Favourite Lines

[scotpens]

I've always liked the exchange at the end of "The Chase", one of my favorite episodes. Romulan Captain: "It would seem that we are not completely dissimilar after all; in our hopes, or in our fears." Picard: "Yes..." Romulan Captain: "Well then perhaps, one day..." Picard: "...one day..." As much as I love the Romulans for their complete douchebaggery, I also like the fact there are some who realize they can't be bullies forever and eventually they gotta grow up and be brothers in arms with the Federation

That echoes the lines at the end of the TOS ep "Balance of Terror":

KIRK: Captain. Standing by to beam your survivors aboard our ship. Prepare to abandon your vessel.

COMMANDER (on viewscreen): No. No, that is not our way. I regret that we meet in this way. You and I are of a kind. In a different reality, I could have called you friend.

Remember that in the original series, the Romulans were the "good" bad guys -- admirable for their courage, honor and integrity despite being a ruthless, warlike race. It was the Klingons who were the douchebags.

 

[TiberiusMaximus]

^Every species takes a turn...

Even Humans, which brings to mind Garak and Quark's conversation about Root Beer:

Garak: "It's vile."
Quark: "I know. 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."

And pretty much everything Garak says is one of my favorite lines.

"Actually, I don't think the Constable has a mother."

Bashir: "Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
Garak: "My dear Doctor, they're all true."
Bashir: "Even the lies?"
Garak: "Especially the lies."

"Treason, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder."