Favorite DS9 one-liners?

[Ragitsu]

Good afternoon.

Hey, I was wondering: what are your favorite pithy one-liners from Deep Space Nine? I remember this time when Garak was holding a weapon on a Cardassian that was aiming at Kira (or maybe it was Odo...hell, perhaps both) and Garak says "I'm still here, Rusot." It wasn't a major moment, but that delivery conveyed a clear threat despite the fact that his voice sounded otherwise conversational.

 

[Poltargyst]

Good afternoon.

Hey, I was wondering: what are your favorite pithy one-liners from Deep Space Nine? I remember this time when Garak was holding a weapon on a Cardassian that was aiming at Kira (or maybe it was Odo...hell, perhaps both) and Garak says "I'm still here, Rusot." It wasn't a major moment, but that delivery conveyed a clear threat despite the fact that his voice sounded otherwise conversational.

Good afternoon.

Hey, I was wondering: what are your favorite pithy one-liners from Deep Space Nine? I remember this time when Garak was holding a weapon on a Cardassian that was aiming at Kira (or maybe it was Odo...hell, perhaps both) and Garak says "I'm still here, Rusot." It wasn't a major moment, but that delivery conveyed a clear threat despite the fact that his voice sounded otherwise conversational.

I just saw that scene in my rewatch. It's near the end of the series. Great line during a tense scene.

 

[Iamnotspock]

Quark: "This is my disruptor pistol, the one I used to carry when I was serving on that Ferengi freighter."
Odo: "I thought you were the ship's cook?"
Quark: "That's right, and every member of that crew thought he was a food critic."

 

[DS9forever]

EDDINGTON: I can barely see two metres in front of me. How will I know what I'm aiming at?
SISKO: I'll be the one holding the pipe.
EDDINGTON: Attacking two Jem'Hadar soldiers with a pipe? That's a brilliant plan.
SISKO: It could be worse.
EDDINGTON: I know. It could be me holding the pipe.
SISKO: Exactly.

 

[Trekker09]

Jake Sisko to Nog: “We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.” (“In the cards”)
Think it’s an exact quote from Picard in First Contact. Sometimes I wonder if the repetition of this line in DS9 was intended as slightly ironic or tongue in cheek, at least in the context of the episode.

 

[Oddish]

This is my favorite:

KIRA (to Quark): "If all of your 'little advertisements' aren't purged from our system by the time I get back from the Gamma Quadrant, I will come to Quarks. And believe me, I will have fun."

 

[kkt]

EDDINGTON: I can barely see two metres in front of me. How will I know what I'm aiming at?
SISKO: I'll be the one holding the pipe.
EDDINGTON: Attacking two Jem'Hadar soldiers with a pipe? That's a brilliant plan.
SISKO: It could be worse.
EDDINGTON: I know. It could be me holding the pipe.
SISKO: Exactly.

It's a great sequence... but how many lines are there in a one-liner?

 

[Oddish]

Indeed, definitely an exchange rather than a one-liner. Miles and Bashir had quite a few good ones.

 

[at Quark's]

Sisko against Karen, sorry, Quark:

Quark : I have the right to express my opinion.
Sisko : I'm about to put my fist in your opinion!

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Evil must be opposed.

--- Vedek Yassim

 

[Trekker09]

Sisko to Jake: "There is only one thing I want from you. Find something you love, then do it the best you can."

 

[USS Firefly]

From Way of the Warrior

Odo: "Come on Quark, move it along. You should be in an emergency shelter by now."
Quark: "I'm not going to any emergency shelter. This is my bar and I'm going to defend it."
Odo: "Really... And how do you plan to do that?"
Quark: "With this:" ((Quark holds up a weapon container))
Odo: "You're going to hit them with a box?"
Quark: "No, this is my disruptor pistol; the one I used to carry in the old days when I was serving on that Ferengi freighter."
Odo: "I thought you were the ship's cook..."
Quark: "That's right, and every member of that crew thought he was a food critic. If the Klingons try to get through these doors I'll be ready for them." (Quark opens box, but doesn't see that it's empty except for a note.)
Odo: " 'Dear Quark. I used parts from you disruptor pistol to fix the replicators. Will return soon. Rom.' "
Quark: "I will kill him!"
Odo: "With what?"

 

[E-DUB]

"Especially the lies."

 

[Oddish]

We could fill this topic with Garak one-liners alone.

GARAK: "I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. But I don't trust coincidences."

 

[Cyfa]

"Feel free to stay as many days as you'd like... even a week if necessary." /sarcasm - A clearly 'delighted' Vedek Winn to Kira upon discovering her at the monastery (from: The Circle)

 

[Farscape One]

"A lot of kick for a '45 dom."
Dr. Julian Bashir playing Julian Bashir, secret agent, "OUR MAN BASHIR"

A one-liner from an episode that paid homage to a franchise of movies that specialized in one-liners.

 

[Iamnotspock]

Jake Sisko to Nog: “We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.” (“In the cards”)
Think it’s an exact quote from Picard in First Contact. Sometimes I wonder if the repetition of this line in DS9 was intended as slightly ironic or tongue in cheek, at least in the context of the episode.

Of course.

NOG: It's not my fault that your species decided to abandon currency-based economics in favor of some philosophy of self-enhancement.
JAKE: Hey, watch it. There's nothing wrong with our philosophy. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.
NOG: What does that mean exactly?
JAKE: It means... It means we don't need money.
NOG: Well if you don't need money, then you certainly don't need mine.

 

[Ragitsu]

Dukat to Weyoun (after the latter chugs a poisoned drink like a pro): "Are you mad?"

 

[Farscape One]

Dukat to Weyoun (after the latter chugs a poisoned drink like a pro): "Are you mad?"

The best one-liner in that scene is Sisko's facial expression after Weyoun drinks it.

 

[Poltargyst]

SISKO: Hey, Jake that was a hell of a game! A hell of a game!
JAKE: I gave up ten runs.
SISKO: They're Vulcans. If they were humans you'd have held them to just two or three.
JAKE: When you put it that way.