Star Trek: Borg (1996 Video Game)
John de Lancie: Q
Quotes
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Q : Why do I do this? Because I can!
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Q : So, now that you've seen your father die, are you ready to avenge his death? Or perhaps you'd like to try something different, how about the chance to *prevent* his death? Lieutenant Sprint was killed four hours before the Borg ever got to Wolf-359, but if the good Dr. Quint had been able to save Sprint four hours before... then Sprint would've been able to save the Rightious and you would've grown up in the loving company of your father, and all for the want of a horseshoe nail. What's say we give the old goat a second chance to save Sprint's life? You're not afraid of a little space-time continuum meddling are you Cadet? No, I thought not. Shall we?
[snaps fingers]
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[the player has just fatally electrocuted themself]
Q : I'm sorry... he's just too stupid to live.
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Nikolai Andropov : [Q has just revealed himself and you to the crew on the bridge] Who are you? And what happened to Dr. Quint and Lt. Sprint? And what have you done to my crew?
Q : I'm afraid, the Lieutenant died about four hours ago, not my doing. He was supposed to die, just as all of you I'm afraid are supposed to be vaporized here, at Wolf-359. That's how it's written in the history books.
Dr. Bennington Biraka : History? Are you telling us you're from the future?
Q : He is!
[Points to you]
Q : I am, like I said I exist outside the confines of the space-time continum. That is if I wanted to. My little friend here wanted a chance to come back and save this ship from destruction, and to my great suprise he succeeded!
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Q : Here, take this too.
[Hands them a medkit]
Anastastia Targus : I don't think we'll need an emergency medkit. If things get that bad we're probably dead.
Q : There are many ways to die, some of them more painful than others.
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Q : [You've made it back up to the moment your father died, and are re-watching it from the eyes of the person who should've been there] Here we are again, back at the beginning, except this time YOU are security, instead of that little mouse of an ensign.
Ralph Furlong : The Tolstoy just took a major hit.
Q : Are you going to be able to save them or not?
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Nikolai Andropov : [You just saved the ship, and the Borg are headed for Earth] I wonder what chance the Starfleet forces has of stopping the Borg at Earth.
Q : Actually they will succeed. The Enterprise, utilizing the emergency transporters on the shuttlecraft, will re-capture their borgafied Picard, and stop the Borg incursion just in the nick of time.
Dr. Bennington Biraka : And how do you know that, Quint?
Q : I told you already, I'm an omnipotent being!
[Snaps his fingers and transforms back into Q]
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Ralph Furlong : I think by now, all my friends are tired of hearing me brag about Qaylan. I'm sure they don't want to hear anymore.
Q : Do you hear that, Sprint? You don't want to hear Furlong talking about his whiny brat now, do you?
[Player kicks Q in the crotch]
Q : [Doubling over in pain] Ohhhh!
Dr. Bennington Biraka : Come on, Quint, you'll be okay. Just catch your breath. If you just didn't try so hard to make everyone dislike you!
Q : [In a high-pitched voice] S-Spare me the psycho! You don't have to psychoanalyze me!
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Dr. Bennington Biraka : Your problem is very straightforward, doctor. You *desperately* want to be liked.
Q : If I wanted to be liked, all I'd have to do is snap my fingers, and I'd be liked. I'm an omnipotent being, masquerading as Dr. Quint! Whatever I want to happen, happens.
Dr. Bennington Biraka : Interesting fantasy. Alright, let's play that through. Then why don't you?
Q : Why don't I what?
Dr. Bennington Biraka : Make everyone *like* you!
Q : Because I don't *want* to!
Dr. Bennington Biraka : No! Because you want them to like you of their own free will. And, phenomenologically speaking, you can't force them to do something of their own free will.
Q : Sophistry, Biraka!
Dr. Bennington Biraka : Truth, Quint. Let me give you some free advice: If you want to be liked, try making yourself *likable*.
