Another Data line from The Naked Now:
“If you prick me, do I not… leak?”
Spock, from Operation: Annihilate!:
“Pain, Doctor, is a thing of the mind. The mind can be controlled.”
I repeat that one to myself whenever I have to do something uncomfortable.
I may not get this one precisely, but I liked it :
“I don’t see any points on your ears, boy, but you sound like a Vulcan!” - McCoy to Data, Encounter at Farpoint.
You have to say it with a Southern accent to get the full effect.
Way of the Warrior was on Spike yesterday, and it had a nice bit between Bashir and Odo as the Klingons are getting ready to attack.
“Be careful, Odo. I’m sure there’s a few Klingons who would think killing a changeling is worthy of a song or two.”
“Doctor, if I’m killed by a Klingon, I would expect nothing less than a full opera.”
I’ve always liked the scene with Worf and Dr. Pulaski (Diana Muldaur, who, back in the day, was an extraordinarily attractive woman* – still is, to us older guys). Worf has procured some Klingon booze which is poisonous to humans, and regrets that Dr. Pulaski cannot enjoy it with him.
Somehow or other a remark about passionate Klingon love poetry get into the conversation, and Dr. Pulaski, inspired, grabs the antidote to the Klingon booze, and asks to hear some of that Klingon Love Poetry. She reads the line with a certain gusto, and one does wonder exactly what went on after the fade to black.
Not that I like quoting from this movie but I’ve always liked this exchange;
Kirk: Come on. Spock… Why didn’t you jump in?
Spock: I was trying to comprehend the meaning of the words.
McCoy: It’s a song, you green-blooded… Vulcan. You sing it. The words aren’t important. What’s important is that you have a good time singing it.
Spock: Oh, I am sorry Doctor. Were we having a good time?
McCoy: God I liked him better before he died.
…had to look up the full dialogue since I could only remember the last line from Bones, which is priceless!
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Just remembered another one…
Scott: “I had a wee bout, sir, but uh, Doctor McCoy pulled me through.”
Kirk: “Wee bout of what?”
McCoy: “Shore leave, Admiral.”
Kirk: “Oh, I see.”
(TWoK)
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[Kirk is fighting with Martia (a shapeshifter) disguised as Kirk]
Captain James T. Kirk: I can’t believe I kissed you.
Martia: [as Kirk] Must have been your lifelong ambition.
Captain Hikaru Sulu: In range?
Helmsman Lojur: Not yet sir.
Captain Hikaru Sulu: Come on, come on.
Helmsman Lojur: She’ll fly apart!
Captain Hikaru Sulu: Fly her apart then!
Martus Mazur: I still have my dignity.
Quark: “Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack.” Rule of Acquisition Number 109.
Elim Garak: [Rolling his eyes] The eternal optimist!
Dr. Julian Bashir: Guilty as charged.
Elim Garak: How sad. I must tell you, I’m disappointed at hearing you mouth the usual platitudes of peace and friendship regarding an implacable foe like the Romulans. But, I live in hope that one day, you’ll come to see this universe for what it truly is, rather than what you’d wish it to be.
Dr. Julian Bashir: Then I shall endeavor to become more cynical with each passing day. Look gift horses squarely in the mouth, and find clouds in every silver lining.
Elim Garak: [Smiling] If only you meant it.
Elim Garak: You’ve come a long way from the naive young man I met five years ago. You’ve become distrustful and suspicious. It suits you.
Dr. Julian Bashir: I had a good teacher.
Worf: I have a sense of humor. On the Enterprise, I was considered to be quite amusing.
Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax: That must’ve been one dull ship.
Worf: That is a joke. I get it. It is not funny, but I get it.
Quark: The Jem Hadar don’t eat, don’t drink, and they don’t have sex. And if that wasn’t bad enough, the Founders don’t eat, and don’t drink, and they don’t have sex, either. Which, between you and me, makes my financial future less than promising.
