- Admiral Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy: How old do you think I am, anyway?
- Lt. Commander Data: 137 years, Admiral, according to Starfleet records.
- Admiral Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy: Explain how you remember that so exactly!
- Lt. Commander Data: I remember every fact I am exposed to, sir.
- Admiral Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy: [looking at both sides of Data's head] I don't see no points on your ears, boy, but you sound like a Vulcan.
- Lt. Commander Data: No, sir. I am an android.
- Admiral Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy: Hmph. Almost as bad.
- Lt. Commander Data: I thought it was generally accepted, sir, that Vulcans are an advanced and most honorable race.
- Admiral Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy: They are, they are. And damn annoying at times.
- Commander William T. Riker: Do you consider yourself superior to us?
- Lt. Commander Data: I am superior, sir, in many ways. But I would gladly give it up to be human.
- Commander William T. Riker: Nice to meet you... Pinocchio.
- Admiral Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy: Well, this is a new ship. But she's got the right name. Now, you remember that, you hear?
- Lt. Commander Data: I will, sir.
- Admiral Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy: You treat her like a lady. And she'll always bring you home.
- [last lines]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Some problem, Riker?
- Commander William T. Riker: Just hoping this isn't the usual way our missions will go, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Oh, no, Number One. I'm sure most will be much more interesting. - Let's see what's out there. Engage!
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: We humans know our past, even when we're ashamed of it. I recognize this court system as the one that agreed with that line from Shakespeare: "Kill all the lawyers."
- Q: Which was done.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Leading to the rule "Guilty until proven innocent."
- Q: Of course. Bringing the innocent to trial would be unfair.
- Commander William T. Riker: What do we do now, Captain? With their monitoring our every move and every word?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: We do exactly what we'd do if this Q never existed. If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Would you object to your Captain ordering a clearly illegal kidnapping?
- Commander William T. Riker: No objection, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Space... the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Star Ship, 'Enterprise'. Its continuing mission... to see out new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone, before.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [seeing a boy standing in the turbolift] What the hell? Children are not allowed on the bridge!
- [Dr. Crusher steps out of the lift]
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: [...] Sir, my son is not on the bridge; he merely accompanied me on the turbolift.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [stunned] Your son?
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: His name's Wesley. You last saw him years ago, when...
- [she leaves the sentence unfinished]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [understands] Ah... Well - as long as he's here...
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [clears his throat] I, er... I knew... I knew your father, Wesley.
- Zorn: Captain! The Ferengi would be very interested in a base like this.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Fine. Let's hope they find you as tasty as they did their past associates.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Lieutenant! Do you intend to blast a hole in the viewer?
- [when Worf points a phaser at Q who has appeared on the main view screen]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Shut off that damn noise! Go to yellow alert!
- [when the red alert siren sounds for the first time]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Leave us! We've passed your little test.
- Q: Temper, temper, mon Captaine.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Get off my ship!
- Q: I do so only because it suits me to leave. But I will not promise never to appear again.
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: Sir, Lieutenant La Forge reporting the Enterprise arriving, but without the saucer section, sir.
- Commander William T. Riker: Stardrive section only? What happened?
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: I don't know, sir. Captain Picard has signaled for you to beam up immediately.
- Commander William T. Riker: Our new captain doesn't waste time. It's a good idea. Thank you, Lieutenant.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: One further thing - special favor.
- Commander William T. Riker: Anything, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Using the same strength you showed with Captain DeSoto, I would appreciate it if you could keep me from making an ass of myself with children.
- Commander William T. Riker: Sir?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I'm not a family man, Riker. And yet, Starfleet has given me a ship with children aboard.
- Commander William T. Riker: Yes, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: And I, er... I don't feel comfortable with children. But since a captain needs an image of geniality, you're to see that's what I project.
- Commander William T. Riker: Aye, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Welcome to the Enterprise, Commander Riker.
- Lt. Commander Data: Inquiry: the word... 'snoop'?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Data, how can you be programed as a virtual encyclopedia of human information without knowing a simple word like 'snoop'?
- Lt. Commander Data: Possibility: a kind of human behavior I was not designed to emulate.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Isn't it a little presumptuous of a first officer to second-guess his captain's judgment?
- Commander William T. Riker: Permission to speak candidly, sir?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Always.
- Commander William T. Riker: Having been a first officer yourself, you know that assuming that responsibility must, by definition, include the safety of the captain. I have no problem with following any rules you lay down, short of compromising your safety.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: And you don't intend to back off from that position?
- Commander William T. Riker: No, sir.
- [first lines]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Captain's log, stardate 41153.7 - Our destination is planet Deneb IV, beyond which lies the great, unexplored mass of the galaxy. My orders are to examine Farpoint, a starbase built there by the inhabitants of that world. Meanwhile, I am becoming better acquainted with my new command, this Galaxy-class USS Enterprise. I am still somewhat in awe of its size and complexity. As for my crew, we are short in several key positions, most notably a first officer. But I'm informed that a highly experienced man, one Commander William Riker, will be waiting to join the ship at our Deneb IV destination.
- [Yar's first line]
- Lieutenant Tasha Yar: Lieutenant Worf is right, sir. As Security Chief, I can't just stand here and let...
