- Odo: Unauthorized access to crew quarters is a crime, Quark. You could have just asked to use the replicators.
- Quark: There's an old Ferengi saying: "Never ask when you can take". Uh... how d'you figure it out?
- Odo: You claimed Rom fixed your replicators?
- Quark: So?
- Odo: Rom's an idiot. He couldn't fix a straw if it was bent.
- Quark: You're right, Rom is an idiot. Remind me to get rid of him tomorrow.
- Chief O'Brien: "Fix the replicators, chief." "My console's offline, chief." Should've transferred to a cargo drone. No people, no complaints.
- Major Kira: You look like you could use some sleep.
- Chief O'Brien: Who's time for sleep? I'd settle for five minutes peace and quiet.
- [in the background, Sisko is burning his lips on a too hot coffee]
- Commander Sisko: Chief! I thought you were gonna fix the replicators.
- Chief O'Brien: [disgruntled] You're absolutely right, sir, I knew I'd forgotten something! Can't have the operations chief sitting around daydreaming when there's work to be done, can we? Hohohoho, I'll get right on it!
- Odo: I need to get to docking port V now. That ship's gonna explode in five minutes!
- Quark: I'll beam you over.
- Odo: You?
- Quark: Relax. I served on a Ferengi freighter for eight years.
- Odo: All right.
- [he rushes onto the transporter pad]
- Quark: I must have witnessed the procedure hundreds of times!
- Odo: Witnessed? You mean to say you never handled the controls yourself?
- Quark: Energizing!
- [waves Odo goodbye as he beams him away]
- Chief O'Brien: [Fixing a system in Dax's lab which is causing a high-pitched shrieking noise] There, that should do it.
- [the shrieking stops. At almost the same moment, the lights in the lab fail, leaving Dax and O'Brien in darkness]
- Chief O'Brien: [to Dax] Anything else I can do for you?
- [Quark finds out his food carrier was the shape-shifted Odo]
- Quark: Ah. I thought the front wheels were sticking a bit.
- Major Kira: I suppose this isn't a good time to tell you that no. 3 turbolift has broken down again?
- [O'Brien looks at her confused]
- Major Kira: Joking, Chief.
- Chief O'Brien: Major larks true pepper.
- Major Kira: What?
- Chief O'Brien: Let birds go further loose, maybe. Shout easy play.
- Major Kira: Chief... you're not making any sense.
- Chief O'Brien: Round the turbulent quick - Close the reverse harbor - A-ankle try... sound - R-reset gleaming - Di-dinner to bug.
- [he moves away from her]
- Major Kira: Chief, wait!
- Chief O'Brien: When?
- [Quark is testing his dabo wheel when Odo enters]
- Quark: Care to place a friendly wager?... If it's your reputation you're thinking about, no one need ever know.
- Odo: It has nothing to do with my reputation. The truth is, I never... learned the game.
- Quark: You mean you sat here for all these years and you don't even know how to gamble?
- Odo: That's correct.
- Quark: No wonder you always look so bored.
- Quark: Major Kira! Lieutenant Dax! I'd be honored to have you join my little party, as my guests, of course.
- Major Kira: What's all this, Quark? You cheat your 1,000th customer?
- Quark: Who says Bajorans don't have a sense of humor?
- [Quark is talking to an aphasia patient with lots of gestures and mimics]
- Quark: Food! Dabo! Drinks! Money! Hand, mine - give!
- Commander Sisko: Well, Quark, I see even you couldn't weasel your way clear of this one.
- Quark: You underestimate the Ferengi immune system, Commander. I'm merely here visiting my less fortunate customers to make sure they're not faking the illness to avoid paying their bills!
- Commander Sisko: No one could be that devious.
- Quark: I am.
- Commander Sisko: We need to find out who created this virus.
- Commander Sisko: [to Kira] You're our best hope.
- Major Kira: Eighteen years is a long time.
- Odo: Besides, even if she finds who did this, that's no guarantee they can help us.
- Commander Sisko: We just have to hope they remember the antidote.
- Odo: That's assuming they ever bothered to create one.
- Commander Sisko: No need to ask how you're doing.
- Major Kira: Chasing after ghosts!
- Commander Sisko: You have twelve hours to catch one.
- Major Kira: And then?
- Commander Sisko: People start dying.
- [Sisko has agreed to let Kira take a runabout to get help from Bajor]
- Odo: Let's just hope there's someone left to greet her when she returns.
- Major Kira: Listen, Surmak. I have a station full of dying people, and you are the closest thing there is to an expert on this virus.
- Surmak Ren: I sympathize, Major, but I don't think I can help you.
- Major Kira: All right. Then how about helping yourself?
- Surmak Ren: Meaning what?
- Major Kira: Meaning... I've been infected with your virus, Doctor. So now you're infected too.
- Major Kira: Listen, Doctor, um... I-I'll be in ops. If you need me, use this string impact.
- [Surmak looks at her puzzled]
- Major Kira: Lot show red intense.
- Surmak Ren: I think you'd better sit down, Major.
- Commander Sisko: We'll have to get down there and blow it manually.
- [he tries to get up but falls back, exhausted]
- Odo: I'll do it.
- Commander Sisko: All right. You can cross barrels. All job appalled.
- Odo: What was that?
- Commander Sisko: Bread - the arrive - seen earlier.
- Odo: Oh, I see...
- Odo: [after saving Quark from an abusive diner and throwing the diner out] Well, another satisfied customer.
- Asoth: [Asoth, the angry customer has given Quark a spoonful of terrible stew] You served it, now you're gonna eat it!
- [Asoth proceeds to give the protesting Quark another spoonful]
- [first lines]
- Chief O'Brien: [to people trapped in an airlock, banging on the window] Save your energy! We'll have you out of there as soon as possible.