Zitate und Sprüche aus Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Running may help for a little while, but sooner or later the pain catches up with you. And the only way to get rid of it is to stand your ground and face it.

I've lived seven lifetimes, and I have never had a friend quite like you.

Commander, laws change depending on who's making them. Cardassians one day, Federation the next... but justice is justice.

Just because we don't understand a life form doesn't mean that we can destroy it.

Even in the darkest moments, you can always find something that will make you smile.

Quark : "It's good to want things."
Odo : "Even things you can't have?"
Quark : "Especially things I can't have."

If I were in your shoes I would be looking for someone a little more entertaining, a little more fun, and maybe even a little more attainable.

Sisko : "You win some, you lose some."
Dax : "You always had problems with the 'lose some' part of that."

Kira: "I suppose you want the office."
Sisko: "I thought I'd say hello first, and then take the office. But we can do this in any order you like."

Too many people dream of places they'll never go, wish for things they'll never have... instead of paying adequate attention to their real lives.

It has been my observation that one of the prices of giving people freedom of choice is that sometimes they make the wrong choice.

It's life, Jake! You can miss it if you don't open your eyes.

Justice, as the humans like to say, is blind.

So, how well does she know you? Just enough to dislike you, or well enough to really hate you?

Close your eyes, take a deep breath, clear your mind of everything in it... if there's anything there.

You have to realise, there's some things in life you can't control. And one of them is me.

I love you, Nerys. I've always loved you.

Being accused of a crime is not a disgrace, Chief. Some of the great figures of history have shared the honour with you.

I'll never understand this obsession with accumulating material wealth. You spend your entire life plotting and scheming to acquire more and more possessions, until your living areas are bursting with useless junk. Then you die, your relatives sell everything, and start the cycle all over again.

You can make your own decisions, or you can let these prophecies make them for you.

Part of being a captain is knowing when to smile, to make the troops happy. Even when it's the last thing in the world you want to do. Because they're your troops, and you hve to take care of them.

I 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.

Seize the time... Live now! Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.

No one can know the future. One can only follow one's instincts.

It's time you learned that freedom is never a gift. It has to be earned.