20 %% "You can start by removing your clothes." 'Not without dinner and flowers.' -- Dr. Franklin and Ivanova, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "Look, I don't mind if you bend the rules a little, Doctor. I mean I bend a few myself. But I do like to be informed. If I'm going to share in the blame, I'd at least like to share in some of the fun." -- Ivanova, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "I say we space the creep. A couple of hours at hard vacuum would do him and the gene pool a world of good." -- Garibaldi (re: Karl Mueller), "The Quality of Mercy" %% "Spacing is only invoked under conditions of mutiny or treason." -- Ombuds Wellington, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "Anything a telepath sees while inside a defendant's mind is inadmissible evidence." -- Ombuds Wellington, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "It's not right." 'And this is right?' "It's the law." 'That's not what I asked.' -- Garibaldi and Dr. Franklin, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "Here you will see the heart and soul of Babylon 5...also its spleen, its kidneys, a veritable parade of internal organs." -- Londo (to Lennier), "The Quality of Mercy" %% "Seems I've left my credit chip in my quarters. I don't suppose you brought yours, hmm?" 'Well, yes, I...I did, but my allowance is...is very small.' "Oh, now don't apologize. We'll make do." -- Londo and Lennier, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "There's no alcohol in here, is there?" 'Alcohol? No, of course not. Here, drink up.' "Because my people do not react well at all to alcohol. Even a small quantity causes psychotic impulses and violent homicidal rages." 'Eh-eh-eh. Alcohol. My mistake. Mertana? Just water for him, thank you.' -- Lennier and Londo, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "Kill me!" -- Londo, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "How many? How many?" 'How many worlds are there? How many banquets? How many flowers waiting to be harvested? How many new voices waiting to be included into my choir? I have to keep adding voices until the choir is big enough to sing me into Heaven when I die. It's necessary, don't you see? The overture is just beginning, Ms. Winters. Just beginning.' -- Talia Winters and Karl Mueller, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "No, stay. Stay for the symphony. We'll save a place for you." -- Karl Mueller (to Talia), "The Quality of Mercy" %% "Interesting. Do you know that the odds of this particular combination are five thousand to one against?" 'Lennier.' "Yes Londo?" 'Stop that.' "Does that mean I've won again?" -- Lennier and Londo, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "Pay no attention to him. He's from out of town." -- Londo (re: Lennier), "The Quality of Mercy" %% "I'll raise a red." 'Red. I have those!' "Yes, you do." -- Londo and Lennier, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "Brrr. Is it cold in here or is it just me?" -- Londo, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "You heard Mr. Garibaldi. You did the right thing." 'Darling, I did the necessary thing. That is not always the same as the right thing.' -- Janice and Dr. Laura Rosen, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "I'm still waiting for an explanation, gentlemen." 'Yes, and I am prepared to give you one, Commander...as soon as the room stops spinning.' "This station creates gravity by rotation. It never stops spinning." 'You begin to see my problem, hmm?' -- Sinclair and Londo, "The Quality of Mercy" %% "I'm going to take a vow of silence concerning this entire conversation." -- Lennier (to Londo), "The Quality of Mercy" %% "They are a strange people, but they are okay." -- Londo (re: the Minbari), "The Quality of Mercy"