Quotes from Una McCormack

If the day ever comes that it (Deep Space Nine) isn't safe for kids to run around this station we all need to pack up and go home.

No true friendship takes account of credit and debt. It gives freely, without thought of compensation or reward.

There are always two sides to a story.

If I didn't work on the assumption that people were mostly telling me the truth, I think I'd go mad... And I'd rather be mistaken about others than mistrustful of them.

Be brave. Be bold. Don't wait for change. Seize your own life and make it.

Not all journeys seek an end. Some are their own purpose.

Life changed you, and the people you thought you could not stand suddenly made sense to you.

One doesn't commit evil actions in the belief that one is acting wrongly. What allows one to commit such acts is the belief that it will contribute to a greater good.

We are our own worst enemy.

Tell me what this means, Dax said. I'm a busy woman with a ship to run and a crisis to handle and I've surrounded myself with smart, dedicated people for the sole purpose of interpreting unintelligible squiggles for me.

The proliferation of material means that people might start to become selective about what they consume and, if my instincts are correct, they are likely to read only that which confirms what they already know. This means they will never have their ideas tested. I worry that as a result, people will form tight groups around those who confirm their biases, mistrusting those whom they encounter who think differently.

Was that what Starfleet was, when it came down to it? One massive high-school science club? Why had no one ever mentioned this before?

You have to educate people first— you can't let them go out and vote for whatever they want! You don't know what you'd end up with!

No true friendship takes account of credit and debt. It gives freely, without thought of compensation or reward.

The Prime Directive is a nice ideal, but have you noticed it never works in practice?

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.

Everyone was poor, but it was out in the open, not tucked out of sight below bridges.

It's always going to be like this, isn't it? she thought frantically. Whatever I want to do, it'll never be what Mom wants. And eventually, I'll start to forget what I wanted, and it'll be like I was never there at all.

There are always two sides to a story.

If I didn't work on the assumption that people were mostly telling me the truth, I think I'd go mad... And I'd rather be mistaken about others than mistrustful of them.

Sylvia had found in the past that when she started to get close to people her own age, when she started to relax and speak her mind, they tended to drift away from her.

If the day ever comes that it (Deep Space Nine) isn't safe for kids to run around this station we all need to pack up and go home.

Into the echo chamber of his own mind, where he was always able to find a justification for the most terrible actions.

Why do I feel as if I'm about to hear a sentence passed?' 'Why do you feel as if you should?