Enterprise

Enterprise



Year:
2001
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Ensign Hoshi Sato:
The food on this ship isn't fit for animals! That mangy pet of yours would probably taste better. You can either take me home or find a new chef, it's that simple. Oh, something else: I want new quarters.

Captain Jonathan Archer:
Is that so?

Ensign Hoshi Sato:
For one thing, my room is too small! There are plasma conduits running across the ceiling. It's noisy, it keeps me up all night!

Captain Jonathan Archer:
Maybe you'd sleep better in the cargo bay.

Ensign Hoshi Sato:
What did you say to me?

Captain Jonathan Archer:
This is a starship, not a luxury liner! If you're not satisfied with the accomodations, we can leave you behind in a shuttlepod; maybe you'll have better luck with whoever picks you up. And if you don't like Chef's food, don't eat it! From the looks of things, you should probably skip the dessert table while you're at it!

Ensign Hoshi Sato:
[pauses, then smiles] That was a nice touch.

[starts laughing]

Captain Jonathan Archer:
I can't believe I'm supposed to speak to their ambassador like that.

Ensign Hoshi Sato:
Tellarites always have a litany of complaints. It's how they start arguments with people they've just met.

Captain Jonathan Archer:
Even if they have nothing to complain about?

Ensign Hoshi Sato:
In that case, they'll just insult you. Whatever they say, you have to respond in kind, otherwise they'll take offense.

Captain Jonathan Archer:
[scoffs] A species that actually thrives on arguing. They probably make good politicians. Thanks for the dry run.

Ensign Hoshi Sato:
Uh, sir - I wasn't kidding about Porthos.

Captain Jonathan Archer:
You think he is mangy?

Ensign Hoshi Sato:
No. But you might wanna keep him out of sight. Tellarites consider canines something of a, uh... delicacy.

Zoumas:
Have you ever tried Tojal?

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
What?

Zoumas:
There's nothing like it. But you have to eat it before it cools, otherwise it'll congeal.

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
[unenthusiastic] Sounds terrific.

Zoumas:
It's the first thing I'm gonna have when we're off this ship. - Where d'you think they're taking us?

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
Ask him.

[Zoumas looks doubtfully at the Nausicaan guard]

Zoumas:
I'll just wait and see. - The Enolians won't stop looking for us; we'll be fugitives. I was thinking of having my face reconfigured. There's a surgeon on Burala Prime who can do it. He can help you as well.

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
I'll take my chances with my own face.

Zoumas:
Have you ever been to Burala Prime?

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
Can't say I have.

Zoumas:
If you ever go, avoid the polar islands. The people are friendly, but the cold is unbearable, nothing but ice and glaciers. I was stranded there for three months when some colleagues of mine decided to leave without me.

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
Imagine that.

Zoumas:
The day I got lost, that was the worst. Fourteen hours, it took me fourteen hours to find my way back to the outpost. I lost three toes to frostbite. I've walked with a slight limp ever since; not that you notice. I'm gonna get that surgeon to do some work on my foot as well; maybe he can replace the missing toes...

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
[to the Nausicaan] Excuse me - can I change seats?

Captain Jonathan Archer:
A cure, Doctor? Have you found a cure?

Dr. Phlox:
[after some hesitation] Even if I could find one, I'm not sure it would be ethical.

Captain Jonathan Archer:
Ethical?

Dr. Phlox:
We'd be interfering with an evolutionary process that has been going on for thousands of years.

Captain Jonathan Archer:
Every time you treat an illness, you're interfering. That's what doctors do.

Dr. Phlox:
You're forgetting about the Menk.

Captain Jonathan Archer:
What about the Menk?

Dr. Phlox:
I've been studying their genome as well, and I have seen evidence of increasing intelligence - motor skills, linguistic abilities. Unlike the Valakians, they appear to be in the process of an evolutionary awakening. It may take millennia; but the Menk have the potential to become the dominant species on this planet.

Captain Jonathan Archer:
And that won't happen as long as the Valakians are around?

Dr. Phlox:
If the Menk are to flourish, they need an opportunity to survive on their own.

Captain Jonathan Archer:
Well, what are you suggesting? We choose... one species over the other?

Dr. Phlox:
All I'm saying is that we let nature make the choice.

Captain Jonathan Archer:
The hell with nature. You're a doctor. You have a moral obligation to help people who are suffering.

Dr. Phlox:
[firmly] I'm also a scientist; and I'm obligated to consider the larger issues. 35,000 years ago, your species co-existed with other humanoids, isn't that correct?

