# 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:** ![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:** [January 23, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3124 "2021-01-23T03:12:42Z")

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You been nipping Saurian brandy or something?

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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:** [January 23, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3125 "2021-01-23T14:25:05Z")

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“Romulan Ale. Why, Bones, you know this is illegal.”

“I only use it for medicinal purposes.”

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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:** [January 23, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3126 "2021-01-23T19:09:53Z")

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I found this on Ganymood, er, Ganymede.

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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:** [January 23, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3127 "2021-01-23T21:35:15Z")

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Scotch? A little old lady from Leningrad invented 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:** [January 24, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3128 "2021-01-24T00:20:48Z")

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But first, the tranya.

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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:** [January 24, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3129 "2021-01-24T20:04:41Z")

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It should be _more_ illegal.

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**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:** [January 24, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3130 "2021-01-24T22:40:46Z")

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We cannot allow ignorance of the law to become a defense.

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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:** [January 25, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3131 "2021-01-25T03:05:28Z")

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Gentlemen, I know something of the law. You’re engaging in sheer speculation.

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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:** [January 25, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3132 "2021-01-25T14:38:09Z")

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“You have to be either an obsessive crackpot who’s escaped from his keeper or Samuel T. Cogley, attorney at law.”

“Right on both counts. Need a lawyer?”

"I’m afraid so. "

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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:** [January 25, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3133 "2021-01-25T15:42:37Z")

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They’re about to lop off the captain’s professional head, and you’re sitting here playing chess with the computer.

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**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:** [January 25, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3134 "2021-01-25T17:02:14Z")

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Not chess, Mr. Spock, poker. Do you know the game?

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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:** [January 25, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3135 "2021-01-25T17:16:07Z")

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Dom-jot. Human play dom-jot.

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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:** [January 26, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3136 "2021-01-26T02:01:54Z")

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“In the long history of medicine, no doctor has ever caught the first few minutes of a play.”

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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:** [January 26, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3137 "2021-01-26T05:33:48Z")

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I can’t believe she used to date Jet! That guy’s like a Kirk sundae with Trip Tucker sprinkles.

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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:** [January 26, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3138 "2021-01-26T14:21:48Z")

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No. I just remembered. There is one Earthman who doesn’t remind me of a Regulan blood worm. That’s Kirk. A Regulan blood worm is soft and shapeless, but Kirk isn’t soft. Kirk may be a swaggering, overbearing, tin-plated dictator with delusions of godhood, but he’s not soft.

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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:** [January 26, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3139 "2021-01-26T23:55:44Z")

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Snacks are irrelevant!

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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:** [January 29, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3140 "2021-01-29T19:06:29Z")

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Brad, when a Starfleet relationship seems too good to be true, then – Red Alert, man! It probably is.

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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:** [January 29, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3141 "2021-01-29T23:35:42Z")

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Mister Saavik, you go right on quoting regulations!

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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:** [January 30, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3142 "2021-01-30T01:17:44Z")

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“Come, come, Lieutenant. You of all people go by the book!”

“By the book?”

"By the book! Regulation 46A: “If transmissions are being monitored during battle --”

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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:** [February 1, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3143 "2021-02-01T23:59:36Z")

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On screen.

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