Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Data's Day (1991)

Jonathan Frakes: Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker

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Quotes 

• Commander William T. Riker : Charming woman!

  Lt. Commander Data : [voice-over]  The tone of Commander Riker's voice makes me suspect that he is not serious about finding Ambassador T'Pel charming. My experience suggests that in fact he may mean the exact opposite of what he says. Irony is a form of expression I have not yet been able to master.

• Commander William T. Riker : Some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you.

• [from Riker's joke as told by him to the officers on the bridge, and enhanced with the scripted version] 

  Commander William T. Riker : ...He still won't talk. So they put the count's head on the chopping block. "One more chance", says the queen. "No", says the count. Then, just as the headsman swings the axe and the blade is about to fall, the count says, "Wait, wait! I'll talk!" But too late. And the moral to the story? Never hatchet your counts before they chicken.