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?
Every one of us has a thousand different kinds of little people inside of us, and some of them want to get out and be wild, and some want to be sad or happy or inventive, or even just go dancing! That’s why we all have so many different urges at different times. And all those different little people inside of us: we must never be afraid to take them with us wherever we go. Who knows when we may need one of them to pop up and rescue us from ourselves! Variety, my dear Alex. The great secret is not the variety of life, it’s the variety of us.
Where is that from?
TNG of course, S04E11, Data’s Day
Riker: “Some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you.*”
I remember it with ‘sometimes’ instread of ‘some days’ and somehow it deeply resonates with me.
“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness… that is life.”
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 love this quote and think it’s hilarious that it was said in response to Data moping about losing a video game.
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!!
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.
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
Picard - ‘You can test that assumption at your convenience’ most political way to say f’ around and find out.
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.
Lying is a skill like any other, and if you want to maintain a level of excellence you have to practice constantly.
“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 regret that we meet in this way. You and I are of a kind. In a different reality, I could have called you friend.” – The Romulan commander in Balance of Terror
“In every revolution, there’s one man with a vision.” – Kirk in Mirror, Mirror
“… 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”
“I am… fully functional.”
