Star Trek - Deep Space Nine Quotes

Benjamin Sisko: I suggest you get your priorities straight, Major, because I don’t have any room for divided loyalties in this command.

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Benjamin Sisko: In war, both sides commit atrocities.

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Odo: It sounds like you’re trying to talk yourself into something...or out of something.
Kira Nerys: Either way, I have to betray someone.
Odo: The only important thing is not to betray yourself.

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Kira Nerys: How can I possibly turn against my own people?
Odo: Are they...your own people?
Kira Nerys: They’re no different than I used to be.
Odo: Used to be?

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Benjamin Sisko: [To Kira] Go over my head again, and I'll have yours on a platter.

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Benjamin Sisko: [to Dr. Bashir] I think doctor, that you could definitely use a new suit.

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Odo: I'll never understand the humanoid need to ... couple.
Quark: You've never "coupled"?
Odo: I choose not to. Too many compromises. You want to watch the Karo-Net tournament, she wants to listen to music, so you compromise: you listen to music. You like Earth jazz, she prefers Klingon opera, so you compromise: you listen to Klingon opera. So here you were ready to have a nice night watching the Karo-net match and you wind up spending an agonizing evening listening to Klingon opera.

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Odo: Killing your own clone is still murder.

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Odo: Laws change depending on who's making them, but justice is justice.

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Benjamin Sisko: [to Odo] If you can't work within the rules I'll find someone who can.

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Jadzia Dax: Just sit comfortably and release your tension into my hands.
Julian Bashir: Your hands - they're cold.
Jadzia Dax: It's a peculiarity of the Trill.
Julian Bashir: Cold hands, warm heart.
Jadzia Dax: Concentrate on the sphere. Clear your mind. This requires focus and clarity of thought.
Julian Bashir: I understand completely...what is that exotic scent you're wearing?
Jadzia Dax: Focus and clarity of thought.

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Quark: Everyone wants a piece of the new frontier.
Odo: And I'm sure you've already tried to sell it to a few of them.

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Rom: My son cannot learn anything from a female human teacher.

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Benjamin Sisko: I want you to know I don't personally believe that you're responsible for this.
Odo: Really? Now, how can that be true? You don't know me. You have no reason to believe I wouldn't kill Ibudan if it suited my fancy, so don't tell me there isn't some doubt inside of you, some question about whether or not I murdered the man.

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Benjamin Sisko: [On Odo] Do not condemn this man because he is different than you are.

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Jadzia Dax: I forgot how different it was.
Kira Nerys: How different what was?
Jadzia Dax: Being female. I haven't been one for over eighty years. All this attention...
Kira Nerys: I imagine it must take some getting used to.
Jadzia Dax: Actually, I find it quite enjoyable.

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Odo: Unauthorized entry into crew quarters is a crime, Quark. You could have just asked to use the replicators.
Quark: There's an old Ferengi saying: "Never ask when you can take." How did you figure it out?
Odo: You claimed Rom fixed your replicators.
Quark: So?
Odo: Rom's an idiot. He couldn't fix a straw if it was bent.
Quark: You're right, Rom is an idiot. Remind me to get rid of him tomorrow.

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[Quark is yelling at an aphasia victim]
Quark: Food...Dabo...drinks...money...hand...mine...give!
Benjamin Sisko: Well, Quark, I see even you couldn't weasel your way clear of this one.
Quark: You underestimate the Ferengi immune system, Commander. I'm merely here visiting my less-fortunate customers to make sure they're not faking the illness to avoid paying their bills.
Benjamin Sisko: No one could be that devious.
Quark: I am. [To patient] You...gold...owe...ME!

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Odo: Quark, am I to believe that you're volunteering to help?
Quark: Who said anything about volunteering? We can haggle over price later.

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Miles O'Brien: Hey, barkeep!
Quark: Don't call me barkeep! I'm not a barkeep! I'm your host, the proprietor, a sympathetic ear to the wretched souls that pass through these portals.
Miles O'Brien: And a man that will exploit any vice you may have. Two synthales, barkeep.

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Miles O'Brien: As the Vulcans say, "we're here to serve."

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[Handing Odo a phaser]
Kira Nerys: You may need this.
Odo: Thanks, major. You know I never use them.

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Tosk: Die with honor, O'Brien.
Miles O'Brien: Die with honor, Tosk.

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Vash: It's over Q, I want you out of my life. You are arrogant, you're overbearing and you think you know everything.
Q: But I do know everything.
Vash: That makes it even worse.

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Q: You hit me! Picard never hit me!
Benjamin Sisko: I'm not Picard!
Q: Indeed not. You’re much easier to provoke. How fortunate for me.

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Odo: I’ll never understand this obsession with accumulating material wealth. You spend your entire life plotting and scheming to acquire more and more possessions until your living areas are bursting with useless junk. Then you die, your relatives sell everything and start the cycle all over again.

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Quark: Remember, bid high and bid often.

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Julian Bashir: No sign of disease or malnutrition or parasitic infection.
Vash: You sound disappointed.
Julian Bashir: I am. Now I have no reason to keep you here.
Vash: You're almost making me wish I wasn't feeling well.

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Vash: They weren't exactly thrilled to see you on Brax, either. What do they call you there? "The God of Lies"?
Q: They meant it affectionately.

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Q: Do I know you.
O'Brien: O'Brien, from the Enterprise.
Q: Enterprise, ah yes! Weren't you one of the little people?

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