- [she is interrupted by Picard]
- [Yar has suggested to take on the Q vessel]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Lieutenant - are you recommending that we fight a life form that can do all those things?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Now hear this: printout message, urgent, all stations on all decks. Prepare for emergency saucer sep. You will command the saucer section, Lieutenant.
- Lieutenant Worf: I'm a Klingon, sir. For me to seek escape when my Captain goes into battle...
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You are a Starfleet officer, Lieutenant!
- Lieutenant Worf: Aye, sir.
- Q: Captain, you may find that you are not nearly clever enough to deal with what lies ahead for you.
- [the crew has solved the Farpoint mystery]
- Q: I see now, it was too simple a puzzle. Generosity has always been my... weakness.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Riker who's rang the door chime for the Ready Room on the Battle Bridge, the first of many times he will say throughout the series] Come.
- Commander Riker: Yes. When the captain suggested you, I looked up your record.
- Data: Yes, sir. A wise procedure, sir, always.
- Commander Riker: Then your rank of Lieutenant Commander is honorary?
- Data: No, sir. Starfleet class of '78. Honours in probability mechanics and exobiology.
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: Naturally, I've heard of your case. The VISOR appliance you wear is...
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: Is a remarkable piece of bioelectronic engineering by which I quote "see" much of the EM spectrum, ranging from simple heat and infrared through radio waves, et cetera, et cetera, and forgive me if I've said and listened to this a thousand times before.
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: You've been blind all your life?
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: Mm-hmm. I was born this way.
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: And you've felt pain all the years that you've used this?
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: Hmm. They say it's because I use my natural sensors in different ways.
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: Well, I see two choices. The first is painkillers.
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: [putting his VISOR back on] Which would affect how this works.
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: Mm-hmm.
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: No. And choice number two?
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: Exploratory surgery. Desensitize the brain areas troubling you.
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: Same difference. No, thank you, Doctor.
- Commander William T. Riker: Riker, W.T., reporting as ordered, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Is the viewer ready?
- Lieutenant Tasha Yar: All set up, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: We'll first bring you up to date on a little adventure we had on our way here, Commander. Then we'll talk. Welcome aboard.
- Commander William T. Riker: With the saucer gone, can I assume that something interesting happened on the way here?
- Lieutenant Tasha Yar: [leading him into a turbolift] Battle bridge. That's for the captain to explain, sir.
- Commander William T. Riker: Where will I find Commander Data?
- Lieutenant Worf: Commander Data is on special assignment, sir. He's using our shuttlecraft to transfer an admiral over to the Hood.
- Commander William T. Riker: An admiral?
- Lieutenant Worf: He's been aboard all day, sir, checking over medical layout.
- Commander William T. Riker: Why a shuttlecraft? Why wouldn't he just beam over?
- Lieutenant Worf: I suppose he could, sir, but the Admiral's a rather... remarkable man.
- Admiral Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy: [in a corridor with Data] Have you got some reason you want my atoms scattered all over space, boy?
- Lt. Commander Data: No, sir. But at your age, sir, I thought you shouldn't have to put up with the time and trouble of a shuttlecraft.
- Admiral Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy: Hold it right there, boy.
- Lt. Commander Data: Sir?
- Admiral Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy: What about my age?
- Lt. Commander Data: Sorry, sir, if that subject troubles you.
- Admiral Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy: Troubles me? What's so damned troublesome about not having died?
- [Q's first line]
- Q: Thou art notified that thy kind hath infiltrated the galaxy too far already. Thou art directed to return to thine own solar system immediately.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Commander, signal the following in all languages and on all frequencies: we surrender. State that we are not asking for any terms or conditions.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Do we have clearance?
- Lt. Commander Data: Aye sir, into standard parking orbit.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Make it so.
- [Picard has introduced Riker and Troi to each other]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Have the two of you met before?
- Commander William T. Riker: We have, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Excellent. I consider it important for my key officers to know each other's abilities.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: We do, sir. We do.
- Lt. Commander Data: Sorry, sir. I seem to be commenting on everything.
- Commander William T. Riker: Good. Don't stop, my friend.
- Q: You will now answer to the charge of being a grievously savage race.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: 'Grievously savage' could mean anything. I will answer only specific charges.
- Q: Are you certain you want a full disclosure of human ugliness? So be it, fool.
- Commander William T. Riker: Captain, if he's not open to evidence in our favor, where will you go from there?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I'll attend to my duty.
- Commander William T. Riker: To the bitter end?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I see nothing so bitter about that.
- Zorn: [of the space vessel life form] Captain, that thing was killing my people!
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Was there a reason?
- Q: It is an unknown, Captain. Isn't that enough?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: If you'd earned that uniform you're wearing, you'd know that the unknown is what brings us out here.
- Q: Wasted effort considering human intelligence.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [about Wesley] He does seem to have a very good grasp of starship operations.
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: You've just won his mother's heart, Captain.
- Lt. Commander Data: In the year 2036, the new United Nations declared that no Earth citizen could be made to answer for the crimes of his race or forbears.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You've got a lot to learn about humans if you think you can torture us or frighten us into silence!