False Profits Quotes

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Merchant: "And may I say gentleman...you both have very fine shoes.
   
Kim: "So we were thinking that is we can't bring the ship to the wormhole, bring the wormhole to the ship."   
   
Tuvok: "Captain, I must point out that the Ferengi are not members of the Federation. They are not bound by the prime directive nor would it seem that the prime directive allows us to interfere with the internal affairs of this society as much as we may disapprove of what the Ferengi are doing."
   
Janeway: "What about your interference? You've taken these people's religion and manipulated it for your own selfish purposes. Pretended to be their sages."
Arridor: "Who's to say that we aren't their Sages?"
Janeway: "Don't be ridiculous.
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Arridor: "What happens when people lose their gods? Despair. Fear. Confusion. And how can you, as a moral people blithely tear down the spiritual structure that has supported a community since before their gods were flesh? What would you be leaving them with?"
Kol: "Tell us, Arridor. Tell us."
Arridor: "Darkness. Doubt. Hopelessness."
 
   
Janeway: "We have to out-Ferengi the Ferengi."  
   
Arridor: "It's time to invoke the unwritten rule."
Kol: "The unwritten rule?"
Arridor: "When no appropriate rule applies, make one up."
   
Paris: "Wait a minute....wasn't your patch on the other side?"
   
Neelix: "Commander, I think now would be a very good time for that beam out!"
   
Janeway: "Options?"
Kim: "There are none."