Raining all day today, I just had the long walk into work and “Trust me, there’s no word for ‘crisp’ on Ferenginar.” comes into my head. What is one of your favorites?
Sisko:
Do you know what the trouble is? The trouble is Earth-on Earth there is no poverty, no crime, no war. You look out the window of Starfleet Headquarters and you see paradise. It’s easy to be a saint in paradise, but the Maquis do not live in paradise. Out there in the demilitarized zone all the problems haven’t been solved yet. Out there, there are no saints, just people-angry, scared, determined people who are going to do whatever it takes to survive, whether it meets with Federation approval or not.
And one from Quark:
Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nephew. They’re a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people… will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don’t believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes.
Freedom!? That is our sacred word!
Mudd: “Human beings do not survive on bread alone … but on the nourishments of liberty. For what indeed is a man without freedom … naught but a mechanism, trapped in the cogwheels of eternity.”
Capt. Picard:
The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it’s scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth! It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based. And if you can’t find it within yourself to stand up and tell the truth about what happened, you don’t deserve to wear that uniform!
—TNG, The First Duty
“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness… that is life.”
I love this quote and think it’s hilarious that it was said in response to Data moping about losing a video game.
Yeah this quote has gotten me through some bad times, as silly as that might seem.
Not silly at all. It’s a great quote and an important lesson for life
I pulled that out at work, and totally forgot it was star trek
Bashir: “They broke seven of your transverse ribs and fractured your clavicle.”
Garak: “Ah, but I got off several cutting remarks which, no doubt, did serious damage to their egos.”
This is a good choice!
Two, are they’re not surprisingly both from Garak:
Garak: The truth is usually just an excuse for lack of imagination.
Odo: You’d shoot a man in the back?
Garak: Well, it’s the safest way, isn’t it?
Garak has so many great quotes:
Garak: Treason, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
Garak: I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. But I don’t trust coincidences.
Garak: Paranoid is what they call people who imagine threats against their life. I have threats against my life.
ZIYAL: Why don’t you just let Garak design a dress on his own? You know whatever he comes up with will be beautiful.
GARAK: My dear, I find your blind adoration both flattering and disturbing, but she does have a point.
Garak wound up being one of my favorite characters!!
Picard - ‘You can test that assumption at your convenience’ most political way to say f’ around and find out.
The scene where Quark compares the federation to root beer with Garak.
Q: “I want you to try something for me. Take a sip of this. It’s called root beer. What do you think?”
G: “Oh! It’s vile!”
Q: “I know. It’s so bubbly, and cloying, and happy.”
G: “Like the Federation…”
Q: “But you know what’s really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it. Like the Federation…”
G: “Insidious!”
I think you have the last lines wrong
It’s insidious!
…just like the Federation
“… and no one ever offered him a command. He learned to play it safe, and he never, ever, got noticed by anyone”
This line has been the basis of several career changing events for me, and overall it’s worked out pretty well
One I quote often:
“What do I do?”
“FIND HIM AND KILL HIM”
Lying is a skill like any other, and if you want to maintain a level of excellence you have to practice constantly.
With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.
Fuckin A right, buddy!
Starfleet was founded to seek out new life – well, there it sits! …waiting.
“Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra! Temba, his arms wide. Shaka, when the walls fell.”
Those lines for some reason resonate with me. That episode highlighted a divide I didn’t know existed between myself and others.
I can’t be any more clear about what I’m saying to you. Please understand so we can work on this problem together!
Sokath, his eyes uncovered!
“I am… fully functional.”
