The Offspring (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Quotes

The Offspring (Star Trek: The Next Generation) is a TV show that debuted in 1970 . The Offspring stopped airing in 1970.

The Offspring (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Quotes

• (Lal) "He's biting that female."
• (Guinan) "No, he's not biting her. They're pressing lips; it's called kissing."
• (Lal) "Why are they leaving?"
• (Guinan) "Lal, there are some things your father's just gonna have to explain to you when he thinks you're ready."

• (Counselor Deanna Troi) "Congratulations, Data. It's a girl."

• (Lal) "Father says I would learn a great deal from working with someone as old as you."
• (Guinan) "You're hired."

• (Counselor Deanna Troi) "Data has created an offspring; a new life out of his own being. To me, that suggests a child. If he wishes to call Lal his child, then who are we to argue?"
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Well, if he must. But I fail to understand how a five-foot android with heuristic learning systems and the strength of ten men can be called a child."
• (Counselor Deanna Troi) "You've never been a parent."

• (Admiral Anthony Haftel) "I've been looking forward to meeting you, Lal."
• (Lal) "Why?"

• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "I have observed that in most species, there is a primal instinct to perpetuate themselves. Until now, I have been the last of my kind. If I were to be damaged or destroyed, I would be lost forever. But if I am successful with the creation of Lal, my continuance is assured."

• (Lal) "Father; what is the significance of laughter?"
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "It is a human physiological response to humor."
• (Lal) "Then, judging from their laughter, the children at school found my remarks humorous. So without understanding humor, I have somehow mastered it."
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "Lal."
• (Lal) "Yes, Father?"
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "The children were not laughing with you, they were laughing at you."
• (Lal) "Explain."
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "One is meant kindly, the other is not."
• (Lal) "Why would they wish to be unkind?"
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "Because you are different. Differences sometimes scare people. I have learned that some of them use humor to hide their fear."
• (Lal) "I do not wish to be different."

• (Guinan) "Lal, how are you?"
• (Lal) "I am functioning within normal p --; I am fine, thank you."

• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "Admiral, when I created Lal, it was in the hope that someday she would choose to enter the Academy and become a member of Starfleet. I wanted to give something back in return for all Starfleet has given me. I still do. But Lal is my child. You ask that I volunteer to give her up. I cannot. It would violate every lesson I have learned about human parenting. I have brought a new life into this world, and it is my duty, not Starfleet's, to guide her through these first difficult steps to maturity, to support her as she learns, to prepare her to be a contributing member of society. No one can relieve me from that obligation. And I cannot ignore it. I am her father."
• (Admiral Anthony Haftel) "Then I regret that I must order you to transport Lal aboard my ship."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Belay that order, Mister Data."
• (Admiral Anthony Haftel) "I beg your pardon?"
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "I will take this to Starfleet myself."
• (Admiral Anthony Haftel) "I am Starfleet, Captain. Proceed, Commander."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Hold your ground, Mister Data."
• (Admiral Anthony Haftel) "Captain, you are jeopardizing your command and your career."
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "There are times, sir, when men of good conscience cannot blindly follow orders. You acknowledge their sentience, but you ignore their personal liberties and freedom. Order a man to hand his child over to the state? Not while I am his captain."

• (Admiral Anthony Haftel) "There was nothing anyone could have done. We'd -- repolarize one pathway, and another would collapse. And then another. His hands -- were moving faster than I could see, trying to stay ahead of each breakdown. He refused to give up. He was remarkable. It just -- wasn't meant to be."

• (Lal) "I watch them, and I can do the things they do, but I will never feel the emotions. I'll never know love."
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "It is a limitation we must learn to accept, Lal."
• (Lal) "Then why do you still try to emulate humans? What purpose does it serve except to remind you that you are incomplete?"
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "I have asked myself that many times, as I have struggled to be more human. Until I realized, it is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are, Lal. It does not matter that we will never reach our ultimate goal. The effort yields its own rewards."
• (Lal) "You are wise, Father."
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "It is the difference between knowledge and experience."

• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "Commander; what are your intentions toward my daughter?"
• (Commander William T. Riker) "Your daughter?"
• (Commander William T. Riker) "Nice to meet you."

• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "Lal. I am unable to correct the malfunction."
• (Lal) "I know, Father."
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "We must say goodbye now."
• (Lal) "I feel --"
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "What do you feel, Lal?"
• (Lal) "-- I love you, Father."
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "I wish I could feel it with you."
• (Lal) "I will feel it for both of us. Thank you for my life. Flirting -- Laughter -- Painting, family -- Female -- Human."

• (Lal) "What are they doing?"
• (Guinan) "It's called flirting."
• (Lal) "They seem to be communicating telepathically."
• (Guinan) "They're both thinking the same thing, if that's what you mean."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "There are times, sir, when -- men of good conscience cannot blindly follow orders. You acknowledge their sentience, but -- you ignore their personal liberties -- and freedom. Order a man to hand his child over to the state? Not while I'm his Captain."

• (Lal) "Father; what is my purpose?"
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "Purpose?"
• (Lal) "My function. My reason for being."
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "That is a complex question, Lal. I can only begin to answer by telling you that our function is to contribute in a positive way to the world in which we live."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "I will take this to Starfleet myself."
• (Admiral Anthony Haftel) "I am Starfleet, Captain."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "The Admiral is taking the position that Lal's development should be overseen by the most experienced personnel."
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "Then he is questioning my ability as a parent?"
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "In a manner of speaking."
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "Does the Admiral have children?"
• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Yes, I believe he does, Data. Why?"
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "I am forced to wonder how much experience he had as a parent when his first child was born."

• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "Admiral. When I created Lal, it was in the hope that someday, she would choose to enter the Academy and become a member of Starfleet. I wanted to give something back, in return for all that Starfleet has given me. I still do. But Lal is my child. You ask that I volunteer to give her up. I cannot. It would violate every lesson I have learned about human parenting. I have brought a new life into this world. And it is my duty; not Starfleet's; to guide her through these difficult steps to maturity. To support her as she learns. To prepare her to be a contributing member of society. No one can relieve me from that obligation. And I cannot ignore it. I am -- her father."

• (Lal) "This is what it means to feel."

• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "We are taking you to the holodeck to show you several thousand composites I have programed. You may choose from them."
• (Counselor Deanna Troi) "Several thousand?"
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "This is a big decision."

• (Admiral Anthony Haftel) "She is capable of running over sixty trillion calculations a second, and you have her working as a cocktail waitress."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Commander Data is completing his final neural transfers to the android he has named Lal, which, I have learned, in the language Hindi means 'beloved'."

• (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) "Data -- I would like to have been consulted."
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "I have not observed anyone else on board consulting you about their procreation, Captain."

• (Doctor Beverly Crusher) "Just help her realize she's not alone. And -- be there to nurture her when she needs love and attention."
• (Lt. Cmdr. Data) "I can give her attention, Doctor. But I am incapable of giving her love."
• (Doctor Beverly Crusher) "Now, why do I find that so hard to believe?"

• (Lal) "Thank you for my life.; Flirting -- Laughter -- Painting, family -- Female -- Human."

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