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	[Kirk is invited to give a command to the new Enterprise-B.] Captain Kirk: Take us out. Commander Chekov: Very good, sir. Captain Scott: Brought a tear to my eye. Captain Kirk: Oh, be quiet.
	Captain Scott: Finding retirement a little lonely, are we? Captain Kirk: You know, I'm glad you're an engineer. With tact like that, you'd make a lousy psychiatrist.
	[Wiping blood off her mouth after Soran strikes her.] B'etor: I hope, for your sake, that you were initiating a mating ritual.
	Dr. Soran: [To Geordi] Normal is what everyone else is and you are not.
	Captain Kirk: I take it the odds are against us and the situation is grim. Captain Picard: You could say that. Captain Kirk: Sounds like fun!
	Captain Kirk: Did we make a difference? Captain Picard: Oh, yes. We made a difference.
	Captain Harriman: I read about your exploits when I was in grade school. Captain Kirk: Oh, really?
	Captain Kirk: You left port without a tractor beam? Captain Harriman: It doesn't arrive until Tuesday.
	Captain Harriman: The medical staff... doesn't arrive until Tuesday.
	Captain Kirk: Load torpedo bays. Prepare to fire at my command. Ensign Sulu: Captain, we don't have any torpedoes. Captain Kirk: Don't tell me. Tuesday?
	[Data, enthusiastic about his new emotion chip, is told to scan for life forms.] Lieutenant Commander Data: I'd be happy to, sir. I just *love* scanning for life forms! [sings] Life forms! You tiny little life forms! You precious little life forms! Where are you?
	[Data finds a drink unpleasant - for the first time ever.] Lieutenant Commander Data: I hate this! It is revolting! Guinan: More? Lieutenant Commander Data: Please!
	Captain Picard: Robert and Rene they. . .burned to death in a fire.
	[The Duras sisters spy on Geordi.] Lursa: Where is he now? B'Etor: Who knows? He bathed, and now he's roaming the ship. Lursa: He must be the only engineer in Starfleet that doesn't GO TO ENGINEERING!
	Lieutenant Commander Data: I get it! I get it! Lieutenant Commander La Forge: You get what? Lieutenant Commander Data: When you said to Commander Riker, 'The clown can stay. . .but the Ferengi in the gorilla suit has to go! Lieutenant Commander La Forge: What are you talking about? Lieutenant Commander Data: During the Farpoint mission! We were on the bridge, you told a joke; that was the punchline! Lieutenant Commander La Forge: Farpoint? Data, that was seven years ago. Lieutenant Commander Data: I know! I just got it! Very funny!
	Commander Riker: Deanna! Take the helm! GET US OUT OF ORBIT!
	Lieutenant Commander Data: Ohhhhh, shit!
	Dr. Soran: They say time is a fire in which we burn; right now I'm running out of time.
	Dr. Soran: Now if you'll excuse me Captain. I have an appointment with eternity and I don't want to be late.
	Picard's Wife: Cup of Earl Grey? Captain Picard: That would be perfect.
	Captain Kirk: I don't need to be lectured by you. I was out saving the galaxy when your grandfather was in diapers. Besides which I think the galaxy owes me one.
	Lieutenant Commander La Forge: Have you ever seen a solar probe with this kind of configuration? Lieutenant Commander Data: No Geordi, I have not. [to his tricorder] Have you? [uses tricorder as a hand puppet] No I have not. It is most unusual. Mister Tricorder!
	Captain Kirk: Who am I to question the captain of the Enterprise?
	[Kirk's last words.] Captain Kirk: It was... fun. Oh, my...
	Captain Picard: Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives, but I'd rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived. After all Number One, we're only mortal. Commander Riker: Speak for yourself sir, I plan to live forever.

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