50 Best Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 11 Quotes

- A question
- I should have asked before.
- Deanna, do you really wanna go through with this?
- I want to.
- I'm a very lucky man.

Vendor: Hey, it's Dix. How's tricks?
Captain: Hm? Oh, she's fine.

- Gently, gently.
- Poor baby, did she hurt you?
- Captain, if you'll excuse me,
- I'd like to spend some time considering the tarellian situation.
- Yes, of course.
- Ladies and gentlemen.

Cyrus: Senseless killing is immoral. But killing for a purpose... can be quite often ingenious.

Captain: [explaining his uniform to a holodeck character] I lost a bet.
Jessica: Oh, well... At least you're ready for Halloween.
Captain: [bemused] Halloween?

Captain: And... when I looked down into the street, I actually saw - automobiles!

- What's going on?
- Jewels. Look at these jewels.
- They're bonding gifts.
- What you would call wedding presents.
- Who's getting married?

- Some of us still go naked.
- Your mother, my father, but not my mother or the guests.
- Captain picard will be very relieved.
- How did you manage it?
- Your mother relented.
- And I just caught my father practicing naked in front of his mirror.

- A toast to the young couple, and their families.
- And?
- And, uh, may this union be a productive one.
- Man 1: Hear, hear.
- Man 2: Cheers.

- I am lwaxana troi, daughter of the fifth house, holder of the sacred chalice of rixx, heir to the holy rings of betazed.
- Who are you?
- Ladies and gentlemen, it is a starfleet tradition that at social gatherings, disputes are not permitted.
- I hereby declare, therefore, all disagreements resolved.

- you do not find them
- As intriguing as I.
- Must he do that?
- As you well know, it is the betazed way of giving thanks for the food we eat.
- You giving thanks?
- Besides, you never did this before.
- I do it now.
- Unlike some people, I am in growth.

- Which must include the tarellians.
- I shall want you to help me find some answers, thank you.
- However, there will be ample time for your second assignment, voluntary, of course.
- The pre-joining announcement of counselor Deanna troi...
- And Wyatt Miller.

[Picard is complaining about the odd spelling of the Jarada language]
Counselor: But you spell knife with a 'k'.
Captain: I spell knife with an 'n'. But then I never could spell.

Captain: I have to go.
Lt. McNary: So... this is the big goodbye.
[they shake hands, and Picard turns to leave]
Lt. McNary: Tell me something, Dix. When you've gone... will this world still exit? Will my wife and kids still be waiting for me at home?
Captain: I honestly don't know.

Cyrus: Life is an endless stream of choices. Unfortunately you have chosen to make my life more difficult.

- We will rest and relax, all too briefly, I fear.
- Such a beautiful world.
- Legends say it has been known to mend souls and heal broken hearts.
- Legends which are totally unsupported by fact, captain.
- Legends like that are the spice of the universe, Mr. Data, because they have a way of sometimes coming true.

Captain: I am not Dixon Hill! I just look like Dixon Hill!
Lt. Commander Data: He speaks the truth, sir. From your point of view, he is only a facsimile. A knock-off. A cheap imitation...
Captain: Thank you, Mr. Data.

[last lines]
Captain: Lieutenant, take us out of orbit.
Lieutenant: Aye, sir.
Captain: And Mr. La Forge...
Lieutenant: Sir.
Captain: [gangster accent] Step on it!

- Wyatt.
- Are you feeling all right?
- Just wedding nerves.
- The supplies are ready.
- I'll take them to the transporter room.
- I'll notify the captain they're ready.

Madeline: There's a lady named Bradley waiting in your office. Nice legs.
[Picard looks down on his legs]
Madeline: Not you. Her!

- Duty calls.
- You needed me, lieutenant?
- Yes, sir.
- There's an object of some kind beaming in from haven.
- What is it?
- We're not sure.
- The surface station approval coming in now.
- All right. Let's bring it in.

Lt. McNary: [on Redblock's gang] Nice company you're keeping, Dix. You forget to take the trash out this morning?

- You can put the supplies on the pad.
- Dr. Crusher had me set the coordinates.
- All we need is the captain's order.
- Captain, someone's transporting over to the tarellian ship.
- Override.
- I can't, sir. It's too late.

