Cause and Effect (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Quotes

Cause and Effect (Star Trek: The Next Generation) is a TV show that was first aired in 1970 . Cause and Effect ended in 1970.

It features Dennis McCarthy (composer) in charge of musical score.

Cause and Effect (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Quotes

• (Commander William T. Riker) "You're going to call my bluff, aren't you? I think I'll quit while I'm ahead."
• (Doctor Beverly Crusher) "How did you know I was going to call your bluff?"
• (Commander William T. Riker) "I just had a feeling."
• (Doctor Beverly Crusher) "Me too --"

• (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge) "At first I thought the catwalk was spinning. As it turns out, it was me. I was lucky Ensign Fletcher was there to grab me; it's a long way down to the bottom of the warp core."

• (Commander William T. Riker) "How'd you know I was bluffing?"
• (Doctor Beverly Crusher) "I just had a feeling."
• (Commander William T. Riker) "I guess it's better to be lucky than good."
• (Doctor Beverly Crusher) "It's the way your left eyebrow raises when you're bluffing -- Just kidding, Commander."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Captain -- do you know what year this is?"
• (Captain Bateson) "Of course I do. It's 2278."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Perhaps you should beam aboard our ship. There's something we need to discuss."

• (Commander William T. Riker) "Sometimes I wonder if he's stacking the deck."
• (Lt. Commander Data) "I assure you, Commander, the cards are sufficiently randomized."
• (Lieutenant Worf) "I hope so."

• (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge) "We could have been trapped here for hours, days; maybe years."

• (Lieutenant Worf) "It is a highly localized distortion of the space-time continuum."

• (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge) "Must be deja-vu."
• (Doctor Beverly Crusher) "Both of us? About the same thing?"

• (Commander William T. Riker) "Damage report."
• (Doctor Beverly Crusher) "Casualty reports coming in from all over the ship."
• (Lt. Commander Data) "The starboard nacelle has sustained a direct impact. We are venting drive plasma."
• (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge) "Initiating emergency core shutdown."
• (Ensign Ro Laren) "Inertial dampers failing. We're losing attitude control."
• (Commander William T. Riker) "This is the bridge. All hands to emergency escape pods."
• (Lt. Commander Data) "Core shutdown was unsuccessful. We are losing antimatter containment."
• (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge) "We've got to eject the core."
• (Lt. Commander Data) "Ejection systems offline. Core breach is imminent."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "All hands abandon ship. Repeat: all hands aban --."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Captain's log, stardate 45652.1; The Enterprise has entered an area of space known as the Typhon Expanse. We're the first Starfleet vessel to chart this unexplored region."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Back us off, Ensign. Nice and slow."
• (Ensign Ro Laren) "Aye, sir. Captain, maneuvering thrusters are not responding."
• (Lt. Commander Data) "The distortion field is fluctuating."
• (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge) "All main systems just went down. Power levels are dropping rapidly."
• (Commander William T. Riker) "Red alert."
• (Lt. Commander Data) "There is an energy build-up in the distortion field."
• (Counselor Deanna Troi) "We have to get out of here, now."
• (Lt. Commander Data) "Captain, something is emerging."
• (Commander William T. Riker) "Shields up. Evasive maneuvers."
• (Lieutenant Worf) "Shields inoperative."
• (Ensign Ro Laren) "The helm is not responding."
• (Lt. Commander Data) "The vessel is on a collision course. Impact in 36 seconds."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Hail them."
• (Lieutenant Worf) "No response."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Suggestions?"
• (Commander William T. Riker) "Decompress main shuttlebay. The explosive reaction may blow us out of the way."
• (Lt. Commander Data) "Captain, I suggest we use the tractor beam to alter the other ship's trajectory."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Make it so, Mr. Worf."
• (Lieutenant Worf) "Engaging tractor beam."

• (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge) "You know, it's possible we've tried this a thousand times and it's never worked."
• (Doctor Beverly Crusher) "Do you have the feeling that you've done this before?"
• (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge) "No, I don't."
• (Doctor Beverly Crusher) "Neither do I. Maybe that's a good sign."

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