Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Where Silence Has Lease (1988)
Jonathan Frakes: Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker
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Quotes
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : [of the "hole" in space] Sir, our sensors are showing this to be the absence of everything. It is a void without matter or energy of any kind.
Commander William T. Riker : Yet this hole has a form, Data; it has height, width...
Lt. Cmdr. Data : Perhaps. Perhaps not, sir.
Capt. Picard : That's hardly a scientific observation, Commander.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : Captain, the most elementary and valuable statement in science, the beginning of wisdom, is, "I do not know". I do not know what that is, sir.
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[Riker and Worf have run one of Worf's rigorous calisthenics programs on the holodeck]
Commander William T. Riker : You do this every day?
Lieutenant Worf : No, Commander. Usually, my calisthenics are more... intense. But those sessions are too personal to be shared.
Commander William T. Riker : I'll bet they are.
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[the Enterprise is set to auto destruct and time is running out]
Enterprise Computer : Ten seconds to auto-destruct.
Commander William T. Riker : [tense] Captain...
Capt. Picard : Abort auto-destruct sequence.
Enterprise Computer : Riker, William T., do you concur?
Commander William T. Riker : Yes, absolutely, I do indeed concur wholeheartedly!
Enterprise Computer : Auto-destruct canceled.
[everyone breathes a huge sigh of relief]
Capt. Picard : A simple 'yes' would have sufficed, Number One.
Commander William T. Riker : I didn't want there to be any chance of misunderstanding.
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[last lines]
Capt. Picard : Ensign, put us back on course, warp 3.
Wesley Crusher : Aye, sir, warp 3.
Commander William T. Riker : And Ensign, if you encounter any holes... steer clear.
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Commander William T. Riker : Remember the course in ancient history at Starfleet Academy? About the time when men still believed the Earth was flat?
Capt. Picard : Mmm. And that the sun revolved around it.
Commander William T. Riker : And that if a ship sailed too far out into the ocean, it would fall off the edge of the world.
Capt. Picard : "Beyond this place, there be dragons." It's even said that crews threatened to hang their captain from the yardarm if he refused to turn back.
Commander William T. Riker : I'm sure no one here has that in mind, sir.
Capt. Picard : How comforting, Number One.
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Commander William T. Riker : [Worf loses control during a training exercise] The exercise is over!
[Worf doesn't hear him, and attacks]
Commander William T. Riker : AT EASE, LIEUTENANT!