Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Q Who (1989)

John de Lancie: Q

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• Capt. Picard : I understand what you've done here, Q. But I think the lesson could have been learned without the loss of 18 members of my crew.

  Q : If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid.

• Q : Con permiso, Capitan. The hall is rented, the orchestra engaged. It's now time to see if you can dance.

• Q : My purpose is to join you.

  Commander William T. Riker : To join us as what?

  Q : As a member of the crew, willing and able, ready to serve. This ship is already home for the indigent, the unwanted, the unworthy. Why not for a homeless entity?

  Commander William T. Riker : Homeless?

  Q : Yes.

  Commander William T. Riker : The other members of the Q Continuum kicked you out?

  Guinan : Not all the Q are alike. Some are almost respectable.

• Q : You judge yourselves against the pitiful adversaries you've encountered so far - the Romulans, the Klingons. They're nothing compared to what's waiting. Picard - you are about to move into areas of the galaxy containing wonders more incredible than you can possibly imagine - and terrors to freeze your soul.

• Q : [to Worf]  Microbrain. Growl for me, let me know you still care.

• Q : [referring to Guinan]  Picard, if you had half the sense you pretend to have, you would get her off your ship immediately. And if you'd like, I'd be more than pleased to expedite her departure.

  Capt. Picard : [to Guinan]  You know him?

  Guinan : We have had some dealings.

  Q : Those dealings were two centuries ago. This creature is not what she appears to be. She's an Imp, and where she goes, trouble always follows.

  Capt. Picard : You're speaking of yourself, Q, not Guinan.

• Q : I add a little excitement, a little spice, to your lives, and all you do is complain. Where is your adventurous spirit, your imagination? Think, Picard, think! Think of the possibilities.

  Capt. Picard : Simply speaking, we don't trust you.

  Q : Oh. Well, you may not trust me, but you do need me. You're not prepared for what awaits you.

  Capt. Picard : How can we be prepared for that which we do not know? But I do know that we are ready to encounter it.

• Q : You can't outrun them, you can't destroy them. If you damage them, the essence of what they are remains. They regenerate and keep coming. Eventually you will weaken. Your reserves will be gone. They are relentless!

• Q : Petulance does not become you. We have business, Picard.

• Capt. Picard : We agreed you would never trouble my ship again.

  Q : I always keep my arrangements, sir. Look! We're nowhere near your vessel.

  [he shows him that they are actually drifting alone in space in a shuttle craft] 

• Q : You're an impossibly stubborn human.

• Q : If necessary, although I can't imagine why, I will renounce my powers and become as weak and as incompetent as all of you.

• Q : The Borg is the ultimate user. They're unlike any threat your federation has ever faced. They're not interested in political conquest, wealth, or power as you know it. They're simply interested in your ship, its technology. They've identified it as something they can consume.

• Q : There, there, haven't we been careless? A little cleaning service I'm only too happy to provide.

  [a wave of Q's hand and Picard's coffee soaked uniform is clean again]