- Lieutenant Worf: [showing Lursa and B'Etor a knife] This was dropped by one of the assassins. It bears the crest of your house.
- Lursa: Someone must have given it to the assassins to implicate us.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Why would someone do that?
- B'Etor: In order to tarnish our good name.
- Lieutenant Worf: You cannot tarnish a rusted blade.
- [first lines]
- Lieutenant Worf: As time passes, a boy inevitably becomes a man. But what is not inevitable is that a man become a warrior. A warrior must be forged like a sword, tempered by... by...
- Lieutenant Worf: [remembers] Tempered by experience.
- Alexander Rozhenko at 50: [referring to young Alexander] I staged the assassination attempt to try and frighten him, to make him realize that he must follow the ways of the warrior. If I had listened to you, if I had become the warrior that you had wanted me to be... you would not have died in my arms.
- Lieutenant Worf: No. Who knows what the future will be, now that you have disrupted time. I may die tomorrow, or I may outlive you. But when I die, I would like an honorable death; and the only way that is possible is for you to accept yourself as you are, and stay true to what you believe.
- Lieutenant Worf: You have given me a glimpse into my son's future. And I know now that he has his own destiny. And I believe it will be a great one.
- [they hug]
- Alexander Rozhenko at 50: I love you, Father.
- Lieutenant Worf: And I you, Alexander.
- Commander William T. Riker: Quark! I see you remember me.
- Quark: How could I forget the only man ever to win triple-down dabo on one of my tables?
- Commander William T. Riker: And how could I forget that you didn't have enough latinum to cover my winnings?
- Lieutenant Worf: If you are Alexander, you will remember your mother's last words before she died.
- Alexander Rozhenko at 50: I was three years old. She was dying when we found her. She barely managed to whisper my name. And then she took my hand and placed it in yours. And she died. And then you howled in rage, and said "Look upon her. Look upon death, and always remember." And I always have.
- Lieutenant Worf: [repeating his speech to Alexander] As time passes, a boy inevitably becomes a man. But what is not inevitable is that a man becomes a sword...
- K'Mtar: [about Quark] Could not he have been lying?
- Commander William T. Riker: Why would he? I'd just be knocking on his door again in a few days, and I wouldn't be in as good a mood.
- [Gorta has hinted to know of the whereabouts of the Duras sisters]
- Lt. Commander Data: Would you be willing to share your information with us?
- Gorta: My personal code of conduct prohibits sharing. But I'd consider a trade.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Does your personal code of conduct tell you that when you're stranded on a planet with no way off, you shouldn't try to cut deals?
- Gorta: You have a point.
- Lt. Commander Data: We could certainly provide passage off this planet, in exchange for information.
- Gorta: Could you perhaps 'fail' to tell the Pakleds that we were mining their ore?
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Don't push your luck.
- Commander William T. Riker: We know you're dealing in stolen ore. But I wanna talk about the assassination attempt on Lieutenant Worf.
- B'Etor: What assassination attempt? This is the first I've heard of it.
- Lursa: Too bad it didn't succeed!
- [laughs maliciously]
- K'Mtar: Size is not the most important thing. Skill, cunning, powers of observation, are the most important weapons.
- K'Mtar: Your head is filled with foolish Human notions about how things are. You're a Klingon! It is time you began to act like one.