# Random Star Trek Quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112>\
**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:** ![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 3, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2524 "2019-10-03T02:38:38Z")

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You have been told not to do that. Why can’t you understand? It will arouse their suspicion. And if that happens, we will have to punish you. We will, I promise you!

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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:** [October 9, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2525 "2019-10-09T23:17:41Z")

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“You took my last chip. The least you can do is smile.”  
“Smiling would break his concentration.”

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**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:** [October 11, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2526 "2019-10-11T19:06:20Z")

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He doesn’t have a brother. He’s an only child.

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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:** [October 11, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2527 "2019-10-11T23:11:21Z")

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“Not the apple story again!”  
“That story is generally considered to be apocryphal.”  
“What?! How DARE you!”

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**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:** [October 16, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2528 "2019-10-16T14:42:26Z")

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“Romulan ale should be illegal.”

“It is.”

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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:** [October 16, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2529 "2019-10-16T18:24:07Z")

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Note to the galley: Romulan ale no longer to be served at diplomatic functions.

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**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:** [October 18, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2530 "2019-10-18T14:04:50Z")

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I am pleasantly surprised at your capacity for deductive reasoning, Captain. When you are not being bellicose, there appears to be no end to your arsenal of formidable talents.

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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:** [October 18, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2531 "2019-10-18T14:31:12Z")

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> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#):
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> “Romulan ale should be illegal.”
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> “It is.”

“It should be \*more \*illegal.”

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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:** [October 19, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2532 "2019-10-19T02:26:47Z")

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“Let me guess: Klingon bloodwine.”  
“Prune juice. Chilled!”  
“PRUNE JUICE?! Haha… iiiif you say so.”

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2533 "2019-10-19T11:49:19Z")

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Yellow alert.

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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:** [October 19, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2534 "2019-10-19T16:59:58Z")

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“Why?”  
“Why? Why, to give you a taste of your future. A preview of things to come. _Con permiso, Capitan._ The hall is rented, the orchestra engaged. It’s now time to see if you can dance.”

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2535 "2019-10-19T18:13:32Z")

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On screen  
You can do that?

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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:** [October 19, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2536 "2019-10-19T19:41:25Z")

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“You use more profanity than any Starfleet officer I have ever encountered.”  
“I’m an officer. I’m just not a gentleman.”

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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:** [October 20, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2537 "2019-10-20T04:31:21Z")

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“Is this your crew, Captain?”  
“Well, no, Captain. This is me cargo.”

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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:** [October 20, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2538 "2019-10-20T12:30:32Z")

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Laddie, don’t you think you should…rephrase that?

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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:** [October 22, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2539 "2019-10-22T15:55:02Z")

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I believe you will also de-evolve into an earlier form of primate - possibly similar to a lemur or pygmy-marmoset.

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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:** [October 24, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2540 "2019-10-24T17:43:19Z")

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KIRK: Would you prefer to do nothing?  
McCOY: I’d prefer a dose of common sense. You are proposing to head backwards in time, find humpback whales, then bring them forward in time, drop them off, and hope to hell they tell this Probe what to do with itself!  
KIRK: That’s the general idea.  
McCOY: That’s crazy!  
KIRK: You have a better idea, now’s the time.

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2541 "2019-10-25T15:13:58Z")

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I’ve heard Klingon belly laughs that would curl your hair.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2542 "2019-10-25T17:08:02Z")

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Space! The final frontier…

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/2543 "2019-10-25T18:04:01Z")

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Dream not of today.

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