Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) · 46 quotes
Tied for 6th most-quoted character in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998): in 5 of its 46 quotes
Most scenes with: Jean-Luc Picard (5), Adhar Ru'afo (4)
Anij Help! I can't swim!
Don't panic!
Anij I've been shot at, thrown into a lake out of a ship that's come to abduct us - what's there to panic about?
In the event of a water landing, I have been designed to serve as a flotation device.
A perfect moment?
Anij When time seemed to stop and you could almost live in that moment.
Seeing my home planet from space for the first time.
Anij Yes... exactly. Nothing more complicated than perception.
I wish I could spare a few centuries to learn.
Anij It took us centuries to learn that it doesn't have to take centuries to learn.
There's one thing I don't understand. In 300 years, you never learn to swim?
Anij Ha ha ha! I just haven't got around to it yet.
Anij It's been 300 years since I've seen a bald man.
How is it that you never married? And don't tell me it's just because you haven't got around to it yet.
Anij What's the rush?
I should warn you, I've always been attracted to older women.
Our people have a strict policy of non-interference in other cultures. It's our Prime Directive.
Anij Your directive apparently doesn't include spying on other cultures.
Jean-Luc Picard (carefully, still trying to uphold the Directive by not telling them more than they need to know): The artificial lifeform is a member of my crew. Apparently, he was taken ill.
There was a phase variance in his positronic matrix which we were unable to repair.
Anij I think the Captain finds it hard to believe that we'd have any skills for repairing positronic devices.
Our technological abilities are not apparent because we have chosen not to employ them in our daily lives. We believe when you create a machine to do the work of a man, you take something away from the man.
Anij But at one time, we explored the galaxy just as you do.
Jean-Luc Picard (startled as he realises how badly the Federation has underestimated the Ba'ku): You have warp capability?!
Anij Capability, yes. But where can warp drive take us, except away from here?
I ...apologise for our intrusion.
