Star Trek Meme: Day 14

[selenak]

Day 14 - What's your favorite Star Trek quote?

Welll, now. There are certain Trek phrases that have stuck with me - the obvious ("Live long and prosper", "infinite variety in infinite combinations"), my fondness for Quark means I know a lot of the Rules of Aquisition ("treat people in your debt like family - exploit them", "home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum", and I have been known to mutter "red alert" in critical situations. Also, Picard's "a lie of omission is still a lie" from The First Duty came in handy more than once. So did Garak's "the truth is usually ust an excuse for a lack of imagination". :)

Then there's the dialogue that lives from context yet can be altered for appropriation, like Picard's reply in Tapestry to Q's "Welcome to the afterlife, Jean-Luc. You're dead, and I'm God!" , which was: No. I am not dead. Because I refuse to believe that the afterlife is run by you. The universe is not so badly designed!

"The universe is not that badly designed" has become my optimistic (despite dire counter examples) assertion to a great many absurd or bizarre situations.

But really, the designation "favourite quote" has to go to the Quark and Garak exchange from my icon again, which takes place in The Way of the Warrior. To quote the scene in full:

[Garak takes a drink of root beer]
Quark: What do you think?
Garak: It's vile.
Quark: I know. It's so bubbly and cloying and happy.
Garak: Just like the Federation.
Quark: And you know what's really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it.
Garak: It's insidious.
Quark: Just like the Federation.
[pause]
Garak: Do you think they can save us?
Quark: I hope so.




Day 1 - Which Star Trek series is your favorite?
Day 2 - Who is your favorite character?
Day 3 - Who is your least favorite character?
Day 4 - What was the first episode/movie you watched?
Day 5 - What was the first Star Trek series you watched?
Day 6 - Your favorite canon pairing? (Canon being the series and the movies, including the reboot.)
Day 7 - Your favorite non-canon pairing?
Day 8 - Your favorite actor/actress? (Not the same as character.)
Day 9 - What's your favorite episode?
Day 10 - What's your favorite species? (Humans are a species as well.)
Day 11 - What's your least favorite species? (See question 9 about species.)
Day 12 - What's your favorite funny moment?
Day 13 - What's your favorite dramatic moment?


Day 15 - How did you get into Star Trek?
Day 16 - Are you involved with Star Trek fandom?
Day 17 - Have you read any of the books? If so, which ones?
Day 18 - If you could be any species in the Star Trek universe, what would you be?
Day 19 - How did the Star Trek reboot affect you?
Day 20 - Of the minor characters (one shots, not the recurring ones) who’s your favorite?
Day 21 - Which Star Trek food would you want to try at least once?
Day 22 - Which Star Trek world would you want to visit at least once?
Day 23 - Is there anything you'd want to change about Star Trek? Why?
Day 24 - Is there anything about Star Trek that has disappointed you?
Day 25 - How has Star Trek changed you?
Day 26 - Lots of Star Trek Parodies out there. Which do you dig?
Day 27 - What would you cross over with Star Trek?
Day 28 - Your favourite friendship in Star Trek?
Day 29 - If you could tell Gene Roddenberry one thing, Star Trek related or not, what would it be?

Comments

[endeni]

"The truth is usually ust an excuse for a lack of imagination" is one of my favourite quotes too. *g* And Garak finding his own moral about The Boy Who Cried Wolf (you should never tell the same lie twice) is priceless! :D
Also, aw, the Rules of Acquisition! I do love how both war *and* peace are "good for business". :D

[selenak]

DS9 was a treasure dome of good quotes in no small part due to Garak and Quark. :)