Star Trek: The Next Generation1987

Captain Edward Jellico:
Lemec is a Cardassian, and Cardassians are like... timber wolves, predators - bold in large numbers, cautious by themselves, and with an instinctive need to establish a dominant position in any social gathering.

Counselor Deanna Troi:
So you're trying to establish a dominant position by making him wait for *you*?

[Jellico makes an affirmative gesture]

Counselor Deanna Troi:
The trouble with wolves is that... sometimes in the fight for dominance, one of them ends up dead.

Captain Edward Jellico:
In that case, the trick is... to be the wolf that's still standing at the end.