Elim Garak

"Ah, an open mind! The essence of intellect!"

"I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. But I don't trust coincidences."

"Truth, Doctor, is in the eye of the beholder. I never tell the truth because I don't believe there is such a thing. That's why I prefer the straight line simplicity of cutting cloth."

"Treason, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder."

"Commander, this is extortion."

"Hmm… Yes it is."

"Major, I don't think I've ever seen you looking so ravishing."

"Ironic, isn't it? The only place in the galaxy that still recognizes my access code is a Bajoran space station."

"My... tennis balls?"

"This station is in worse condition than we thought."

"To think, after all this time, all our lunches together... you still don't trust me. There's hope for you yet, doctor."

"Well, the truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination."

"Do you know what the sad part is, Odo? I'm a very good tailor."

"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."

"Paranoid is what they call people who imagine threats against their life. I have threats against my life."

"You know, I think that actually helped my back."

"You want me to sponsor your application to Starfleet Academy?"

"What do you think?"

"I... think it is a bad idea."

"Elim. Promise me one thing."

"I'm listening."

"Don't die here. Escape. Live."

"Let me guess. So I can make the Dominion pay for what they've done to you."

"You wouldn't deny an old man his revenge, would you?"

"I'll do as you ask, on one condition…That you don't ask me this favor as a mentor, or a superior officer… but as a father asking his son."

"You're not my son."

"Father, you're dying. For once in your life, speak the truth."

"I should have killed your mother before you were born. You have always been a weakness I can't afford."

"So you've told me. Many times. Listen, Enabran. All I ask is that for this moment, let me be your son."

"Elim, remember that day…in the country. You must've been almost five."

"How can I forget it? It was the only day."

"I can still see you, on the back of that riding hound. You must've fallen off a dozen times. But you never gave up."

"I remember limping home…You held my hand."

"I was very proud of you, that day."

"You'd shoot a man in the back?"

"Well, it's the safest way, isn't it?"

"Well it's just that lately I've noticed everyone seems to trust me. It's quite unnerving."

"You're not genetically engineered... you're a Vulcan!"

"It's like having a viewscreen inside your brain."

"You're still a Cardassian, Garak. You're not going to kill one of your own people for a Bajoran woman."

"How little you understand me."

"Tell me, where's my old friend Damar?"

"Damar's dead."

"What a pity."

"He died trying to free Cardassia."

"What's left of it."

"You've been such a good friend. I'm going to miss our lunches together."

"I'm sure we'll see each other again."

"I'd like to think so, but one can never say. We live in uncertain times."