[Picard is about to leave the holodeck, when someone knocks at Dixon Hill's office door]
Captain: You'll have to call again; I'm just leaving. I'm, er... not dressed properly.

Jessica: [to Picard] And next time... wear a suit.

- Message from planet haven, counselor.
- They wish to beam the Miller wedding party aboard.

- Perhaps I should choose you.
- He has other obligations, mother.
- Oh. Very well. It's his loss.
- Mr. Homn.
- Thank you for the drinks.
- Lwaxana [thinking]: Try and remember your heritage, little one.

- You're not surprised?
- Did you know I'd beam over?
- Once we saw you were real, we knew.
- You are a doctor?
- Yes.
- I've brought medicines and supplies.
- And I knew you would be this brave.

Cyrus: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction - a Newtonian truism which you've obviously neglected.

- Did you hear what I said?
- Every word.
- This whole thing is still bizarre.
- I'm sorry.
- Come dance at my wedding.
- |'|| try.

- Victoria: Look at your father, Wyatt.
- He just can't wait to strip off his clothes for that barbaric ceremony.
- Please take care of each other.
- You are beautiful.
- But you looked the best of all in the desert on the holodeck when we did this.

- Could you please continue the petty bickering?
- I find it most intriguing.

Captain: For the moment, I have other duties.
Lt. McNary: Blonde or brunette?
Captain: She's a lady all right. And her name is... Enterprise.
Lt. McNary: Sounds like a working girl to me.

- And knowing you were betazoid,
- I just assumed it was you projecting yourself into my mind.
- I'm sorry I'm not what you hoped for.
- No.
- Please don't mistake a childish fantasy for disappointment.
- You are so beautiful.
- I feel honored.

- Oh, that wasn't telepathy, it was just common sense.
- Who else would they send to greet me but the captain?
- Oh, you may carry my luggage.
- Mother.
- No, no, that's quite all right.
- I'm indebted to your mother for the fine counselor she...
[Grunts] This way.

- Victoria, I've forgotten whether you enjoyed pets or not.
- Love them, of course.
- Mm, good.

Commander William T. Riker: So - have a nice vacation?
Captain: It was a nice place to visit, Number One, but... I wouldn't want to die there.

- some unpopulated island, a faraway peninsula.
- This is not our planet, sir.
- But I will present your needs to those who do govern this world.
- Present the fact that we intend to die here, captain.
- And if we die while caged by your tractor beam, so be it.

[Cyrus Redblock intends to go out of the holodeck into the "new world"]
Lt. Commander Data: If you were going to go through yourself, sir - that is not possible.
Cyrus: One look at you, sir, is proof that anything is possible.

Lt. Commander Data: Hiya, Doc, what's cookin'?
Doctor: You know, I had some trouble getting through. Where's Captain Picard?
Lt. Commander Data: He's on ice.
Doctor: Pardon?
Lt. Commander Data: He's being grilled.
Doctor: What is he, a fish?

Lt. Dan Bell: You better not try to leave town.
Captain: If I leave town, town leaves with me.

- Besides, your husband quite likes the idea of seeing me unclothed.
- Steven.
- Oh, you did know he's attracted to me, didn't you?
- Untrue. I don't...
- Stop this petty bickering, all of you!
- Especially you, mother!

- Odd-looking.
- What's going on?
- I hold a message for Deanna troi.
- Lwaxana troi and the honorable
- Miller family will soon arrive.
- The momentous day is close at hand.
- Rejoice.

Desk: Pretty hep-lookin' broad.
Doctor: Is that good?
Desk: It ain't bad.

Cyrus: All right, let's begin. Make your thoughts fruitful and your words eloquent. 'cause I don't have to tell you, your lovely lady friend's life depends upon it.

Cyrus: I'm Cyrus Redblock! Cyrus Redblock!

Cyrus: Au revoir, et bonne chance, mon ami. Our destiny awaits.

Cyrus: [about Data] Where do you s'ppose he's from?
Felix: [to Data] Where were you hatched anyway?
Lt. Commander Data: I was created on a planet...
Captain: Data...
Lt. Commander Data: South America.

- I'm sorry.
- Wyatt, I'm happy for you and for Ariana too.
- You've done very well for a human, Wyatt.
- Captain, my respects.
- And mine, sir.
- Good bye.

- Picard: Space, the final frontier.
- These are the voyages of the starship enterprise.
- Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.