Picard Quotes in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

[Picard, Data and Worf are attacked and pursued by Kolaran natives]

Picard: I think it's time to try some unsafe velocities.

Kirk: Captain of the Enterprise, huh?

Picard: That's right.

Kirk: Close to retirement?

Picard: I'm not planning on it.

Kirk: Well let me tell you something. Don't! Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you. Don't let them do *anything* that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there... you can make a difference.

Picard: Come back with me. Help me stop Soran. Help make a difference again!

Kirk: Who am I to argue with the captain of the Enterprise? What's the name of that planet? Veridian III?

Picard: That's right.

Kirk: I take it the odds are against us and the situation is grim?

Picard: You could say that.

Kirk: You know if Spock were here, he'd say I was an irrational, illogical human being for going on a mission like that.

[pause]

Kirk: Sounds like fun!

Riker: I'm going to miss this ship; she went before her time.

Picard: Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. But I rather believe than time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, and reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important how we lived. After all, Number One, we're only mortal.

Riker: [smiling] Speak for yourself, sir. I plan to live forever.

Kirk: Did we do it? Did we make a difference?

Picard: Oh, yes. We made a difference. Thank you.

Kirk: Least I could do for the captain of the Enterprise.

[last words]

Kirk: It was... fun. Oh, my...

Picard: Good luck, Captain.

Kirk: Call me Jim!

Picard: [to Troi] Recently, I've become aware that there are fewer days ahead than there are behind. But I took some comfort that the family would go on, but now there'll be no more Picards.

Kirk: You say history considers me dead. Who am I to argue with history?

Picard: You're a Starfleet officer. You have a duty!

Kirk: I don't need to be lectured by you. I was out saving the galaxy when your grandfather was in diapers. Besides which, I think the galaxy owes me one.

Riker: Lieutenant Worf, the charges and specifications are one: Performing above and beyond the call of duty on countless occasions, and two, most seriously: Having earned the admiration and respect of the entire crew.

Picard: Mr. Worf, I hereby promote you to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, with all of the rights and privileges thereto. And may God have mercy on your soul.

[last lines]

Riker: I always thought I'd get a shot at this chair one day.

Picard: Perhaps you still will... somehow I doubt this will be the last ship to carry the name "Enterprise".

[looks at Riker for a beat, then taps his combadge]

Picard: Picard to Farragut, two to beam up.

[the two men demateralize]

Picard: What you're about to do, Soran, is no different from when the Borg destroyed your world. They killed millions too. Including your wife, your children.

Dr. Soran: [smiles, sighs] Nice try. You know there was a time that I wouldn't hurt a fly. Then the Borg came, and they showed me that if there is one constant in this whole universe, it's death. Afterwards, I began to realize that it didn't really matter. We're all going to die sometime. It's just a question of how and when. You will too, Captain. Aren't you beginning to feel time gaining on you?

[enters control room of missle launcher]

Dr. Soran: It's like a predator; it's stalking you. Oh, you can try and outrun it with doctors, medicines, new technologies. But in the end, time is going to hunt you down... and make the kill.

Picard: It's our mortality that defines us, Soran. It's part of the truth of our existence.

Dr. Soran: What if I told you I found a new truth?

Picard: The Nexus?

Dr. Soran: Time has no meaning there. The predator has no teeth.

[Worf has fallen into the ocean, after Riker ordered the computer to remove the holographic plank]

Picard: Number One, that's *retract* plank, not *remove* plank.

Riker: Of course, sir.

[leans over the side towards Worf]

Riker: Sorry!

Dr. Soran: [Kirk confronts Soran] Just who the hell are you?

Picard: He's James T. Kirk. Don't you read history?

Kirk: [after being saved from Soran] I thought you were headed for the launcher.

Picard: I changed my mind; Captain's prerogative!

Dr. Soran: Welcome, Captain. You must think I'm quite the madman.

Picard: The thought had crossed my mind.

Picard: This is not your bedroom.

Kirk: No, it's not. It's better.

Picard: [to Riker] If there is one thing I have learned over the years is never underestimate a Klingon.

Picard: Sometimes it takes courage to try, Data. And courage can be an emotion too.