Quark tells his nephew something about humans

This ties into an earlier scene with Garack and Bashir wherein Bashir has gone through his entire lunch while Garack has barely touched his and he remarks that humans always eat like someone will snatch the plate away despite humanity haging had abundance for centuries. "Fear of starvation amongst plenty... Someone really should do a study." Garack hints throughout the series that he understands the dark underbelly of humanity far, far better than any alien should.

One thing I really like about this scene is that it shows that Quark, for all his scheming, does deep down care for his nephew

Gotta say it: When Quark's right, he's right.

"This isn't the Star Fleet you know" Even after all these years, this episode and especially this scene are unforgettable. It shows us that not all conflict is solved by star ships fighting out in space. You still have to get down in the dirt and face your enemy face to face in hand to hand combat.

Armin Shimmerman highlighted this as one of his most favourite parts that he ever got to perform as Quark.

In Joe Haldeman’s Trek novel “World Without End”, two Klingons discuss dealing with Humans: K1: “Humans are weak. There is no reason to fear them” K2: “Brother, I have fought them before. They worship soft and stupid words, but underneath they are ferocious. Believe me”.

This is why human beings work to hold on to our creature comforts. We know bad things happen to us when we go hungry. That's why we work and fight not to go hungry. Bad things happen when the sleeping giant awakens, so we strive to keep him asleep.

Quark couldn't be more right. It is refreshing to hear it said so plainly and not sugar-coated like it usually is in a TV series or movie.

i love how Ferengi isn't just a filler space goblins. they are just a cynical misunderstood race who actually makes many great points

My father served in Vietnam and the Korean War, and he said that he saw people collect ears off of corpses as "tally markers". When I was older, he showed me actual photos of just that. The ketracel-white tube necklace is a brutal real-world comparison, and it sells it all that much more. An amazing episode, and an amazing scene.

I love how Quark says "Hyoo-mon"

One of the reasons why I liked DS9, it took apart the future Roddenberry had built where humans were seemingly free of racism, hunger, poverty, war but there's a price to be paid for paradise. Quark is right about one thing humans are peaceful as long as our basic needs are met take that away and we'd be indistinguishable from any other Klingon. The line between civility and savagery is paper thin.

RIP Aron. Thank you for bringing something special to the Ferengi and the world of Star Trek.

This scene reminds me of the scene in the dark night when the joker says: you'll see, when the chips are down, these civilized people, they'll eat each other. They're only as good as the world allows them to be.

Take away their toilet paper...

"I feel sorry for the Jem'Hadar." --- Nog, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. 

After what I have seen in Iraq and Afghanistan and the stuff veterans of those wars and others have told me, and even what everyone can readily see on the internet... I would agree with Quark's assessment.

What a wonderful way for the writers to say "All of these species are an exploration of humanity." This show is so damned great!

This is why I love Deep Space 9. The Original Star Trek, and Next Generation showed a very idealized humanity. A human race that has somehow managed to suppress its most violent impulses, a humanity that lives in a veritable utopia with no real war, hunger, disease, or any of the other maladies of the human race. The result is a humanity that is smug and superior, a human race that views its past with nothing but contempt, seeing its ancestors as barbarians who were slave to their base urges to kill and pillage. But Deep Space 9 abandons that. Deep Space 9 shows a much more nuanced view of human violence. It shows that underneath all the smugness and superiority, humans are still humans. That when their backs are really to the wall, the human race won't just back down and let the Dominion roll over them. They will fight, they will kill, and they will go to any and all lengths to destroy their enemy. It shows humanity's violent nature as an inherent part of the human experience but it also shows it in a much more fair light. Yes, we're violent. But our violence can be useful when our lives are threatened. What Picard might have dismissed as base bloodthirst and cruelty, Sisko might applaud as resolve and defiance in the face of a genocidal invader. It has a more nuanced message that while yes, we should try to be better, we should not suppress our violent nature entirely. Rather, our violent nature can still be valuable when it is controlled, when it is brought out in times of great crisis. With the right state of mind, with the right focus, violence and bloodlust can be come courage and bravery. The desire to kill the enemy can be honed into the desire to defend your family. The indifference to death can give you the resolve to suffer through a battlefield.

"You know what I think Uncle? I feel sorry for the Jem'Hadar."