Patrick Stewart credited as playing...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Commander, I require your presence on the bridge.
- Lt. Cmdr. Data: Captain, with all due respect, perhaps it would be better if you choose another to serve as your First Officer.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Data, you are my First Officer!
- Lt. Cmdr. Data: I have not been able to isolate the problem, sir. I might make a mistake.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Yes, you might. But that does not alter your duty to me and to this ship. Now, do you know how to formulate a premise?
- Lt. Cmdr. Data: Yes, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Then formulate this one: how do I deal with Commander Riker and the Hathaway? I will await your answer on the bridge.
- [goes to leave, but turns back in the doorway]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: And Commander... it is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I'm less than one hour away from a battle simulation, and I have to hand-hold an android.
- Doctor Pulaski: The burdens of command.
- [Kolrami has criticized Riker's inappropriate joviality and lack of seriousness for a commanding officer]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Don't confuse style with intent. Only a fool would question Commander Riker's dedication to Starfleet and the men and women under his command. He is simply the finest officer with whom I have ever served.
- Sirna Kolrami: We shall see if your faith is well-founded.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: The test is whether the crew will follow where Commander Riker leads. His... his "joviality" is the means by which he creates that loyalty. And I will match his command style with your statistics anytime.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Attack posture, circumvental attitude. Prepare beams for photon mode.
- Ensign Burke: Bye-bye, Hathaway.