Troi: "It's not like Data to be so secretive." Wesley: "And cautious. He's got that lab locked every minute." Geordi: "Now how would you know that?"
	Picard: "Data, I would like to have been consulted." Data: "I have not observed anyone else on board consulting you about their procreation, Captain."
	Picard: "I fail to understand how a five-foot android with heuristic learning systems and the strength of ten men can be called a child." Troi: "You've never been a parent."
	Lal: "Why is the sky black?"
	Data: "I can give her attention, Doctor, but I am incapable of giving her love." Beverly: "Now why do I find that so hard to believe?"
	Lal: "Father says that I would learn a great deal from working with someone as old as you." Guinan: "... you're hired."
	Lal: "What are they doing?" Guinan: "It's called flirting." Lal: "They seem to be communicating telepathically." Guinan: "They're both thinking the same thing, if that's what you mean."
	Lal: "Guinan, is the joining of hands a symbolic act for humans?" Guinan: "It shows affection. Humans like to touch each other. They start with the hands, and go from there." Lal: "He's biting that female!" Guinan: "No, he's not biting her. They're pressing lips together. It's called 'kissing'." Lal: "Why are they leaving?" Guinan: "Lal, there are some things your father's just going to have to explain to you when he thinks you're ready."
	Data: "Commander, what are your intentions toward my daughter?" Riker: "Your daughter? Nice to meet you."
	Admiral Haftel: "Captain, are we talking about breaking up a family? Isn't that a rather sentimental attitude about androids?" Picard: "They are living, sentient beings. Their rights and privileges in our society have been defined, I helped define them."
	Admiral Haftel: "She is capable of running over sixty-trillion calculations a second, and you have her working as a cocktail waitress."
	Data: "Lal is my child. You ask that I volunteer to give her up. I cannot. It would violate every lesson I have learned about human parenting. I have brought a new life into this world and it is my duty, not Starfleet's, to guide her through these difficult steps to maturity. To support her as she learns. To prepare her to be a contributing member of society. No one can relieve me from that obligation. And I cannot ignore it. I am ... her father."
	Picard: "There are times, sir, when men of good conscience cannot blindly follow orders. You acknowledge their sentience, but you ignore their personal liberties ... and freedom. Order a man to hand his child over to the state. Not while I'm his captain."
	Picard: "A malfunction ... emotional awareness."

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