- Commander Sisko: So your answer is still 'no'?
- Varis: You don't lose by saying 'no'.
- Commander Sisko: Maybe. But a great leader, like your father, is one who's willing to risk saying 'yes'.
- Jake Sisko: When I have a problem I can't figure out, I ask my dad.
- Nog: I ask my dad too!
- Varis: It helps, doesn't it?
- Jake Sisko: Yeah.
- Nog: No.
- Jake Sisko: My dad's a, a pretty smart guy.
- Nog: Mine too... in his own way.
- Quark: Major, what a pleasant surprise. I always look forward to one of your infrequent visits.
- Major Kira: Spare me the small talk and give me a star drifter.
- Quark: So, er... how are the negotiations coming along?
- Major Kira: ...Better make it a double.
- Chief O'Brien: [trying to perform the Sirah's task as the storyteller] Once upon a time... th-there was a Dal'Rok...
- Hovath: Wait! There is no need to run. A new voice appears, to challenge the Dal'Rok.
- Chief O'Brien: It's about time!
- [Jake and Nog are sitting at their favorite spot on the landing above the promenade]
- Odo: [passing by] Mr. Sisko, Nog - I thought I told you, no dangling over the promenade.
- Jake Sisko: We're not gonna fall, Odo.
- Nog: We can see things better from down here.
- Odo: And what, may I ask, is so interesting?
- Jake Sisko: Nothing.
- Odo: In that case you can see "nothing" just as well from up here.
- Sirah: [after Dr. Bashir has advised him to stay in bed] Your concern touches me, Doctor. But I am now in the hands of the Prophets.
- [last lines]
- Doctor Bashir: Chief, on second thoughts, you don't really have to call me Julian.
- Chief O'Brien: Right you are... sir.
- [first lines]
- Ben Sisko: Station log, Stardate 46729.1. The Bajoran government has asked me to mediate a disagreement between two rival factions, the Paqu and the Navot.