Star Trek - Deep Space Nine Quotes

Jadzia Dax: I've been a mother three times and a father twice.
Benjamin Sisko: Which was easier?
Jadzia Dax: Actually, I wasn't very successful either way.

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Elim Garak: I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. I don't trust coincidences.

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Unidentified: Rule of Acquisition 16: A deal is a deal is a deal... until a better one comes along.

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Klingon Restaurant Owner: I like a customer, who knows what she wants.

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Julian Bashir: Out here in space, no one is completely independent. We all depend on one another.
Melora: Well, you can depend on me.
Julian Bashir: And you've proven that. So what is it going to take for the rest of us to prove to you, that you can depend on us?

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Unidentified: 21 - Never place friendship above profit.

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Unidentified: 22 - A wise man can hear profit in the wind.

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Unidentified: 23 - Nothing is more important than your health -except for your money.

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Unidentified: 33 - It never hurts to suck up to the boss.

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Unidentified: 48 - The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.

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Unidentified: 59 - Free advice is seldom cheap.

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Unidentified: 62 - The riskier the road, the greater the profit.

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Unidentified: 103 - Sleep can interfere with [opportunity]. (incomplete)

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Rom: He's dying, isn't he? He's dying! What am I gonna do if my brother dies?
Odo: Do? Oh, you'll have a lot to do once this place is yours.
Rom: But if my brother dies...! Mine?
Odo: "Wives serve, brothers inherit." Rule of Acquisition 139, I believe.
Rom: (brightening) I hadn't thought of that.
Odo: Didn't you? I had. In fact, it gives someone a strong motive for murder.
Rom: Well, yes, I've heard of one or two cases where... wait a minute! You're not suggesting that I...?
Odo: I've had my eye on you for a long time, Rom. You're not as stupid as you look.
Rom: I am, too!

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Unidentified: 47 - Don't trust a man wearing a better suit than your own.

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Martus Mazur: You're enjoying this, aren't you?
Quark: Taken in by one of your own victims, and no one to turn to but me? Ha-ha-ha! I can't remember when I've been so entertained.

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Martus Mazur: I still have my dignity.
Quark: "Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack." Rule of Acquisition Number 109.

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(Bashir and O'Brien are presumed dead. Dax and Kira are lifting a glass to them in Quark's, and Quark wants to add his own tribute.)
Quark: They were good customers.
Kira: ...What? That's it?
Quark: This puts me in mind of the 57th Rule of Acquisition: "Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them."

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Unidentified: 194 - It's always good business to know about new customers before they walk in your door.

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[O'Brien is getting a physical]
Julian Bashir: Well, your sense of humour seems normal enough.
Miles O'Brien: I don't have a sense of humour.
Julian Bashir: Cough. [O'Brien coughs] How's the sex life?
Miles O'Brien: I don't have a sense of humour.

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Unidentified: 112 - Never have sex with the boss' sister.

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Julian Bashir: If you're not a spy, maybe you're an outcast.
Elim Garak: Or maybe I'm an outcast spy.
Julian Bashir: How can you be both?
Elim Garak: I never said I was either.

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[Odo discovers an aged Klingon entered his office undetected while his back was turned]
Odo: How did you get in here?
Koloth: I am Koloth.
Odo: That doesn't answer my question.
Koloth: Yes, it does.

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Kira Nerys: Jadzia, your questions about my experience with killing...if you're wondering what it's like... When you take someone else's life, you lose a part of your own as well.

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Jadzia Dax: What is this preoccupation you have with dying? I think living is much more attractive.

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Kang I was right after all, Dax. It is a good day to die. (dies)
Jadzia Dax: It's never a good day to lose a friend.

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Quark: Never begin a negotiation on an empty stomach.

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Gul Dukat: Now do you see Commander? That without any help from either of us, they have managed to start their own little war out here.

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Gul Dukat: A good interrogator doesn't allow his subject to die; you lose the advantage.

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Quark: 3 - Never pay more for an acquisition than you have to.

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