Captain Jonathan Archer:
[sighs] Go ahead.

Dr. Phlox:
What if an alien race had interfered and given the Neanderthals an evolutionary advantage? Fortunately for you, they didn't.

Captain Jonathan Archer:
I appreciate your perspective on all of this. But we're talking about something that might happen. *Might* happen thousands of years from now. They've asked for our help. I am not prepared to walk away, based on a theory.

Dr. Phlox:
Evolution is more than a theory. It is a fundamental scientific principle. Forgive me for saying so - but I believe your compassion for these people is affecting your judgment.

Captain Jonathan Archer:
My compassion guides my judgment.

Dr. Phlox:
Captain...

Captain Jonathan Archer:
Can you find a cure?

[Phlox hesitates]

Captain Jonathan Archer:
Doctor?

Dr. Phlox:
[after a long pause] I already have.

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
Now, if I had a chance to see the past, I'd jump at it. I always wanted to meet a stegosaurus.

Lieutenant Malcolm Reed:
He'd probably make a quick meal of you.

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
The stegosaurus was an herbivore.

Lieutenant Malcolm Reed:
If I could travel back in time, I know exactly what year I'd pick: 1588.

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
What happened in 1588?

Lieutenant Malcolm Reed:
England defeated the Spanish Armada.

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
Oh, I'm sure someone named Reed had a lot to do with that.

[Trip and Malcolm pull a piece off the ship. Time rewinds and they re-enter the room]

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
If I had a chance to see the past, I'd jump at it. I always wanted to meet a stegosaurus.

Lieutenant Malcolm Reed:
He'd probably make a quick meal of you.

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
The stegosaurus was an herbivore.

Lieutenant Malcolm Reed:
It seems like we were just in here...

Lieutenant Malcolm Reed:
[dismissing the thought] If I could travel back, I know exactly what year I'd pick.

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III, Lieutenant Malcolm Reed:
1588.

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
How'd I know you were gonna say that?

Lieutenant Malcolm Reed:
I think we're spending far too much time together.

[Trip and Malcolm pull a piece off the ship. Time rewinds and they re-enter the room]

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
Now, if I had a chance to see the past, I'd jump at it.

Lieutenant Malcolm Reed:
I always wanted to meet a stegosaurus.

Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III:
He'd probably make a... quick meal of you.

Lieutenant Malcolm Reed:
Stegosaurus was a herbivore...

Lt. Reed:
I was just beginning to think that Captain Archer was invincible, you know? Just serving on the same starship as him made me feel safe for some reason. He had a knack for getting us out of trouble, didn't he?

Commander Tucker:
Yeah, he's always been that way. When I first taught him to dive, it really got on my nerves. He'd come down to the Keys at least once a month, and whatever it was I was teaching him, he'd get it the first time. Did you ever try clearing your mask?

Lt. Reed:
Clear my mask?

Commander Tucker:
Everybody's got to do it before they get certified. You go down and the instructor fills your mask with water, and you have to clear it by blowing out through your nose. Nobody likes to do it.

Lt. Reed:
The Captain?

Commander Tucker:
Got it the first time. Filled it with water a second time just so he could clear it again. I took him on a night dive once into some caves I'd been to a hundred times before, and for some reason I got a little lost. So what does Archer do? He swims ahead of me and finds a way out.

Lt. Reed:
I can't imagine why you'd have a problem with that.

Commander Tucker:
I was the instructor. I'd been diving all my life. Then big Mister Starfleet comes down and does everything faster and better than I could. That's when I decided to introduce him to old Waldo.

Lt. Reed:
And who was that?

Commander Tucker:
A green moray. It's said he's thirty years old. Must've been two-and-a-half meters long. So I took the Captain into Waldo's hole. Told him there was some beautiful starfish inside, and he reached in. Damned if old Waldo didn't take hold of his forearm.

Lt. Reed:
A moray eel? Are you out of your mind?

Commander Tucker:
I was breaking just about every rule in the book, but he was wearing titanium mesh. I figured the worst thing that could happen would be that Waldo would scare him a little. He deserved to have the piss taken out of him.

Lt. Reed:
So?

Commander Tucker:
No such luck. He pulled Waldo clear out of the hole. I don't think I'd ever seen that eel's tail before. He found some pressure point under it's lower jaw, right about here. Waldo just let go. Went back down his hole.

Lt. Reed:
That must have been the last time the Captain ever went diving with you.

Commander Tucker:
That's the thing. He found it all funnier than I did. He took me out to dinner that night. Steaks, lobsters... [sighs sadly] Kentucky bourbon.


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