# 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:** [November 3, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3724 "2022-11-03T22:36:13Z")

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That’s my specialty.

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3725 "2022-11-04T00:17:01Z")

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I’m a doctor, not a doorstop.

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3726 "2022-11-04T12:29:07Z")

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And if he made it off that ship, he will come for us.

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3727 "2022-11-04T16:55:04Z")

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Sorry, Commander. I forgot you were there.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3728 "2022-11-04T17:57:51Z")

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“He’s dead, Jim.”

The next time I need a screen name, that’s going to be 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:** [November 4, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3729 "2022-11-04T18:03:13Z")

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We have found the life sign. It is a Vulcan child, perhaps eight to ten Earth years of age.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3730 "2022-11-05T18:22:12Z")

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You broke your little ships. See you around, Ahab.

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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:** [November 6, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3731 "2022-11-06T21:14:27Z")

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This is Captain Hikaru Sulu of the USS Enterprise. A shuttle of highly trained officers is on its way to your location. If you do not surrender to them immediately, I will unleash the entire payload of advanced long-range torpedoes currently locked on to your location. You have two minutes to confirm your compliance. Refusal to do so will result in your obliteration. And If you test me, you will fail.

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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:** [November 6, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3732 "2022-11-06T22:20:19Z")

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The destruction of your vessel has been delayed. We will relent in your destruction only if we have proof of your corbomite device.

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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:** [November 7, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3733 "2022-11-07T17:51:50Z")

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Kirk smooshed him with a boulder.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3734 "2022-11-07T17:55:34Z")

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I just got done saying exactly that.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3735 "2022-11-07T20:15:15Z")

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Cossacks!

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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:** [November 7, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3736 "2022-11-07T20:48:44Z")

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Assassins! Murderers! Killers!

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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:** [November 8, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3737 "2022-11-08T00:04:23Z")

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I despise lurkers.

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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:** [November 8, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3738 "2022-11-08T21:01:30Z")

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"I know your father’s the Vulcan ambassador, for heaven’s sake, but you know how I feel about this. They’re _animals!"_  
“Jim… there is an historic opportunity here.”  
“_Don’t_ believe them! _Don’t_ trust them!”  
“They are dying…”  
“_Let_ them die!”

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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:** [November 8, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3739 "2022-11-08T21:18:35Z")

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NO KILL I

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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:** [November 8, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3740 "2022-11-08T21:35:43Z")

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M5: This unit is the ultimate achievement in computer evolution. It will replace man, so man may achieve. Man must not risk death in space or other dangerous occupations. This unit must survive so man may be protected.  
SPOCK: Captain, attack force almost within phaser range.  
KIRK: There were many men aboard those ships. They were murdered. Must you survive by murder?  
M5: This unit cannot murder.  
KIRK: Why?  
M5: Murder is contrary to the laws of man and God.  
KIRK: But you _have_ murdered. Scan the starship Excalibur, which you destroyed. Is there life aboard?  
M5: No life.  
KIRK: Because you murdered it. What is the penalty for murder?  
M5: Death.  
KIRK: And how will you pay for your acts of murder?  
M5: This… unit… must… die.

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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:** [November 8, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3741 "2022-11-08T22:00:39Z")

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Human fascination with “fun” has led to many tragedies in your short but violent history.

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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:** [November 8, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3742 "2022-11-08T22:44:50Z")

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Stop! You can’t just keep attacking me and trying to surprise me into getting better.

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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:** [November 8, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3743 "2022-11-08T22:49:35Z")

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#STAB#

Seems human enough to me.

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