Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

In the Cards (1997)

Armin Shimerman: Quark

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Quotes 

• Quark : [at the auction]  Sold to the blue man... in the good shoes.

• Cadet Nog : [after an extremely depressing party in Sisko's quarters]  Thanks for the invitation, Jake. That was a lot of fun.

  Jake Sisko : Did you see how down my Dad was? He was trying to hide it but I could tell he's really depressed.

  Cadet Nog : He's not the only one.

  [referring to the customers in Quark's] 

  Cadet Nog : Look around - there's something in the air. People are scared.

  Jake Sisko : Yeah, but my Dad's usually the one who tries to lift everyone's spirits. I mean, people go to him for encouragement. Where does he go when he's depressed? Who lifts his spirits?

  Quark : [Quark approaches Jake and Nog at the bar]  I hope I'll be seeing both of you here tomorrow at 12:00 hours.

  Cadet Nog : Why?

  Quark : Why? Haven't you heard? There's going to be an auction of the galaxy's rarest and most valuable antiquities.

  [Quark hands a PADD to Nog] 

  Quark : Here, find something you like and make a bid with all that latinum you have stashed under your bed.

  Cadet Nog : [looks around]  Shh!

  Quark : Oh, Nog. You don't really keep it under your bed.

  Cadet Nog : No, of course not.

  Jake Sisko : [Jake glances over at the PADD]  Where'd you get all this stuff, Quark?

  Quark : I'm just conducting the auction - for a modest commission. The items up for sale were aboard an old derelict freighter the Bajorans found adrift about a light year from here.

  [launching into his sales pitch] 

  Quark : The cargo hold was crammed with valuables of every description - antiques, paintings, vehicles...

  Cadet Nog : [interrupting]  Its all a bunch of junk. Listen to some of this stuff: mid 24th century ceramic Romulan water basin - slightly cracked; a pair of Tellerite shoes - date unknown; a mid 20th century hew-mon baseball card; a Tholian pedestal of...

  Jake Sisko : A baseball card!

  [Jake grabs the PADD from Nog and starts reading it] 

  Jake Sisko : A mint condition 1951 Willie Mays rookie card. Nog, this is it!

  Cadet Nog : What do you mean?

  Jake Sisko : It's perfect! This is how I can cheer up my Dad! You know how much he loves baseball - he'll go nuts when he sees this.

  Quark : Well, tell him to be here at 12:00 hours and he can bid along with...

  Jake Sisko : No, I'm going to bid on this. He's always doing things for me, I want to do something for him for a change. And this is it. All I have to do is get him this card. How hard could that be?