# Favorite Star Trek line **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311 "2006-06-27T03:31:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/1 "2006-06-27T03:31:48Z")
Only one line. From all the versions, only one. Not one from each series, not one from each episode, one. Mine is from TOS, _The City on the Edge of Forever:_ “Let’s get the Hell out of here.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/2 "2006-06-27T03:45:41Z")
“I’ve done worse than kill you, I’ve hurt you. And I wish to go on… hurting you…” and everything that follows. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/3 "2006-06-27T03:48:18Z")
Ooops, got that slightly wrong: > [@](#): > > I’ve done far worse than kill you, Admiral. I’ve hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her: marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet, buried alive. Buried alive. Of course, it’s all in the delivery. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/4 "2006-06-27T03:50:08Z")
“khaaaaaaaaaaaan!” ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/5 "2006-06-27T03:52:20Z")
“Ahh, Worf. Eat any good books lately?” – Q. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/6 "2006-06-27T04:03:12Z")
“Au contraire, mon Capitaine!” - Q It’s the overdone accent he adds to that line that makes it particularly good. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/7 "2006-06-27T04:14:15Z")
There! Are! Four! Lights! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/8 "2006-06-27T04:43:14Z")
“Fly her apart then!” -Captain Sulu, to his helmsman, on their way to Camp Kittomer at maximum warp, ST VI ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/9 "2006-06-27T04:43:44Z")
“Never give up! Never surrender!” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/10 "2006-06-27T04:44:53Z")
“E plebneesta…” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/11 "2006-06-27T04:56:08Z")
Worf: Sir, I protest - I am NOT a merry man!! ---
**Author:** ![633squadron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/ee59a6/32.png) [@633squadron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/633squadron)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/12 "2006-06-27T04:58:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Mine is from TOS, _The City on the Edge of Forever:_“Let’s get the Hell out of here.” Oh come _on!_ There is only one line that _counts_. One line that sums it all up! ONE LINE THAT WILL LIVE ON IN OUR HEARTS!.. Of course, I mean He’s dead Jim ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/13 "2006-06-27T05:02:20Z")
Work: “Bragging, Sir?” He seemed _so_ puzzled. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/14 "2006-06-27T05:03:30Z")
Worf :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/15 "2006-06-27T05:28:15Z")
“Intriguing.” ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/16 "2006-06-27T05:46:43Z")
> [@Dorjän](#): > > “khaaaaaaaaaaaan!” 😃 CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/17 "2006-06-27T05:52:04Z")
‘Brain and brain! What is brain?!’ ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/18 "2006-06-27T06:08:15Z")
When Bones tells Kirk that his vendetta against Kodos the Executioner won’t bring the dead back to life, Kirk replies, “No. But they may rest easier.” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/19 "2006-06-27T06:13:34Z")
Oh come now. The best line hands down is Uhura’s, in response to being called a “fair maiden.” “Sorry, neither.” ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/20 "2006-06-27T06:15:08Z")
“To think, after all this time – all our lunches together – and you still don’t trust me. There’s hope for you yet, Doctor.” The perfect summary of their relationship. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311.md?page=2)