Ziyal: It might not be so bad. For all we know the Vorta might be gluttonous, alcoholic sex maniacs.
Ensign Nog: Can you believe it? They made me an ensign.
O’Brien: I didn’t realize things were going so bad.
Ensign Nog: Scary, isn’t it?
Tom Paris: If you hear muffled screams, consider that a request for a beam out.
B’Elanna Torres: The Borg wouldn’t know fun if they assimilated an amusement park.
[said to Data when he loses his confidence after losing a game to a humanoid]
Capt. Picard: Sometimes, you can make no mistakes, do everything right, and still lose
[after Worf temporarily takes command of the Enterprise]
Commander William T. Riker: How did you like command?
Lieutenant Worf: Comfortable chair.
How many Rules of Acquisition can you name?
34-35) War is good for business. Peace is good for business. (It’s easy to get those two mixed up.)
Remembered two more goodies.
A funny one from “City on the Edge of Forever”
Kirk: My friend is obviously Chinese. I see you’ve noticed the ears. They’re … actually quite easy to explain.
Spock: Perhaps the unfortunate accident I had as a child…
Kirk: The unfortunate accident he had as a child, he caught his head in a mechanical … rice picker.
And one deep, from “Descent, part I”
Riker: Sending Hugh back to the Borg was a very risky, a very dangerous choice, but it was the moral thing to do
Picard: Well, it may turn out that the moral thing to do… was not the right thing to do.
Two I seem to use frequently:
Spok: After a time, you may find that ‘having’ is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as ‘wanting.’ It is not logical, but it is often true.
“Amok Time,”
and
Savvik: Hmm. Humor, it is a difficult concept.
from Wrath of Kahn
The Doctor plays a holodeck spy game :
“My name is Bashir… Julian Bashir”
“OK, funny Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.”
And what said Spock when he looked down the toilet in captains office?
“Hmmm. Interesting. It’s captain’s log.”
Me. Ducks and runs.
I was waiting for this quote. When I re-watched the movie not too long ago, when we bought the set, it brought tears to my eyes.
I also like the Shakespeare in Movie # 6. “Cry havoc…”
And “Computer? Computer? A keyboard? How…quaint.”
“Never give up! Never surrender!”
I can’t resist anymore. Excerpts from SNL’s Final Voyage of the Starship Enterprise (1976):
Mr. Spock: Here is the readout, Captain. The computer has identified the alien vessel as a 1968 Chrysler Imperial with a tinted windshield and retractable headlights.
Captain Kirk: And the little blue and orange numbers?
Mr. Spock: That’s called a “California license plate”, and it’s registered, or was in 1968, to a corporation known as “NBC”. Wait… there’s something more… The computer isn’t sure, but it thinks this NBC used to manufacture cookies.
<snip>
Herb Goodman: Can I have your attention. Curtis, you want to turn off those sound effects? Everyone, please, can I have your attention? I have an announcement to make. Due to low Nielsen ratings, we at NBC have decided to cancel “Star Trek”.
Captain Kirk: Fire at my command!
Herb Goodman: On your way out, stop by the cashier’s office and pick up your checks.
Captain Kirk: Set phasers on “stun.” Fire!
Dr. McCoy: They’re not firing, Jim!
Captain Kirk: Try “kill!”
Dr. McCoy: Nope, still nothing.
Herb Goodman: You’ll make sure the property department gets those things back ,won’t you, fellas?
Mr. Spock: Most peculiar, Captain… I can only conclude that they possess some sort of weapons deactivator, in which case I shall merely render him unconscious with my famous Vulcan nerve pinch.
Herb Goodman: Of course, if it was up to me, you could keep them - as souvenirs, give them to your kids, whatever… But you see, they’re planning to market a complete line of Trekkie merchandise, and I have to send these to Taiwan to be copied… [ Mr. Spock applies the Vulcan nerve pinch, but nothing happens ] …Isn’t that fabric something? You just can’t buy material like this in the States. No way! But I was lucky enough to find this great little tailor who flies in from London four times a year… oh, Nimoy, we’ll need those ears back, too, I’m afraid.
