William Riker: Someone once said, "Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make its own judgment."
Zefram Cochrane: That's rhetorical nonsense! Who said that?
William Riker: You did! Ten years from now.
Data: Believing oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional mind.
Zefram Cochrane: I gotta take a leak.
La Forge: Leaks? I'm not detecting any leaks.
Zefram Cochrane: Doesn't anyone pee in the 24th Century?
Holographic doctor: According to Starfleet medical research, Borg implants can cause severe skin irritations. Perhaps you'd like an analgesic cream?
Picard: You want to destroy the ship and run away! You coward!
Worf: If you were any other man, I would kill you where you stand!
[Riker helps a drunk Deanna off the stool and over to a table.]
Deanna Troi: It's a primitive culture. I'm just trying to blend in.
William Riker: You're blended all right.
Worf: Assimilate this.
Answer: It was never shown or explained how they landed, so any answer would be a guess. This is set in the future (mid-21st Century), so there could have been new rocket technology.
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