Cardassians (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Quotes

Cardassians (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) is a TV show that appeared on TV in 1970 . Cardassians ended in 1970.

It features Jay Chattaway in charge of musical score.

Cardassians (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Quotes

• (Doctor Bashir) "But there's one more question I haven't figured out, Garak. Why did you want to expose Dukat? What's the truth about you and him?"
• (Elim Garak) "Truth, Doctor, is in the eye of the beholder. I never tell the truth because I don't believe there is such a thing. That's why I prefer the straight-line simplicity of cutting cloth."

• (Zolan) "It must be torture for that boy living like that; hated by people he thinks of as his parents, told day after day he's worthless Cardassian scum, beaten if he even looks the wrong way. Rugal is their revenge; their revenge against all Cardassians."

• (Kotan Pa'Dar) "Mister O'Brien, I know very little about Human culture, I don't know how you view the family."
• (Chief O'Brien) "We'd do almost anything to protect our families. I've a daughter myself; she's four; the same age your son was when you lost him."
• (Kotan Pa'Dar) "Then I expect you can imagine what I'm feeling right now. On Cardassia, family is everything. We care for our parents and children with equal devotion. In some households, four generations eat at the same table. Family -- is everything."

• (Quark) "There's nothing quite so depressing as a winning streak that won't stop streaking."

• (Elim Garak) "I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. But I don't trust coincidences."

• (Doctor Bashir) "He's lying."
• (Commander Sisko) "Is that an opinion, or do you have evidence to support it?"
• (Doctor Bashir) "I have Garak."
• (Commander Sisko) "Garak?"
• (Doctor Bashir) "He seems to think there's more going on here than we realize."
• (Commander Sisko) "What exactly does he think is going on?"
• (Doctor Bashir) "I'm not sure. He doesn't actually tell me what he really thinks. I sort of have to deduce it."
• (Commander Sisko) "Ah. So, you deduced that Garak thinks Dukat is lying about something you're not sure of, and you proceeded to interrupt my conversation to confront him about whatever that might be."
• (Doctor Bashir) "I'm sorry, Commander. It just seemed an opportune --"
• (Commander Sisko) "Don't apologize. It's been the high-point of my day. Don't do it again."

• (Rugal) "I wish I wasn't Cardassian."

• (Elim Garak) "Really, Doctor, must we always play this game? I'm no more a spy than you are a --"
• (Doctor Bashir) "-- a doctor."

• (Elim Garak) "The Cardassians are quite meticulous record keepers, madam. They taught many worlds, including this one, how to keep records. I find it difficult to believe that none exist from that period. Certainly, computer entries were made on a regular basis?"
• (Deela) "I wouldn't know, I wasn't a volunteer then. I was in the underground."
• (Elim Garak) "Really? Perhaps we have met."

• (Doctor Bashir) "I continue to underestimate you, Garak."
• (Elim Garak) "Oh, it's no more difficult than sewing on a button actually. Excuse me."
• (Doctor Bashir) "You carry this everywhere with you, do you?"
• (Elim Garak) "A simple tailoring tool. You'd be surprised how often someone needs their pants let out."

• (Kotan Pa'Dar) "Mister O'Brien, I know very little about Human customs, I don't know how you view the family."
• (Chief O'Brien) "We'd do almost anything to protect them. I've got a little girl myself. She's 6, the same age as Rugal was when you lost him."
• (Kotan Pa'Dar) "Than you can imagine how I feel. On Cardassia, family is everything. We care for our parents and our children with equal devotion. In some houses 4 generations eat at the same table. Family; is everything."

• (Elim Garak) "Children without parents have no status in Cardassian society. The situation is most unfortunate, but I don't make the rules."
• (Doctor Bashir) "But you do play the game, don't you, Garak? And there is a game being played right now as we speak, isn't there?"
• (Elim Garak) "There are always games, Doctor."
• (Doctor Bashir) "The trouble is, I don't have the slightest idea what this game is all about. So you're gonna tell me what's going on inside that plain and simple head of yours, my Cardassian friend, or we're gonna sit here until we rot."

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