<snip>
Captain Kirk: Wait, Mr. Spock! We have yet to try Vulcan mind meld, where you actually enter the alien’s brain, merge with his intelligence and read his thoughts.
Mr. Spock: I entered Mr. Goodman’s mind while you were talking to Dr. McCoy, Captain. It was all… all dark and empty in there. And… and there were little mice in the corners and spiders had spun this web…
Captain Kirk: Spock!
Mr. Spock: I kept bumping my head on the ceiling, and once…
Captain Kirk: Snap out of it, Spock!
Mr. Spock: [ with a shudder ] It’s okay, Captain… I’m alright now.
Herb Goodman: What do you think, Curtis? Any chance we can sell this junk to “Lost in Space”?
<snip>
Captain Kirk: No, it can’t end like this! I won’t let it! This is my ship! I give the orders here! I give the commands! I am responsible for the lives of 430 crewmen, and I’m not going to let them down! There’s got to be a way out!
Mr. Spock: You are becoming quite emotional, Captain. Needless to say, my trained Vulcan mind finds such open displays of emotion distasteful. Emotion, you see, interferes with logic, and it is only by dealing with problems in a logical, scientific fashion that we can arrive at valid solutions. Now, with regard to the alien takeover of the Enterprise, I would suggest that we seek some new alternative, based upon exact computer analysis, of course, and taking into consideration elements of… [ suddenly breaks into a weeping lunatic ] …Oh, God! I don’t believe it! We’re cancelled! How could they do this? Everyone I know loves the show! I have a contract! What about my contract! I want my ears back!
It ended up being a very heavy statement full of inforation, too. At least, that’s what happened to it after the next two movies. When Spock said, “…always shall be…”, he meant it as a continuous fact, not simply some wishful metaphor. Jim, however, didn’t know the implications of that phrase, and more importantly, neither did we. When Spock (unpronouncable first name and all) came back in TSFS and TVH, it all made sense. retroactively.
It also set up to great Sarek moments.
In TSFS, when he visited Kirk, the anger and then the sense of loss could be felt in an almost physical way. The sad “Then he truly is gone,” hit Kirk (right after an emotional mind meld) like a ton of bricks, again, and we the fans couldn’t help either of them in their grief, even tho we knew something big was in store concerning our favorite half Vulcan.
The second moment was the request for the Fal-Tor-Pan. “My logic is uncertain where my son is concerened.”
Mark Lenard played those moments perfectly, btw. He truly was one of the best actors ever seen in a TV/Movie franchise.
Yes, I was immensely surprised when I rewatched, at how damn good those three movies were: 2,3,4. I think the comment about odd-numbered Star Trek movies breaks down around at # 3. It wasn’t the best of the three, definitely, but very good still.
Spock has always been my favorite character anyway.
Back to the OP: I forgot about the lovely dinner conversation in # 6. There’s so much tension, and it’s an excellent conversation.
Yeah, TSFS (#3) had some good spots in it. Besides the aforementioned, “Genethiss!? Genethiss ith planet forbidden. I go not!” we had McCoy’s reply, “How can you deaf with ears like that?”
We had the destruction of the TOS Enterprise, leading to:
Kirk: “What have I done?”
Bones: “What you always do. Turn death into a fighting chance for life.”
Which explains nicely a basic tenet of Kirkism.
“You fool! I told you it was for my eyes only!”
Kai Winn, after Dukat is blinded for looking in the book of the Kosta Mojin (sp?) to try and discern its secrets.
That line tickles me because in every other instance, “For My Eyes Only” means it contains confidential information. However, the Pah Wraiths meant it literally, and Dukat paid the price.
Hee hee hee.
Another from the same episode (TNG–“Relics”) Scotty (speaking to Picard about his first Enterprise): It’s like when you first fall in love-you don’t ever love a woman like that again."