Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Treachery, Faith and the Great River (1998)

Aron Eisenberg: Nog

Quotes 

• Nog : The Continuum is real. You see, there are millions upon millions of worlds in the universe, each one filled with too much of one thing and not enough of another. And the Great Continuum flows through them all, like a mighty river, from 'have' to 'want' and back again. And if we navigate the Continuum with skill and grace, our ship will be filled with everything our hearts desire.

  Chief O'Brien : Yeah, right now, I'd settle for a stabilizer and the Captain's desk.

  Nog : The river will provide.

  Chief O'Brien : Huh - if it doesn't sink us first.

• Nog : Rule of Acquisition 168: "Whisper your way to success."

• Nog : And remember: anytime you're shopping for wines or spirits, my cousin Gant is the man to see.

  Lt. Commander Worf : We will keep that in mind.

  [leaves] 

  Chief O'Brien : Your cousin Gant?

  Nog : Just another sailor on the Great River.

• [Nog has promised O'Brien to organize a graviton stabilizer within three days] 

  Chief O'Brien : All right. But don't do anything I wouldn't do.

  Nog : Chief, I can't operate under those kinds of restrictions.

  Chief O'Brien : At least promise me you won't do anything to get us court-martialed.

  Nog : I'll try.

  Chief O'Brien : Nog!

  Nog : Just kidding, Chief.

• Chief O'Brien : [on Chief Lorenzo]  So, once he has his picture, he's going to send us the graviton stabilizer?

  Nog : No. He is giving us an induction modulator.

  Chief O'Brien : But we don't need an induction modulator.

  Nog : But the USS Musashi does.

  Chief O'Brien : Aah. So the Musashi's going to send us the stabilizer?

  Nog : No. They're giving us a phaser emitter.

  Chief O'Brien : But we don't need a phaser emitter!

  Nog : I know. But the USS Sentinel does, and *they* have the extra stabilizer.

  Chief O'Brien : And they're willing to give it up for a phaser emitter?

  Nog : That's the rumor.

  Chief O'Brien : Rumor? What, you-you've made all these deals based on a rumor?

  Nog : From a very reliable source.

  Chief O'Brien : But what if it turns out not to be true?

  Nog : You have to have faith, Chief.

  Chief O'Brien : In a rumor?

  Nog : No. In the Great Material Continuum.

  Chief O'Brien : [sighs]  Who are they?

  Nog : It's not a 'they'. It's the force that binds the universe together.

  Chief O'Brien : I must have missed that class in engineering school.