for the beetles!" - Zek to Quark. DS9 : Prophet Motive
"I think you'll find that random and unprovoked executions will keep your work force alert and motivated." - Intendent to Garak. DS9 : Through the Looking Glass
"Well, the truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination." - Garak to Bashir. DS9 : Improbable Cause
"Do you know what the sad part is, Odo? I'm a very good tailor." - Garak to Odo. DS9 : The Die is Cast
"Hard work, bribes, sucking up to the boss. Just like any job." - Brunt explaining how he got his FCA job. DS9 : Family Business
"It has been my observation that one of the prices of giving people freedom of choice is that sometimes they make the wrong choice." - Odo to Kira. DS9 : Shakaar
"He said 'you're too late. We're everywhere.'" - Odo to Sisko on the Founder's last words. DS9 : The Adversary
"Running may help for a little while, but sooner or later the pain catches up with you. And the only way to get rid of it is to stand your ground and face it." - Sisko to Worf. DS9 : The Way of the Warrior
"I'm no writer, but if I were it seems to me I'd want to poke my head up every once in a while and take a look around, see what's going on. It's life, Jake! You can miss it if you don't open your eyes." - Ben Sisko to Jake Sisko. DS9 : The Visitor
"I have fought against races that believe in mythical beings who guide their destinies and await them after death. They call them gods. The Founders are like Gods to the Jem'Hadar, but our Gods never talk to us, and they don't wait for us after death. They only want us to fight for them, and die for them." - Goran'Agar to Bashir. DS9 : Hippocratic Oath
"You hew-mons, all you want to do is please your women. You want them to be your friends. But we Ferengi know better. Women are the enemy." - Quark to Sisko. DS9 : Indiscretion
"I've lived seven lifetimes, and I have never had a friend quite like you." - Dax to Sisko. DS9 : Rejoined
Dax : "It's funny, a year ago if you'd done something like this, I would have thought you were just trying to be a hero."
Bashir : "And now?"
Dax : "Now that I know you better, I realise it was just a really stupid thing to do."		 DS9 : Starship Down
"You people should take better care of yourselves. Stop poisoning your bodies with tobacco and atom bombs. Sooner or later, that kind of stuff will kill you!" - Quark to Denning. DS9 : Little Green Men
"I do apologise. You must be incensed. In fact, if I were in your shoes I would grab a bottle of champagne and shoot me." - Garak to Bashir. DS9 : Our Man Bashir
"Jake, the only time you should be in bed is if you're sleeping, dying, or making love to a beautiful woman." - Joseph Sisko to Jake Sisko. DS9 : Homefront
"Worried? I'm scared to death! But I'm damned if I'm going to let them change the way I live my life." - Joseph Sisko to Odo. DS9 : Paradise Lost
"You know, I've been a soldier and I've been a politician, and I have to say, I'm beginning to think that being a soldier was easier." - Shakaar to Odo. DS9 : Crossfire
"The best way to survive a knife fight is never to get in one." - Kira to Ziyal. DS9 : Return to Grace
"I have never understood you, Worf. But I do know this... in your own way, you are an honourable man." - Kurn to Worf. DS9 : The Sons of Mogh
"What you were trying to do was make yourself feel important. Making me feel dumb made you feel smart. But I'm not dumb, and you're not half as smart as you think you are." - Rom to Quark. DS9 : Bar Association
"The one good thing about going away is coming home." - Keiko O'Brien to Miles O'Brien. DS9 : Accession
"Part of being a captain is knowing when to smile, to make the troops happy. Even when it's the last thing in the world you want to do. Because they're your troops, and you hve to take care of them." - Sisko to Worf. DS9 : Rules of Engagement
"Isn't that a coincidence? I was hoping you weren't married!" - Mirror Kira to Guard, on being told that she had his wife killed. DS9 : Shattered Mirror
"Isn't that what an artist wants, to be remembered? Isn't that why you write?" - Onaya to Jake Sisko. DS9 : The Muse
"Paranoid is what they call people who imagine threats against their life. I have threats against my life." - Garak to Quark. DS9 : For the Cause
"I am First Omet'Iklan, and I am dead. As of this moment we are all dead. We go into battle to reclaim our lives. This we do gladly, for we are Jem'Hadar. Remember, victory is life!" - Omet'Iklan to his troops.

"I'm Chief Miles Edward O'Brien. And I'm very much alive, and intend to stay that way!" - O'Brien to his troops.

