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Quotes Suitable for Framing: Quark

 

 “Don’t push the pinkskins to the thin ice.”

Andorian maxim

Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nephew. They’re a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people… will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don’t believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes.

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DJH
DJH
Thursday, April 14, AD 2016 7:16am

I never really got into DS9. What episode is that?
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Alas, I think Quark was not quite accurate. It takes less than that to turn humans into worse than Klingons. One need only look at the decidedly well fed “home grown terrorists” in the States, Belgium, France, etc. Heck, the Middle East has been a mess since the beginning of time.
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A little bit boredom and idle hands are all Satan needs to have a grand time.

Foxfier
Admin
Thursday, April 14, AD 2016 7:51am

Give us a good reason, and we’re scary. 😀

Nate Winchester
Nate Winchester
Thursday, April 14, AD 2016 9:17am

Trivia: The title for “siege of ar-558” was derived from the production number.

DS9 is one of the best, there’s a lot of reasons why SF Debris constantly praises it and as he pointed out in one video, it’s because – especially compared to the other series (save maybe the original), DS9 was the one that most often, if presented with a choice between taking a chance and playing it safe, it would take the risk.

It was also the series that most liked to tackle a really thorny moral dilemma, and not provide an answer. Just… “this is what is” and let the viewer struggle through their own conclusions.

“I can live with it.”

And of course there was Garak, hands down my most fave Trek character of all time. On one of my first computers I replaced most of my windows sounds with quotes from him.

T. Shaw
T. Shaw
Thursday, April 14, AD 2016 10:34am

Let me tell you something about liberals, nephew . . . Scratch one and you’ll discover a fascist.

DJH
DJH
Thursday, April 14, AD 2016 1:11pm

I do remember Quark and Garak having some good lines. My son really liked DSP and would always pull me over to the computer to listen to this or that thing. I may have to go back and watch it.

Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Thursday, April 14, AD 2016 4:43pm

The quote about pink skins came from the Vulcan Ambassador citing an Andorian aphorism in the Battle of Axanar.
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Foxfier
Admin
Friday, April 15, AD 2016 10:38pm

Still a favorite– they really did do some tough choices type storylines, and it was like someone on the show had some faint familiarity with traditional philosophy while doing it. (Reading about basic moral reasoning in the Church ruined a lot of the old trek shows– the questions are old! Worn down, and they never did it in a way that made it really tough.)

The less said about DS9’s theology, the better, but and there were a decent number of idiot ball plots, but wow.

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