# 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:** 153
**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, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3044 "2020-12-18T16:03:19Z")
Don’t you have anything better to do? ---
**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 18, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3045 "2020-12-18T18:18:09Z")
He is not sane. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3046 "2020-12-19T02:15:42Z")
**Spock** : “How could you, a starship fleet captain, believe that a Federation crew would blindly obey your order to destroy the entire Antos race, a people famous for their benevolence and peaceful pursuits?” **Garth:** “That was my only miscalculation.” ---
**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 19, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3047 "2020-12-19T02:34:00Z")
ANAN: You realise what you have done? KIRK: Yes, I do. I’ve given you back the horrors of war. ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3048 "2020-12-19T05:11:46Z")
T’Ana: “Hmmmm…” Mariner: “SHE FOLDS! You all fold! Every time, you all fold! You fold!” T’Ana: “Don’t tell me what to do!… I’m gonna fold.” ---
**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 19, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3049 "2020-12-19T14:07:05Z")
Jim, you just sat that man down at a high-stakes poker game with no cards and told him to bluff. ---
**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 19, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3050 "2020-12-19T15:41:38Z")
[Heh I can drive the entire Enterprise through that opening folks…] KIRK: Yes, but what you’re after is a royal fizzbin, but the odds in getting a royal fizzbin are astron… Spock, what are the odds in getting a royal fizzbin? SPOCK: I have never computed them, Captain. KIRK: Well, they’re astronomical, believe me. ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3051 "2020-12-19T17:11:17Z")
I was master of that trash heap. ---
**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 19, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3052 "2020-12-19T21:48:45Z")
Oh, I’ll report to Bridge duty, and they’ll get _exactly_ what they deserve! ---
**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 19, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3053 "2020-12-19T22:36:08Z")
“Your father was captain of a starship for twelve minutes. He saved eight hundred lives, including your mother’s - and yours. I dare you to do better” ---
**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 20, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3054 "2020-12-20T02:36:08Z")
You’ve got my ship, and I want it back. I want my crew back, whole, if I have to break your neck to do it! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3055 "2020-12-20T02:43:38Z")
You stop this illusion, or I’ll twist your head off. (it stops) All right, now you try one more illusion, you try anything at all, and I’ll break your neck. ---
**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 20, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3056 "2020-12-20T17:47:13Z")
On Vulcan, the method is called tal-shaya. It was considered a merciful form of execution in ancient times. ---
**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 20, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3057 "2020-12-20T23:30:21Z")
None of that’s in the tech manual. ---
**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 21, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3058 "2020-12-21T01:22:00Z")
“Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on.” ---
**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 21, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3059 "2020-12-21T01:26:35Z")
Mister Spock, respect is a rational process! Did it ever occur to you they might react emotionally? With anger? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3060 "2020-12-21T03:30:27Z")
I’m not talking about rationality. You might be wise to start. ---
**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 22, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3061 "2020-12-22T15:16:59Z")
I’m doing exactly what I need to. It’s called being a captain. ---
**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 23, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3062 "2020-12-23T00:33:24Z")
Oh, I’m never going to be the captain… ---
**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 23, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3063 "2020-12-23T04:20:52Z")
James T. Kirk, it is the judgment of this council that you be reduced in rank to captain. And that as a consequence of your new rank, you be given the duties for which you have demonstrated unswerving ability, the command of a starship. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112.md?page=152) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112.md?page=154)