Si viene a sapere che Quinn ha influito sulla storia in varie occasioni:
ha urtato l'albero facendo cadere la mela che ha ispirato Isaac Newton;
ha dato un passaggio con una jeep e fatto arrivare in tempo Maury Ginsberg al concerto di Woodstock, che č riuscito a risolvere un problema che avrebbe impedito lo svolgimento dell'evento;
ha salvato un avo di William Riker permettendo a quest'ultimo di esistere.
Ecco il testo dell'articolo pubblicato da Quinn sull'immaginaria rivista letta dai membri del Continuum. I'm ready to die; How about you?
For many years as I have put my thoughts to paper and written this column, it has occurred to me that I would run out of things to say, find nothing new to comment about. But I have. And it's deeply troubling to me. Frankly, I believe the time has come for the continuum to look at the possibility that immortality is not in this society's best interest. I have found myself recently looking at my life and saying, «I've had enough. Why not call it quits?» And you know what? I've decided that's exactly what I want to do. Let's take a good hard look at our life. Each of us should ask himself «Have I had enough?» The answer is yes. [Death Wish]
Quinn: Captain, you are an explorer. What if you had nothing left to explore? Would you want to live forever under those circumstances? [T:34:52] [Death Wish]
Quinn: For us, the disease is immortality. [T:35:20] [Death Wish]
