Star Trek Next Generation Riker Quotes

#1. It is good to have respect for all beings because who knows what anyone can do?

Frederick Lenz

#2. People wind up killing what they love most.

Paulo Coelho

#3. I only grow hair in places that men like.

Lea Thompson

#4. Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners.

Alan Cooper

#5. We are trying to remake Vietnamese society, a task which certainly cannot be accomplished by force and which probably cannot be accomplished by any means available to outsiders.

J. William Fulbright

#6. I hate reality shows. But if I had to be on one, I'd have to say 'Realtree Road Trips' on the Outdoor Channel.

Blake Shelton

#7. The unexpected is our normal routine. Commander Riker

Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide Team

#8. Data: My positronic brain has several layers of shielding to protect me from power surges. It would be possible for you to remove my cranial unit and take it with you.
Riker: Let me get this straight
you want me to take off your head?
Data: Yes sir

Star Trek The Next Generation

#9. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes.

Paul Anka

#10. There is in the soul a desire for not thinking.
For being still. Coupled with this
a desire to be strict, yes, and rigorous.
But the soul is also a smooth son of a bitch,
not always trustworthy. And I forgot that.

Raymond Carver

#11. People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have you been?' The second comment they make is always, 'Oh, you've grown up.'

Macaulay Culkin

#12. I need human feelings to fit garments. I couldn't do it just, like, on an object - it's too close to our body. It's like a skin you are making, so you need one's feelings to make a garment.

Ann Demeulemeester

#13. Commander William T. Riker: It's just that our mental pathways have become accustomed to your sensory input patterns.
Lt. Commander Data: Hm. I understand. I am also fond of you, Commander. And you as well, Counselor.

Star Trek The Next Generation

#14. The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension.

Bernard Crick

#15. The game isn't big enough unless it scares you a little. Cmdr. William Riker

Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide Team

#16. I went to a public high school, and after graduation, college wasn't really much of an option for me. I didn't believe I had the money or the grades at the time, so I continued to work and save money to support my acting career.

Christie Laing

#17. We thought humble and proud at the same time, all at once in love again with this painful bittersweet lovely thing called flight.

Richard Bach

#18. Flair is what makes the difference between artistry and mere competence. Cmdr. William Riker

Star Trek The Next Generation

#19. She stops, pauses, turns to the left to glance at some possible threat or irregularity, and then continues to the north. This motion, so intensely human, transcends time.

Mary Leakey