- Admiral Bennett: [39:30] Two hundred years ago, we tried to improve the species through DNA resequencing. And what did we get for our troubles? The Eugenics Wars. For every Julian Bashir that can be created, there's a Khan Singh waiting in the wings, a superhuman, whose ambition and thirst for power have been enhanced along with his intellect. The law against genetic engineering provided a firewall against such men. And it's my job to keep that firewall intact.
- Amsha Bashir: You've never had a child. You don't know what it's like to watch your son... to watch him fall a little further behind every day. You know he's trying, but something's holding him back. You don't know what it's like to stay up every night worrying that maybe, it's your fault; maybe you did something wrong during the pregnancy, or maybe, you weren't careful enough. Or maybe, there's something wrong with you; maybe you, you passed on a genetic defect without even knowing it.
- Richard Bashir: Amsha...
- Amsha Bashir: No, this is important. You can condemn us for what we did; you can say it's illegal or immoral or whatever you wanna say. But you have to understand that we didn't do it because we were ashamed. But because you were our son. And we loved you.
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: Beginning data transferral.
- EMH Mark I: Data transferral? Am I being replaced?
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: You're being supplemented by a new long-term program.
- EMH Mark I: [indicating the LMH] By him?
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: There. Transfer's complete.
- LMH: Please state the nature of the medical emergency.
- EMH Mark I: Now, that's original. He doesn't even look old enough to be a doctor.
- LMH: If you'd like my advice, you should delete this program. Now that I am here, why would you need an archaic piece of software like him?
- EMH Mark I: [aghast] Archaic?
- Quark: [of Leeta] She's a female, Rom. And the one constant in the universe is, females are trouble.
- [Dr. Bashir is to become the template for a new long-term medical holoprogram]
- Chief O'Brien: Wow. Think of it, Julian. If this thing works, you will be able to irritate hundreds of people you've never even met.
- Richard Bashir: All those gifts, all those accomplishments, and you still wanna behave like a spoiled child. Well, you'd better grow up right now, or you're gonna lose everything!
- Dr. Julian Bashir: You mean *you're* gonna lose everything. You're gonna lose your only real accomplishment in this life - me. You said before: I'm your legacy, your proud gift to the world. Well, Father, your gift is about to be revealed, as a fraud. Just like you.
- [last lines]
- [Bashir and O'Brien are playing darts]
- Dr. Julian Bashir: Looks like it's your game again.
- Chief O'Brien: What's that? Five in a row?
- Dr. Julian Bashir: At least!
- Chief O'Brien: Wait a minute. You haven't been letting me win, have you?
- Dr. Julian Bashir: [evasively] What makes you think that?
- Chief O'Brien: You said your hand-eye coordination had been genetically enhanced.
- Dr. Julian Bashir: Well, maybe I have been letting you win, a little bit.
- Chief O'Brien: I don't believe it! I don't need you to patronize me! I can play at your level.
- Dr. Julian Bashir: I never said you couldn't.
- Chief O'Brien: Well, play then. Really play.
- [Bashir throws his darts in quick succession. O'Brien surveys the board - Bashir has hit three times bullseye]
- Chief O'Brien: All right. From now on...
- [he moves Bashir a few steps backwards]
- Chief O'Brien: ...you play from over here. I play from up here...
- [goes back to his usual spot]
- Chief O'Brien: If that doesn't work... we'll try a blindfold!
- Dr. Julian Bashir: Jules Bashir died in that hospital because you couldn't live with the shame of having a son who didn't measure up.
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: Dr. Bashir, I presume?
- Dr. Julian Bashir: That's me.
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: I'm Lewis Zimmerman, Director of Holographic Imaging and Programming at the Jupiter Research Station. And I'm here to make you... immortal.
- Dr. Julian Bashir: You used to be my father. Now, you're my architect - the man who designed a better son, to replace the defective one he was given. Well, your design has a built-in flaw: it's illegal.
- [Bashir has asked Dr. Zimmerman not to interview his parents about him]
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: [after Bashir has left] Note: contact subject's parents... immediately.
- Dr. Julian Bashir: What do you want me to do?
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: Just stand there and look like a doctor - if you can.
- Chief O'Brien: Then it's true? You're...
- Dr. Julian Bashir: The word you're looking for is 'unnatural' - meaning 'not from nature'. 'Freak' or 'monster' would also be acceptable.
- [Leeta and Rom have just professed their love for each other]
- Leeta: Oh... Doctor! I'm... sorry.
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: [unconvincingly] No, don't be. True love should always win. I'm... happy for you. Really.
- Leeta: You're a sweet, wonderful and brilliant man. There's someone out there for you, Doctor. I know it.
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: [self-pitying] I don't think so. Perhaps I'm better suited to a life of solitary research...
- [an attractive alien woman walks by]
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: ...and dedication to my chosen field of study. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. Goodbye.
- Leeta: Bye.
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: [goes after the alien woman] Excuse me, are you familiar with the ancient text known as the 'Kama Sutra'?
- [Bashir and Zimmerman are watching Leeta at the dabo wheel]
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: Who is she?
- Dr. Julian Bashir: Her name's Leeta - my ex-girlfriend.
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: Who broke it off?
- Dr. Julian Bashir: She did.
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: Oh... I like her already.
- LMH: [to his human template] I hope you're more interesting than you seem. I'd hate to be boring.
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: There may be no preventing that.
- Leeta: I've never run a restaurant, or any kind of business. I barely even know how to tend bar.
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: That puts you one step ahead of our last bartender.
- Dr. Julian Bashir: [28:36] I was 6. Small for my age. A bit awkward physically. Not very bright. In the first grade, while the other children were learning how to read and write and use a computer, I was still having trouble trying to tell a dog from a cat, and a tree from a house. I didn't really understand what was happening. I knew I wasn't doing as well as my classmates. There were so many concepts they took for granted, that I couldn't begin to master. But I didn't know how or why. All I knew was that I was a great disappointment to my parents.
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman: [20:44] You see? You're warming up to me, already. Given time, you might begin to feel more. Just as I do. Besides, you said you liked cerebral men, and at the risk of sounding immodest, I have a towering intellect.
- Chief O'Brien: Well, the truth is... he's an extraordinary person. A real sense of honour and integrity, great sense of humour, warm, caring... You're sure he's not going to read this?