Devil's Due (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Quotes

Devil's Due (Star Trek: The Next Generation) is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . Devil's Due ended in 1970.

It features Ron Jones (composer) in charge of musical score.

Devil's Due (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Quotes

• (Ardra) "Who would you be?"
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation Starship Enterprise."
• (Ardra) "Keep up the good work."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Enterprise, advise Dr. Clarke that the hostages are being released."
• (Dr. Howard Clarke) "This is Clarke. You did it, Captain. Thank goodness."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Goodness has nothing to do with it."

• (Jacob Marley) "Why do you doubt your senses?"
• (Lt. Commander Data) "Because -- a little thing affects them. A slight disorder of the stomach makes them cheats. You may be a bit of undigested beef, a -- blot of mustard, a -- crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. Why, there's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are. Humbug, I tell you. Humbug."

• (Ardra) "You would have had a lot more fun if you'd lost. Till we meet again, Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise."

• (Ardra) "Please do not take any offense to these questions, Captain. You know how fond I am of you."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Objection."
• (Lt. Commander Data) "Sustained. The advocate will refrain from expressing personal affections for her opponent."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Mr. La Forge, my reputation as a litigator, not to mention my immortal soul, is in serious jeopardy."

• (Lt. Commander Data) "The advocate will refrain from making her opponent disappear."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "A wise man once said: "There is a sucker born every minute.""
• (Lt. Commander Data) "P.T. Barnum."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Method acting? I'm vaguely familiar with it --"

• (Ardra) "Ah, my pale friend has returned."

• (Ardra) "When the contract came to term, I gained clear title to the planet, anything on the surface, in the air or -- in orbit. So you see; the Enterprise belongs to me now, as well."

• (Dr. Howard Clarke) "Several years ago, Acost Jared, the Ventaxian head of state, began to grow increasingly obsessed with the legend of Ardra. With each passing day, he grew more anxious, and he talked about little else. "Ardra is coming back." "Ardra will be here soon." "We must all leave before Ardra returns.""
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "And who is this Ardra?"
• (Dr. Howard Clarke) "For all intents and purposes -- the Devil."

• (Ardra) "If you wish this foolish arbitration, I will choose my own prize."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "And what would that be?"
• (Ardra) "You. By all rights, your body is already mine. But I want more. I want your heart, your mind, your soul, and I want you to give them to me without resistance of your own free will. So, do you still wish to pursue this most dangerous game?"
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "I agree to your terms."
• (Ardra) "Oh, Picard, I will enjoy you morning, noon and night."

• (Ardra) "And don't talk like some ancient prophet around me, with 'thees' and 'thous' and 'most powerful ones'. It was appealing for a few centuries, but I bore easily. And stop cowering. When I want you on your knees, I'll let you know."

• (Ardra) "Oh, come now, Picard. You know you find me tantalizing. Give in to your desires."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "You know, there's nothing about you I find tantalizing. On the contrary, I find you obvious and vulgar."

• (Acost Jared) "Thank you, Captain Picard. You saved our lives."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "No, Jared. As I've tried to tell you, you saved your own lives a long time ago."

• (Counselor Deanna Troi) "She has an incredibly focused mind. It was virtually impossible to sense any deception; or anything else, for that matter."
• (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge) "The best magicians will never let you see what's up their sleeve, Counselor."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Ensign, put up the shields until further notice."
• (Ardra) "Yes, sir, Captain. Whatever you say."
• (Commander William T. Riker) "We are not impressed with your magic tricks."
• (Ardra) "I pity you. We live in a universe of magic, which evidently you cannot see."

• (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge) "Captain, I -- I wasn't expecting you here."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Neither was I."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "I believe it is our job to out-con the con artist."

• (Lt. Commander Data) "Since I have no emotional awareness to create a performance, I am attempting to use performance to create emotional awareness. I believe if I can learn to duplicate the fear of Ebenezer Scrooge, I will be one step closer to truly understanding humanity."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Data; the moment that you decided to stop imitating other actors and create your own interpretation, you were already one step closer to understanding humanity."

• (Ardra) "Oh, you doubt me. A non-believer. Really, Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation Starship Enterprise, no doubt you have traveled the galaxy, encountered a diverse universe of creatures. Is there no room for the likes of me?"
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "I've encountered many, who're more credibly to be called the Devil than you."
• (Ardra) "The Devil. Now, there's one I haven't heard in a long time."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Did she not even pick up one piece of trash?"

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