# 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:** 5
**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, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/81 "2006-06-27T18:58:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Only one line. > From all the versions, only one. > Not one from each series, not one from each episode, one. Sigh. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/82 "2006-06-27T19:02:34Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Sigh. > :rolleyes: Aw, c’mon–you didn’t really think that you could control the oversized cat herd that is the SDMB, did you? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/83 "2006-06-27T19:22:10Z")
Worf, in response to Data’s litany of how to care for Spot the cat: “I will _feed_ him.” Then, walking out of the room and holding the cat at arms’ length, Worf sneezes. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/84 "2006-06-27T19:28:48Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > “Never give up! Never surrender!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/85 "2006-06-27T19:46:44Z")
Come on, guys! It has to be: “Beam me up, Scotty.” Huh? What do you mean, he never said it? Are you sure about that? Really? _Damn!_ ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/86 "2006-06-27T21:10:07Z")
Well, **Malodorous** already said it, but it has to be Scotty, talking to the mouse on the Macintosh: “Computer?” ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/87 "2006-06-27T21:15:36Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > “I have been, and always shall be, your friend.”–Spock’s last words in STII:TWOK It was the best of those movies. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/88 "2006-06-27T21:20:23Z")
Worf: If it’s not important who wins, why do we keep score? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/89 "2006-06-27T21:24:39Z")
I’ll also violate the rules a little bit to nominate Garak’s speech at the end of “In The Pale Moonlight”: “That’s why you came to me, isn’t it, captain? Because you knew I could do those things that you weren’t capable of doing? Well, it worked. And you’ll get what you wanted: A war between the Romulans and the Dominion. And if your conscience is bothering you, you should soothe it with the knowledge that you may have just saved the entire Alpha Quadrant, and all it cost was the life of one Romulan senator, one criminal, and the self-respect of one Starfleet Officer. I don’t know about you, but I’d call that a bargain.” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/90 "2006-06-27T21:31:19Z")
“Get the cheese to sickbay.”, as said by B’Elanna Torres in the Voyager episode “Learning Curve”. The quote pretty well sums up my opinion of Voyager. ---
**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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/91 "2006-06-27T22:40:43Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > Something about the way Gearge Takei delivered that line made me wish they could have made a series around him and _Excelsior_. I swear for a moment there he was more of a captain than Kirk, Janeway, or Archer ever was. I agree. For me, that’s the ultimate Star Trek captain’s moment. I even started a thread on it a while back, but search isn’t being my friend right now. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/92 "2006-06-27T22:58:45Z")
You know, before I answer any more questions there’s something I wanted to say. Having received all your letters over the years, and I’ve spoken to many of you, and some of you have traveled hundreds of miles to be here, I’d just like to say… GET A LIFE, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it’s just a TV show! I mean, look at you, look at the way you’re dressed! You’ve turned an enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME! I mean, how old are you people? What have you done with yourselves? You, you must be almost 30… have you ever kissed a girl? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/93 "2006-06-28T01:16:10Z")
“So. Five card stud, nothing wild. The sky’s the limit.” Picard, the final words spoken in TNG. A runner up is the aformentioned; THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS! ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/94 "2006-06-28T01:29:23Z")
“I’d advise ya ta keep dialin’, Oxymyx!” - Spock, wearing natty fedora, wielding tommy gun, and suddenly enlightened into wise-guy lingo. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/95 "2006-06-28T01:29:52Z")
“The needs of the many…” “Outweigh the needs of the few.” “Or the one.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/96 "2006-06-28T02:23:10Z")
From [Star Trek VI:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_trek_vi) KIRK: I can’t believe I kissed you! MARTIA (in Kirk form): It must have been your lifelong fantasy! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/97 "2006-06-28T02:24:53Z")
Better still: KIRK: Five to beam up, Scotty! SCOTT (incredulous): Ye only lost **one** security officer, Captain?! OK, it’s from a convention play, not the show. Still priceless! ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/98 "2006-06-28T02:29:23Z")
“I’d advise ya ta keep dialin’, Oxymyx!” - Spock, wearing natty fedora, wielding tommy gun, and suddenly enlightened into wise-guy lingo. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/99 "2006-06-28T02:37:34Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > “I’d advise ya ta keep dialin’, Oxymyx!” - Spock, wearing natty fedora, wielding tommy gun, and suddenly enlightened into wise-guy lingo. [nitpick] “I would advise **youse** ta kee dialin’, Oxnyx!” [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311/100 "2006-06-28T02:42:03Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > “I’d advise ya ta keep dialin’, Oxymyx!” - Spock, wearing natty fedora, wielding tommy gun, and suddenly enlightened into wise-guy lingo. You stuck in a time-loop or somethin’, dude? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311.md?page=6)