# 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:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3024 "2020-12-12T23:52:43Z")

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Fight me!

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3025 "2020-12-13T00:38:07Z")

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I will be merciful.

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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:** [December 13, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3026 "2020-12-13T03:33:59Z")

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“You think I can realign a decade of spiritual enlightenment by this afternoon?!”  
“Tomorrow morning at the latest.”

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**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3027 "2020-12-13T04:06:06Z")

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“We’re a most promising species, Mr. Spock, as predators go. Did you know that? I frequently have my doubts. I don’t. Not any more. And maybe in a thousand years or so, we’ll be able to prove it.”

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3028 "2020-12-13T14:47:25Z")

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I should say the Organians are as far above us on the evolutionary scale as we are above the amoeba.

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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:** [December 13, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3029 "2020-12-13T17:00:48Z")

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She’s finding little ways to inject joy into otherwise horrible tasks.

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**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:** [December 14, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3030 "2020-12-14T15:05:53Z")

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Mind your own business, Mr. Spock, I’m sick of your half-breed interference. Do you hear?

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3031 "2020-12-14T15:27:21Z")

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You belong in a circus, Spock, not a starship. Right next to the dog-faced boy.

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**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3032 "2020-12-14T18:32:59Z")

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“I’m not sure, but I think we’ve been insulted.”

“I’m sure.”

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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:** [December 14, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3033 "2020-12-14T21:16:27Z")

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Incloodelling the kiddilees?

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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:** [December 14, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3034 "2020-12-14T21:18:18Z")

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“I’ve got her emptying [deleted] out of the Holodeck’s [deleted] filter!”  
“Ugh. People really use it for that?”  
“Oh, yeah. It’s mostly that.”

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3035 "2020-12-14T22:25:34Z")

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

You’re right, aye schould. I didn’t mean to say that the Enterprise should be hauling garbage.

I meant to say that it should be hauled away _as_ garbage.

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3036 "2020-12-16T15:54:51Z")

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“I’m doing exactly what I need to. It’s called being a captain.”  
“No, it’s called being a dick.”

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**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3037 "2020-12-17T01:34:10Z")

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\*“If we’re going to be damned, let’s be damned for what we really are.”

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3038 "2020-12-17T03:40:52Z")

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Your use of language has altered since our arrival. It is currently laced with, …shall I say, …more colourful metaphors.

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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:** [December 17, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3039 "2020-12-17T05:36:41Z")

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“I’ve killed better men for less.”  
“No, you haven’t.”  
“Well, I’ve _threatened_ to kill better men for about the same.”

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3040 "2020-12-17T15:39:49Z")

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The bullets are unreal. Without body. They are illusions only. Shadows without substance. They will not pass through your body, for they do not exist.

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**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:** [December 18, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3041 "2020-12-18T02:21:00Z")

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That was the Jailbreakers with their latest recording on Request Time, brought to you by Bang-Bang, the makers of the sweetest little automatic in the wor…

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**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3042 "2020-12-18T02:31:29Z")

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“Make it quick, Admiral. They’re moving him to the Federation funny farm.”

“Yes, poor friend. I hear he’s fruity as a nutcake.”

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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:** [December 18, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3043 "2020-12-18T14:53:02Z")

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Capt. Freeman: “Computer, hit it.”  
Computer: “Hitting it.”

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