Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Heart of Stone (1995)

Rene Auberjonois: Constable Odo

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Quotes 

• [Odo tells Kira about the origin of his name] 

  Odo : As you know, when Doctor Mora first brought me to his laboratory, it was under Cardassian supervision. All specimens had to be clearly labeled in Cardassian, so the overseers would always know what the scientists were working on. Since no one was exactly sure what I was, Mora labeled me 'Unknown Sample', which the overseer translated into Cardassian as 'Odo'ital'.

  Major Kira : So your name is 'Unknown Sample'?

  Odo : No. No. 'Odo'ital' literally means the word 'nothing'. Even after it became clear that I was sentient, the Bajoran scientists kept calling me that. As a joke, they split it into two words, like a Bajoran name: Odo Ital. Which eventually got shortened...

  Major Kira : ...to Odo.

  Odo : But, now, the thing is, for the longest time, whenever anyone would use my name, the first thing I would think of was what it meant, 'nothing'. What better way to describe me? I had no family, no friends, no place where I belonged. I thought it was the most appropriate name anyone could give me. And then I met you.

  [pause] 

  Odo : ...And the others - Sisko, Dax, even Quark. And now, when I hear one of you call me Odo, I no longer think of myself as nothing. I think of myself as me.

• Odo : It's been my observation that you humanoids have a hard time giving up the things you love, no matter how much they might hurt you.

• Female Shapeshifter : No Changeling has ever harmed another.

  Odo : There's always a first time.

• Female Shapeshifter : You really are quite a skillful investigator.

  Odo : And you're quite a skillful Changeling.

• Odo : But why lead us here? Why replace Major Kira?

  Female Shapeshifter : I needed to understand why you chose to live with the Solids rather than your own people. I suspected it had something to do with Major Kira. Now, I'm certain of it.

• [Odo has told Kira about his kayaking trips with O'Brien in the holosuites] 

  Major Kira : How long do these boat trips usually take?

  Odo : That depends.

  Major Kira : On what?

  Odo : On how many times we capsize.

• [Odo and Kira are looking for a fugitive on a seismically unstable moon] 

  Odo : If he's smart, he'll let us find him. A Federation prison would be paradise compared to this place.

• Odo : After all, we've been in worse situations than this one and come out all right.

  Kira : Name three.