# 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:** [April 16, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3244 "2021-04-16T01:09:05Z")

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I think most of us are attracted by beauty and repelled by ugliness. One of the last of our prejudices. At the risk of sounding prejudiced, gentlemen, here’s to beauty.

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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:** [April 16, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3245 "2021-04-16T10:15:23Z")

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MIRANDA: I understand, Mister Spock. The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity.

SPOCK: And the ways our differences combine to create meaning and beauty.

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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:** [April 16, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3246 "2021-04-16T14:23:48Z")

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Curious. What Chief Vanderberg said about the horta is exactly what the mother horta said to me. She found humanoid appearance revolting… but she thought she could get used to it.

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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:** [April 16, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3247 "2021-04-16T14:43:12Z")

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Wake me up if it turns into something I need to care about.

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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:** [April 16, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3248 "2021-04-16T21:24:12Z")

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I can forgive such a display only once. Challenge was given and lawfully accepted. It has begun. Let no one interfere.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3249 "2021-04-16T21:29:15Z")

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I really like this classical band called “The Monkees.” Ever heard of them?

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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:** [April 17, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3250 "2021-04-17T00:26:04Z")

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I thought all the animals were kept in cages.

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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:** [April 17, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3251 "2021-04-17T03:07:40Z")

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I’ll break out of this zoo somehow and get to you. Is your blood red like ours? I’m gonna find out!

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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:** [April 17, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3252 "2021-04-17T04:55:37Z")

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Nothing. I’m just phasing. No biggie.

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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:** [April 17, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3253 "2021-04-17T13:14:14Z")

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Uhura is busy. I am monitoring.

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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:** [April 17, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3254 "2021-04-17T14:58:17Z")

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Then my entire world began to change.

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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:** [April 17, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3255 "2021-04-17T22:14:43Z")

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It’s possible that Mr. Paris represents a future stage in Human development… although I can’t say it’s very attractive.

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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:** [April 17, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3256 "2021-04-17T22:40:48Z")

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To be like God, to have the power to make the world anything you want it to be.

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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:** [April 18, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3257 "2021-04-18T00:14:16Z")

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You know nothing about our kind. You know only our remote ancestors who trembled before your tricks. Your tricks don’t frighten us, neither do you. We’ve come a long way in five thousand years.

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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:** [April 18, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3258 "2021-04-18T02:06:19Z")

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It is true that in the future, you and the Klingons will become fast friends. You will work together.

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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:** [April 18, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3259 "2021-04-18T16:57:35Z")

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> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#):
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> It is true that in the future, you and the Klingons will become fast friends. You will work together.

[I had just finished watching this ep, and hearing this line, 5 minutes ago.]

Join with me, Gowron. Let us usher in this new era together.

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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:** [April 19, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3260 "2021-04-19T02:09:53Z")

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Cossacks! Filthy Klingon murderers! You killed my brother Piotre. The Archanis Four research outpost. A hundred peaceful people massacred! Just like you did here. My brother, you killed my brother.

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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:** [April 19, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3261 "2021-04-19T14:03:21Z")

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The agony booth is a most effective means of discipline. I presume you’ve ordered full duration.

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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:** [April 19, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3262 "2021-04-19T17:26:46Z")

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How am I supposed to know?! You look like a goddamn science project!

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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:** [April 19, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3263 "2021-04-19T17:45:26Z")

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Pinocchio is broken. Its strings have been cut.

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