"Encounter at Farpoint" Line-by-Line

RIKER: Having been a first officer yourself, you know that assuming that responsibility must by definition include the safety of the captain. I have no problem with following any rules you lay down, short of compromising your safety.

 

Picard: And you don't intend to back off from that position?

 

RIKER: No, sir.

 

PICARD: One further thing. A special favour.

 

RIKER: Anything, sir.

 

Picard: Using the same kind of strength you showed with Captain DeSoto, I would appreciate it if you can keep me from making an ass of myself with children.

 

RIKER: Sir?

 

PICARD: I'm not a family man, Riker, and yet, Starfleet has given me a ship with children aboard.

 

RIKER: Yes, sir.

 

PICARD: And I don't feel comfortable with children. But, since a captain needs an image of geniality, you're to see that's what I project.

 

RIKER: Aye, sir.

 

PICARD: Welcome to the Enterprise, Commander Riker.

 

[Sickbay]

CRUSHER: Naturally I've heard of your case. The visor implants you wear.

 

LAFORGE: Is a remarkable piece of bio-electronic engineering by which I quote see much of the EM spectrum ranging from simple heat and infrared through radio waves et cetera, et cetera, and forgive me if I've said and listened to this a thousand times before.

 

CRUSHER: You've been blind all your life?

 

LAFORGE: I was born this way.

 

CRUSHER: And you've felt pain all the years that you've used this?

 

LAFORGE: They say it's because I use my natural sensors in different ways.

 

CRUSHER: Well, I see two choices. The first is painkillers.

 

LAFORGE: Which would affect how this works. No. Choice number two?