# 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 17, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3764 "2022-11-17T18:29:46Z")

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What the hell is that tapping?

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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 17, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3765 "2022-11-17T19:23:36Z")

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Tackling an emotional problem with scientific experimentation is exactly what _I_ would’ve done.

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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 17, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3766 "2022-11-17T19:27:31Z")

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Decompress main shuttle bay. The explosive reaction may kick us out of the way.

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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 17, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3767 "2022-11-17T22:39:49Z")

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He’s a sorcerer, that one. He reads the thoughts in my brain.

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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 19, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3768 "2022-11-19T00:24:59Z")

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Is it wrong that I think that’s pretty damn cool?

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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 26, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3769 "2022-11-26T21:31:06Z")

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I think we understand each other.

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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 26, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3770 "2022-11-26T22:33:47Z")

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Phasers on stun!

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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 26, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3771 "2022-11-26T22:44:20Z")

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Doctor, one does not go into Starfleet Headquarters _armed!_

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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 27, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3772 "2022-11-27T01:38:39Z")

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In simpler language, Captain, they drafted me!

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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 27, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3773 "2022-11-27T21:13:32Z")

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It’s another beautiful day in the Delta Quadrant.

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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 27, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3774 "2022-11-27T22:18:14Z")

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He expects the impossible!

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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 27, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3775 "2022-11-27T23:22:48Z")

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Mr. Scott, have you always multiplied your repair estimates by a factor of four?

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Certainly, Sir. How else can I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?

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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 28, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3776 "2022-11-28T01:25:17Z")

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Please Madame! That is a torpedo launch initiator and it is Worf madame, not Woof.

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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 28, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3777 "2022-11-28T19:42:47Z")

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That’s the short definition of “captain.”

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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 28, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3778 "2022-11-28T20:15:20Z")

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“If you’re gonna do something, do it right; that’s what my father used to say.”

“Every father says that. Even I say 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:** [November 28, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3779 "2022-11-28T21:23:40Z")

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Emotional, isn’t she?

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She has always been that way.

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Indeed? Why did you marry her?

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At the time, it seemed the logical thing to do.

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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 28, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3780 "2022-11-28T21:44:39Z")

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Chaotic space intersects ours at the eighteenth dimensional gradient. Voyager entered through a trimetric fracture.

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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 29, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3781 "2022-11-29T00:16:51Z")

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I just think we should be plain about that. We’re talking about annihilating an entire race.

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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 29, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3782 "2022-11-29T21:11:27Z")

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Can I help?

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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 29, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3783 "2022-11-29T22:16:26Z")

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“There is a certain scientific logic about it.”  
“I’m glad you approve.”  
“I do not approve; I _understand_.”

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