"Oh, shit."
It's not a single line, but I love this scene. It sums up the outsider attitude toward the Federation and the much of the real world's attitude toward America:
QUARK
And the worst part is, my only
hope for salvation... is the
Federation.
GARAK
I know precisely how you feel.
Quark suddenly gets an idea.
QUARK
Here, I want you to try something
for me.
Quark pulls out a glass and fulls it with a foamy brown
liquid.
QUARK
Take a sip of this.
Garak looks skeptically at the drink.
GARAK
What is it?
QUARK
A human drink. It's called root
beer.
GARAK
(eyes it suspiciously)
I don't know...
QUARK
Go ahead. Aren't you just a
little bit curious?
Garak hesitates a beat, but then takes a sip. He
immediately makes a face.
QUARK
What do you think?
GARAK
It's vile.
Quark is glad that someone agrees with him.
QUARK
I know.
(searching for bad things to say)
It's so bubbly and cloying and
happy.
GARAK
Just like the Federation.
QUARK
But you know what's really
frightening? If you drink enough
of it, you start to like it.
GARAK
It's insidious.
QUARK
Just like the Federation.
There's a long beat as the two aliens share their
common bond.
GARAK
Do you think they'll be able to
save us?
QUARK
(defeated)
I hope so.
Quark takes a sip of the root beer, then shudders.
Whoa, dude, you kinda just freaked me out a bit right now...(Pointing to a swastika banner.) "Look at our destiny. The field of red; the purity of German blood. The blazing white circle of the Sun that sanctified that blood. No-one can deny us; no power on Earth or beyond. Not the Christian savior, not the God of the Jews. We are driven by the very force that gives life to the Universe itself."
That scene is one of my favorites..."All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by... take away the wind and the water, it's still the same... the ship is yours... you can feel her... and the stars are still there..."
Kirk in "Ultimate Comuter"
It's not a single line, but I love this scene. It sums up the outsider attitude toward the Federation and the much of the real world's attitude toward America:
QUARK
And the worst part is, my only
hope for salvation... is the
Federation.
GARAK
I know precisely how you feel.
Quark suddenly gets an idea.
QUARK
Here, I want you to try something
for me.
Quark pulls out a glass and fulls it with a foamy brown
liquid.
QUARK
Take a sip of this.
Garak looks skeptically at the drink.
GARAK
What is it?
QUARK
A human drink. It's called root
beer.
GARAK
(eyes it suspiciously)
I don't know...
QUARK
Go ahead. Aren't you just a
little bit curious?
Garak hesitates a beat, but then takes a sip. He
immediately makes a face.
QUARK
What do you think?
GARAK
It's vile.
Quark is glad that someone agrees with him.
QUARK
I know.
(searching for bad things to say)
It's so bubbly and cloying and
happy.
GARAK
Just like the Federation.
QUARK
But you know what's really
frightening? If you drink enough
of it, you start to like it.
GARAK
It's insidious.
QUARK
Just like the Federation.
There's a long beat as the two aliens share their
common bond.
GARAK
Do you think they'll be able to
save us?
QUARK
(defeated)
I hope so.
Quark takes a sip of the root beer, then shudders.
-DS9, "The Nagus"O'BRIEN: Thank you. Now we only have two more weeks to get through before Mrs O'Brien returns from Earth, so that shouldn't be too difficult, right? Right. Let's take out our homework PADDs. We'll begin with the older students. Your last assignment was to write an essay defining the term 'ethics.' Let's start with Nog.
NOG: I don't have my essay.
O'BRIEN: Why not?
NOG: My PADD was stolen.
O'BRIEN: Is that a fact? Any idea who stole it?
NOG: It happened in Quark's. I put it on a table and there were some Vulcans nearby
O'BRIEN: Hold on. You're saying Vulcans stole your homework?!
NOG: Yes, sir.
O'BRIEN: Any idea why?
NOG: Because they don't have ethics?
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