- Major Kira Nerys: [pointing at her pregnant belly] Don't forget, this... is still your fault.
- [Siddig is the real life father of Visitor's baby]
- Doctor Bashir: My fault?
- Major Kira Nerys: You performed the transfer from Keiko to me.
- Doctor Bashir: After you volunteered.
- Major Kira Nerys: After you put the idea in my head.
- Doctor Bashir: After you flew the runabout into an asteroid field.
- Major Kira Nerys: After you insisted we check on those anomalous bio-scans.
- Doctor Bashir: That was Keiko!
- Major Kira Nerys: Well, that's right, it was, but I'd rather blame you.
- Doctor Bashir: Whatever makes you happy.
- Gul Dukat: Major, I must say I'm shocked. You use my daughter to lure me here, you're asking me to risk my ship on some fool's errand into the Klingon Empire, and you're pregnant. I hope First Minister Shakaar appreciates what a lucky man he is.
- Major Kira Nerys: Shakaar's not the father.
- Gul Dukat: Then who is?
- Major Kira Nerys: Chief O'Brien.
- [Sisko/Jodmos hits Worf with the back of his hand]
- Captain Sisko: [as Jodmos] Are you questioning the validity of my plan?
- Lt. Commander Worf: Very convincing, Captain. But was it your intention to challenge me to a battle to the death?
- Captain Sisko: [surprised] No, not at all.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Then next time, do not strike me with the back of your hand. Use your fist.
- [Sisko has reverted to his Human self]
- Doctor Bashir: Now, that's better, isn't it?
- Captain Sisko: I don't know. I could do without the ridges, but I kind of miss the fangs.
- Captain Sisko: [after defeating a Klingon in a wrist-wrestling match] Captain of the Academy wrestling team!
- [rubs his shoulder]
- Captain Sisko: Twenty-two years ago. Ow.
- Jake Sisko: You know, you can tell a lot about people's moods just by watching them walk on the Promenade. When things are going good, people take their time, window-shop, talk to their friends.
- [sighs]
- Jake Sisko: And then there's days like today...
- Doctor Bashir: Everybody's in a hurry.
- Jake Sisko: They can feel the Klingons breathing down their necks.
- Doctor Bashir: Well, I shall have to remember to walk a little slower. Show no fear - that's my motto.
- Jake Sisko: [about his father] Sometimes, I wish that he wasn't so good at his job. That way, maybe every once in a while they'd give someone else the tough assignments.
- Major Kira Nerys: It's hard to believe one Changeling could cause so much chaos.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: He can if he's impersonating the leader of the Klingon Empire.
- Captain Sisko: Starfleet has ordered us to try to expose the Gowron Changeling. I want you to come with us.
- Odo: Hm... Maybe it would be better for you to take Deputy Yndar. There's nothing I can do that he can't.
- Captain Sisko: I don't need Yndar, I need you.
- Odo: What you need is someone who can turn into Gowron's pet targ. I can't do that anymore.
- Gowron: [to Worf] You should have killed me when you had the chance. I promise, you won't get another.
- Martok: [watching Worf fight Gowron] What are they doing? Why doesn't Sisko just shoot him?
- Odo: I have a better question: why isn't Gowron letting his bodyguards kill Worf? I'll tell you why: Klingon honor, a concept you should be very familiar with. My people, on the other hand, don't care about honor. How did you put it? "There will be no honorable combat, no formal challenges"? Hardly the words of a Klingon. Tell me, General, did Gowron destroy the polaron emitters, or did you?
- [Martok gives him a look that tells us he knows he's been found out]
- Lt. Commander Worf: Getting close to Gowron will not be easy. He is guarded around the clock by the Yan-Isleth.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: The Brotherhood of the Sword.
- Chief O'Brien: So, let me get this straight: all we have to do is get past an enemy fleet, avoid a tachyon detection grid, beam into the middle of Klingon headquarters and avoid the Brotherhood of the Sword long enough to set these things up and activate them in front of Gowron?
- Lt. Commander Worf: If we succeed, there will be many songs sung in our honor.
- Chief O'Brien: Let's hope we're there to hear them.
- Quark: [about Odo] We all have our failures, and he's mine. Ever since he lost his shapeshifting abilities, I haven't been able to get a smile out of him.
- Captain Sisko: Where is he?
- Quark: I'm telling you, Captain, that's one depressed ex-Changeling. He's upstairs at his usual table. Just follow the black cloud.
- Captain Sisko: Starfleet's sending an infiltration team to Klingon territory. Their orders are to do whatever it takes to prove that Gowron's a shapeshifter.
- Major Kira Nerys: Tough assignment. Who're they sending?
- Captain Sisko: Me.
- [Worf is testing his comrades' Klingon reactions]
- Lt. Commander Worf: Are you a Klingon warrior or an Alverian dung beetle?
- Odo: [as Kodrak] I really don't see the point.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Do not look away from me! I called you a dung beetle.
- Odo: I heard you.
- Lt. Commander Worf: And what is your response?
- Odo: You should have your eyes examined.
- Chief O'Brien: You know, I think I'm actually beginning to like bloodwine.
- Odo: It's really not too bad - except for the taste.
- [when encountering another Bird-of-Prey, Dukat destroys it with a couple of photon torpedoes]
- Captain Sisko: Was that really necessary?
- Gul Dukat: It was either that or trust in Mr. Worf's ability to lie. And frankly, I have more faith in my weapons.