Star Trek: Nemesis Quotes

Jean-Luc Picard Your heart, your hands, your eyes are the same as mine. The blood pumping within you, the raw material is the same. We have the same potential.

Shinzon That's the past, Captain.

Jean-Luc Picard It can be the future. Buried deep within you, beneath all the years of pain and anger, there is something that has never been nurtured--the potential to make yourself a better man. And that is what is to be human: To make yourself more than you are. Oh, yes. I know you. There was a time you looked at the stars and dreamed of what might be.

Shinzon Childish dreams, Captain. Lost in the dilithium mines of Remus. I am what you see now.

Jean-Luc Picard I see more than that; I see what you could be. The man who is Shinzon of Remus and Jean-Luc Picard could never exterminate the population of an entire planet. He's better than that!

Shinzon He is what his life has made him.

Jean-Luc Picard And what will you do with that life? Waste it in a blaze of hatred? There is a better way.

Shinzon It's too late.

Jean-Luc Picard Never, never! You still have a choice. Make the right one now.

Shinzon I can't fight what I am!

Jean-Luc Picard Yes, you can!

Shinzon I'll show you my true nature. Our nature. And as Earth dies, remember I will always forever be Shinzon of Remus. And my voice shall echo through time long after yours has faded to a dim memory!

Jean-Luc Picard Why have you brought me here?!

Shinzon I was lonely.

Jean-Luc Picard Tea, Earl Grey, hot.

Shinzon I'm glad we're together now. Our destiny's complete.

Jean-Luc Picard I think it's time to try some unsafe velocities!

Geordi La Forge You ever think about getting married again?

Guinan No. Twenty-three was my limit.

Guinan Worf? Are you all right?

Worf Romulan ale should be illegal.

Geordi La Forge It is.

Worf Then it should be more illegal.

Jean-Luc Picard Duty. A starship captain's life is filled with solemn duty. I have commanded men in battle. I have negotiated peace treaties between implacable enemies. I have represented the Federation in First Contact with twenty-seven alien species. But none of this compares with my solemn duty today... as best man. Now, I know on an occasion such as this, it is expected that I be gracious and fulsome in my praise on the wonders of this blessed union. But have the two of you considered what you are doing to me?! Of course, you're happy, but what about my needs? This is all a damned inconvenience. I mean, while you are happily settling in on the Titan, I will be training my new First Officer. You all know him. He's a tyrannical martinet who will never, ever allow me to go on away missions.

Data That is the regulation, sir. Starfleet Code Section 12, Paragraph Four...

Jean-Luc Picard Mr. Data?

Data Sir?

Jean-Luc Picard Shut up.

Data Yes, sir.

Jean-Luc Picard Fifteen years I've been waiting to say that.

Data It appears to be a robotic arm.

Worf Very astute

Kathryn Janeway The Son'a, the Borg, the Romulans-- you seem to get all the easy assignments.

Jean-Luc Picard Just lucky, Admiral.

Kathryn Janeway Let's hope that luck holds. Janeway out.

B-4 B-4: Why does the tall man have a furry face?

Shinzon I'll show you my true nature. Our nature. And as Earth dies - remember I will always forever be Shinzon of Remus. And my voice shall echo through time long after yours has faded to a dim memory.

Senator Senators, consider the opportunities for the Empire. At last, the destinies of the planets Romulus and Remus will be united. Shinzon of Remus is offering us a chance to make ourselves stronger than ever before. It would be madness to reject it. I beg you not to let prejudice or politics interfere with this alliance. By joining Shinzon's forces with ours, not even the mighty Federation will be able to stand in our way.

Praetor Hiren That's enough!

Data Move, puny human animal.

Jean-Luc Picard A bit less florid, Data.

Jean-Luc Picard ] for the first time. With awe] She's a predator...

Shinzon You are me. The same noble Picard blood runs through our veins. Have you lived my life, you'd be doing exactly as I am. So look in the mirror. See yourself. Consider that, Captain. I can think of no greater torment for you.

Jean-Luc Picard Shinzon. I'm a mirror for you as well.

Shinzon Not for long, Captain. I'm afraid you won't survive to witness the victory of the echo over the voice.

Jean-Luc Picard Don't worry, Number One. We'll still have you to Betazed with plenty of time to spare.

William Riker Thank you, sir.

Jean-Luc Picard Where we will all honor the Betazoid tradition . Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be in the gym.

Jean-Luc Picard Mr. Data? Shut up. Fifteen years I've been waiting to say that!

Jean-Luc Picard If there is one ideal that the Federation holds most dear it is that all men... all races can be united. What better example than a Starfleet captain standing in the Romulan Senate. Nothing would make me more proud than to take your hand in friendship... in time... when that trust has been earned.

B-4 B-4: Why do you have a shiny head?

Data I must deactivate you.

Jean-Luc Picard Helmsman, lay in a new course. Take us to Romulus, warp eight.

Officer Branson Aye aye, sir. Course plotted and laid in.

William Riker Romulus?

Jean-Luc Picard I'm afraid the Opal Sea will have to wait, Number One. Engage.

Jean-Luc Picard Will Riker, you have been my trusted right arm for fifteen years. You have kept my course true and steady. Deanna Troi, you've been my guide and my conscience. You have helped me recognize the better parts of myself. You are my family. And in best maritime tradition, I wish you both clear horizons. My good friends... make it so.

Shinzon If you ever touch me again... I'll kill you.

Kathryn Janeway Jean-Luc, how'd you like a trip to Romulus?

Jean-Luc Picard With or without the rest of the fleet?

Kathryn Janeway A diplomatic mission. We've been invited, believe it or not.

Shinzon Some ideals are worth dying for, aren't they Jean-Luc?

Data I will always be puzzled by the human predilection for piloting vehicles at unsafe velocities.

Data B-4, do you know where you are?

B-4 I am in a room...with lights!

Jean-Luc Picard Captain's Personal Log. The crew has responded with the dedication I've come to expect of them... And like a thousand other commanders on a thousand other battlefields, I wait for the dawn.

Deanna Troi That was a lovely toast.

Jean-Luc Picard It's from the heart.

Deanna Troi And you needn't worry. I'm going to brief your new counsellor everything she needs to know.

Jean-Luc Picard Like hell you are. You already know too much about me. But I take it, there will be no speeches during the ceremony on Betazed.

William Riker No... no speeches and no clothes.

Data Ladies and gentlemen and invited transgendered species...

Shinzon My life is meaningless as long as you're still alive. What am I while you exist? A shadow? An echo?

Jean-Luc Picard If your issues are about me, then deal with me. This has nothing to do with my ship-- nothing to do with the Federation.

Shinzon Oh, but it does. We will no longer bow before anyone as slaves; not the Romulans, and not your mighty Federation. We are a race bred for war and conquest.

William Riker Captain, I don't have to remind you--

Jean-Luc Picard I appreciate you concern, Number One. But, I have been itching to try the Argo.

William Riker I'll bet.

Jean-Luc Picard Captain's prerogative. There's no foreseeable danger. And your wife would never have forgiven me if anything would have happened to you. You have the bridge... Mister Troi!