# Random Star Trek Quotes **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 114
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2264 "2018-10-11T20:19:33Z")
“‘Hello, Dianne. I heard you’re an empath. I’m a rather _wink_ sensitive man myself. I’m doing a thesis on interspecies mating rituals. Would you care to join me in some empirical research?’” “Did you assist him with his research, Counselor?” “Absolutely not.” “But I thought it was a topic you were interested in.” (I love the absolutely guileless, innocent way that Data says that.) ---
**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:** [October 30, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2265 "2018-10-30T23:28:56Z")
“Aggressive. Adversarial.” “Competition! For fun! It’s a game Jake and I play on the holodeck. It’s called baseball!” “Baseball? What is this?” “I was afraid you’d ask that.” ---
**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:** [November 8, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2266 "2018-11-08T23:13:42Z")
“Listening to Kira talk about all he was, all he did, all he was gonna do… I mean she made him sound larger than life… like he was some kind of military genius… but the Li Nalas I fought with…” “Chief, Li Nalas was the hero of the Bajoran resistance. He performed extraordinary acts of courage for his people and died for their freedom… that’s how the history books on Bajor will be written and that’s how I’ll remember him when anybody asks.” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2267 "2018-11-11T19:02:15Z")
That’s the thing about faith. If you don’t have it you can’t understand it, and if you do – no explanation is necessary. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2268 "2018-11-11T21:07:34Z")
You have not answered his question. What does God need with a starship? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2269 "2018-11-21T04:12:40Z")
Of my friend, I can only say this: Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most… human. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2270 "2018-11-21T04:26:04Z")
Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2271 "2018-11-23T22:04:23Z")
Let’s get the hell out of here. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2272 "2018-11-24T00:21:12Z")
Carrots! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2273 "2018-11-24T00:32:19Z")
Universal law is for lackeys. Context is for kings. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2274 "2018-11-24T01:37:19Z")
You got your girlfriend… a tracking device?! ---
**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:** [November 24, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2275 "2018-11-24T02:17:02Z")
Only a fool fights in a burning house. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2276 "2018-11-24T22:32:57Z")
Do not forget what he does here today. Do not let your _children_ forget. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2277 "2018-11-24T23:11:31Z")
One does not patronize a Klingon warrior. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2278 "2018-11-25T03:58:57Z")
I will _feed_ him. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2018, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2279 "2018-11-25T09:14:51Z")
The _cha’DIch_ will be SILENT! ---
**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:** [November 25, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2280 "2018-11-25T19:57:15Z")
I know engineers. They _love_ to change things. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2281 "2018-11-25T20:08:05Z")
“You say you are due for retirement. May I ask, do your hands shake?” “Objection!” “I was nervous!” “No. You were incompetent. _You were **incompetent!** _ Either deliberately, or as a result of age combined with drink, the court will have to determine.” “My God, man! I tried to save him! I tried to save him! I was desperate to save him! He was the last, best hope in the universe for peace.” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2282 "2018-11-26T18:22:48Z")
Fly her apart, then! ---
**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:** [November 26, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2283 "2018-11-26T20:12:09Z")
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