# Random Star Trek Quotes

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Tags:** star-trek-paramount\
**Created:** [September 10, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112 "2014-09-10T20:43:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**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:** [September 6, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2244 "2018-09-06T14:00:50Z")

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[sneering] “You haven’t got the _lobes_.”

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2245 "2018-09-07T02:59:31Z")

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“Then I suppose a night of passionate romance is out of the question?”  
“That’s-- that’s right.”  
“Just thought I’d ask!”

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**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:** [September 7, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2246 "2018-09-07T03:34:31Z")

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You aren’t very persistent, Mr. Sulu. The game has rules. You’re ignoring them. I protest, and you come back. You didn’t… come… back.

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**Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2247 "2018-09-08T08:09:41Z")

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Mr. Worf, I hereby promote you to the rank of lieutenant commander, with all the rights and responsibilities thereto. And may God have mercy on your soul.

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2248 "2018-09-11T08:57:10Z")

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“Oh Brien… I am Tosk. I cannot stay here behind the safety of your Federation. It goes against everything I believe.”  
“You’d rather go _back_ and live your life on public display?”  
“To stay would be an even greater dishonor. I am Tosk, the Hunted. I live to outwit the Hunters for another day. To survive, until I die with honor. But that will not be my fate… but I will not deny my existence as Tosk. Thank you, Oh Brien… but I cannot request asylum.”

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**Author:** ![BlueInfinity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BlueInfinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueInfinity)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2249 "2018-09-11T12:16:50Z")

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“You bet on me?”  
“A sure thing.”

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**Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2250 "2018-09-13T01:32:44Z")

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> [@BlueInfinity](#):
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> “You bet on me?”  
> “A sure thing.”

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That was a great moment from “Skin of Evil”. If Tasha had gotten more of those moments, maybe Denise Crosby would have stayed.

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“How about letting me cook dinner for you tonight? My father was a gourmet chef. I will make for you, his famous aubergine stew.”  
“I don’t know.”  
“You’re supposed to say, ‘Yes!’”  
“I’ll probably be sorry.”

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2251 "2018-09-13T01:37:41Z")

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“Oh, laddie. You’ve got a lot to learn if you want people to think of you as a miracle worker.”

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**Author:** ![BlueInfinity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BlueInfinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueInfinity)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2252 "2018-09-13T02:46:56Z")

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“What are you doing? You don’t cook.”  
“I know. I was just making sure.”  
“My peppers?”  
“I know how you like roasted peppers in your casserole.”  
“It took me three months to grow them. No one touches my peppers.”

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2253 "2018-09-15T00:36:11Z")

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Romulan Captive: “My people have a saying: ‘Never turn your back on a Breen.’”

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**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2254 "2018-09-19T17:26:33Z")

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For Cardassia!

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**Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2255 "2018-09-21T04:42:45Z")

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Vulcans never bluff.

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**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2256 "2018-09-25T19:27:29Z")

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Evil must be opposed!

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**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2257 "2018-09-25T20:04:17Z")

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I’m from Iowa. I work in outer space.

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**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2258 "2018-09-26T01:14:28Z")

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So would an ermine violin, Doctor, but I see no practical point in having one.

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**Author:** ![BlueInfinity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BlueInfinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueInfinity)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2259 "2018-09-26T03:00:14Z")

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SCOTT: Full dress? Presidential honours? What is this nonsense, Mister Dickerson?  
DICKERSON: I understand President Lincoln’s coming aboard, sir.  
SCOTT: Ha! You’re daft, man.  
DICKERSON: All I know is what the captain tells me, and he says he’ll have the hide of the first man that so much as smiles.  
SCOTT: I’d have expected sanity from the ship’s surgeon, at least. President Lincoln, indeed. No doubt to be followed by Louis of France and Robert the Bruce.  
KIRK: If so, we’ll execute appropriate honours to each, Mister Scott.  
SCOTT: Aye, sir.

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**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2260 "2018-09-26T04:35:02Z")

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I’m a doctor, not a moon-shuttle conductor.

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**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2261 "2018-09-26T18:10:56Z")

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“It is naval tradition.”  
“So is keelhauling.”

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**Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2262 "2018-10-01T01:53:44Z")

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Zak Kebron was standing nearby, his massive, three-fingered hands on his hips, watching the questioning. “Shall I break him in half, sir?” he asked. There was no eagerness in his voice, nor trepidation. It was merely a matter-of-fact query.

Calhoun gave it a moment’s thought. “Go ahead, Lieutenant. If nothing else, it’ll cure him of his annoying standing.”

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**Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2263 "2018-10-04T01:42:56Z")

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General Chang: “Dr. McCoy, would you mind telling me, what is your current medical status?”

Dr. McCoy: “Aside from a touch of arthritis, I’d say pretty good!”

One Klingon out of 200 in the audience: “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

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