 DS9 : To the Death
"They're just rules. They're written in a book, not carved in stone. And even if they were in stone, so what? A bunch of us just made them up." - Gint to Quark regarding the rules of acquisition. DS9 : Body Parts
"I've spent most of my life bringing people to justice. Now that it's my turn, how can I run away?" - Odo to Sisko on returning to the great link for punishment. DS9 : Broken Link
"It may sound cruel, but we both know that ship out there was worth it. Those five deaths may save five thousand lives, or maybe even five million. And if I had to make the same trade all over again, I would. But five people are dead, fine men and women who deserved a lot more than to die on some lonely planet fifty thousand light years away from home." - Sisko to Dax. DS9 : The Ship
"If I were in your shoes I would be looking for someone a little more entertaining, a little more fun, and maybe even a little more attainable." - Dax to Worf, dropping a heavy hint. DS9 : Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places
"The battle of Ajilon Prime will probably be remembered as a pointless skirmish, but I'll always remember it as something more - as the place I learned that the line between courage and cowardice is a lot thinner than most people believe." - Jake DS9 : ...Nor the Battle to the Strong
"Another glorious chapter of Klingon history. Tell me, do they still sing songs of the Great Tribble Hunt?" - Odo to Worf on the Klingon's extinction of the Tribble species. DS9 : Trials and Tribble-ations
"You have to realise, there's some things in life you can't control. And one of them is me." - Dax to Worf. DS9 : Let He Who Is Without Sin...
"Bad manners are the fault of the parent, not the child." - Dukat to Dax. DS9 : Things Past
"Don't you get it? I'm not trying to rescue you. I'm taking you along as emergency rations. If you die, I'm going to eat you." - Quark to Odo. DS9 : The Ascent
"I was in a Cardassian prison camp for five years. And I can remember each and very beating I suffered. And while you had your weapons to protect you, all I had was my faith and my courage." - Winn to Kira. DS9 : Rapture
"He wanted to protect the innocent, and separate the darkness from the light. But he didn't realise that a light only shines in the dark." - Kira to Odo. DS9 : The Darkness and the Light
Sisko : "You win some, you lose some."
Dax : "You always had problems with the 'lose some' part of that."		 DS9 : For the Uniform
"Everyone has their reasons. That's what's so terrifying; people can find a way to justify any action, no matter how evil." - Kira to Ziyal.

Odo : "You'd shoot a man in the back?"
Garak : "Well, it's the safest way, isn't it?"

 DS9 : By Inferno's Light
"True love should always win." - Zimmerman to Leeta. DS9 : Doctor Bashir, I Presume?
"But you can't go through life trying to avoid getting a broken heart. If you do, it'll break from lonliness anyway." - Bashir to Odo. DS9 : A Simple Investigation
"Perhaps he's become prematurely aware of life's existential isolation." - Bashir to O'Brien on a possible reason for his baby crying. DS9 : Business as Usual
"They kill us, we kill them... it's nothing worth celebrating." - Kira to Furel regarding the Cardassians. DS9 : Ties of Blood and Water
"I love you, Nerys. I've always loved you." - Odo to Kira. DS9 : Children of Time
"And that's when Morn hit you with a barstool and ran out onto the promenade screaming 'we're all doomed!'" - Odo to Quark. DS9 : Blaze of Glory
"Well it's just that lately I've noticed everyone seems to trust me. It's quite unnerving." - Garak to O'Brien. DS9 : Empok Nor
"Even in the darkest moments, you can always find something that will make you smile." - Sisko in his log. DS9 : In the Cards
"I promise I will not rest until I stand with you again... here, in this place where I belong." - Sisko to the Bajorans on DS9. DS9 : Call to Arms
"It is not my life to give up, captain. And it never was." - Remata'Klan to Sisko. DS9 : Rocks and Shoals
"I tell you Worf, war is much more fun when you're winning!" - Martok to Worf. DS9 : Sons and Daughters
"I tried. I tried my best to run my establishment under this occupation. But you know what? It's no fun! I don't like the Cardassians, they're mean and arrogant. And I can't stand the Jem'Hadar. They're creepy, they just stand there like statues, staring at you. That's it. I don't want to spend the rest of my life doing business with these people. I want the Federation back! I want to sell root beer again!" - Quark to Kira, bemoaning the Dominion occupation of DS9. DS9 : Behind the Lines
"Gods don't make mistakes." - Weyoun to Kira. DS9 : Favor the Bold
"One ship against an entire fleet? That's a helluva plan B!" - Jadzia to Sisko.

"You want to be gods? Then be gods. I need a miracle. Bajor needs a miracle. Stop those ships!" - Sisko to the Prophets.

DS9 : Sacrifice of Angels
"We are not accorded the luxury of choosing the woman we fall in love with. Do you think Sirella is anything like the woman I thought I'd marry? She is a prideful, arrogant, mercurial woman who shares my bed far too infrequently for my taste. And yet... I love her deeply." - Martok to Worf. DS9 : You are Cordially Invited...
"I suppose it must be nice to have that kind of faith. I've always preferred to believe in nothing. That way I'm never disappointed." - Mirror Bariel to Kira. DS9 : Resurrection
"I don't care if the odds are against us! If we're going to lose, then we're going to go down fighting... so that when our descendants someday rise up against the Dominion, they'll know know what they're made of!" - Sisko to Bashir on the war. DS9 : Statistical Probabilities
"A child, a moron, a failure, and a psychopath. Quite a little team you've put together." - Brunt to Quark. DS9 : The Magnificent Ferengi
Dukat : "I should have killed every last one of them! I should have turned their planet into a graveyard the likes of which the galaxy had never seen! I should have killed them all!"
Sisko : "And that is why you're not an evil man?"		 DS9 : Waltz
"..." - Morn. DS9 : Who Mourns for Morn?
Ben Sisko : "And if I fail..."
Joseph Sisko : "I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith."		 DS9 : Far Beyond the Stars
"Our loyalty is demonstrated by our actions, not our words." - Kudak'Etan to Lamat'Ukan. DS9 : One Little Ship
"I'm going to take care of you. I don't forget my friends. Cause friends - they're like family. Nothing's more important. Nothing." - Bilby to O'Brien. DS9 : Honor Among Thieves
Worf : "I have a sense of humour. On the Enterprise I was considered to be quite amusing."
Dax : "That must have been one dull ship."
Worf. "That is a joke. I get it. It is not funny, but I get it."		 DS9 : Change of Heart
"We all have scars, of one kind or another." - Kira Nerys to Kira Meru. DS9 : Wrongs Darker than Death or Night
"You function as judge, jury and executioner. And I think that's too much power for anyone." - Bashir to Sloan regarding Section 31.