# 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:** 197
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3924 "2023-01-10T17:50:00Z")
_“Let me help.”_ A hundred years or so from now, I believe, a famous novelist will write a classic using that theme; he’ll recommend those three words even over _“I love you.”_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3925 "2023-01-10T22:50:38Z")
Someone once said “Don’t try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make its own judgements.” That’s rhetorical nonsense. Who said that? You did, ten years from now. ---
**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 10, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3926 "2023-01-10T23:38:23Z")
I’m sure you are. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3927 "2023-01-11T01:39:55Z")
Don’t you understand? It’s not the sun up in the sky; it’s the Son of God! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3928 "2023-01-11T05:50:34Z")
Doctor, do I understand him correctly? Are you casting me in the role of Satan? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3929 "2023-01-11T12:30:05Z")
…you’re black on one side, and white on the other. ---
**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 11, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3930 "2023-01-11T22:06:52Z")
My father had me study languages to pit species against each other. Instead, I can bring them together. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3931 "2023-01-12T01:42:03Z")
You knew there was a dangerous creature on this planet, and you knew from the tale of Darmok that a danger shared might sometimes bring two people together. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. You and me, here, at El-Adrel. ---
**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 12, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3932 "2023-01-12T22:36:59Z")
I think that falls under the goes-without-saying category, sir. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3933 "2023-01-13T01:04:21Z")
Has it occurred to you that there is a certain… inefficiency in constantly questioning me on things you’ve already made up your mind about? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3934 "2023-01-13T01:39:13Z")
You mean I have to _die_ to discuss your insights on _death?_ ---
**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:** [January 13, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3935 "2023-01-13T19:33:09Z")
Data, even Freud said: sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. ---
**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 13, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3936 "2023-01-13T19:53:48Z")
I’ve lived seven lifetimes, and I have never had a friend quite like you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3937 "2023-01-13T20:19:08Z")
I would rather die as the man I was than live the life I just saw! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3938 "2023-01-13T23:15:46Z")
Reg, you don’t have Terellian Death Syndrome! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3939 "2023-01-14T00:04:47Z")
Don’t you think I know that!? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3940 "2023-01-14T01:46:11Z")
**No! That’s not what you said! You said _“I can’t.”_ You used a _contraction,_ didn’t you?** ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3941 "2023-01-14T03:09:32Z")
Shall we end this charade? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3942 "2023-01-14T03:17:44Z")
…then I am Kodos, if it pleases you to believe so. I am an actor; I play many parts. ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/3943 "2023-01-14T03:19:04Z")
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