# 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:** 210
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4184 "2023-03-20T00:25:32Z")
Seven of Nine. Resistance is futile. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4185 "2023-03-20T01:47:27Z")
“Ma’am” is acceptable in a crunch, but I prefer “Captain.” (Directive promptly ignored for the rest of the series.) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4186 "2023-03-20T02:27:53Z")
Checkov, Pavel, rank… admiral. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4187 "2023-03-20T15:35:07Z")
Ah, when secondary scans find life, you have to drop everything. That’s, like, the entire point of the Prime Directive. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4188 "2023-03-20T16:00:21Z")
Usually people come in, they ask for a song or two, sometimes a night on the town, but I never have to put in a full day. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4189 "2023-03-21T05:01:58Z")
“But it could only be a particle of pre-animate matter!” “Then again, it may not! You boys have to be clear on this: There can’t be so much as a microbe, or the show’s off!” ---
**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:** [March 21, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4190 "2023-03-21T13:35:00Z")
“You’re standing in the way of cosmological history!” “The cosmos is sixteen billion years old; it can wait another few minutes.” ---
**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:** [March 21, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4191 "2023-03-21T18:25:12Z")
Is that too much? ---
**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:** [March 21, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4192 "2023-03-21T20:49:35Z")
It’s an illusion, and so am I. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4193 "2023-03-21T22:25:03Z")
You are beautiful. More beautiful than any dream of beauty I’ve ever known. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4194 "2023-03-21T23:58:40Z")
Ever see what she looks like in a bikini? Oh, mamma mia! ---
**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:** [March 22, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4195 "2023-03-22T00:13:50Z")
“You’re as beautiful as I imagined… And more.” “So we can throw away the VISOR?” "…I don’t think so. The price is a little too high for me, and… I don’t like who I’d have to thank. "Make me the way I was. “Please…!” ---
**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:** [March 22, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4196 "2023-03-22T01:14:04Z")
You can live out your life in misery, held here, subject to my whims; or you can live in comfort, with good food and warm clothing — women, as you desire them! — allowed to pursue your studies of philosophy and history. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4197 "2023-03-22T13:48:58Z")
The question is, can we repair the damage? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4198 "2023-03-22T14:13:48Z")
I’m giving it all she’s got, Captain! ---
**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:** [March 23, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4199 "2023-03-23T00:33:34Z")
Relax. Take a couple of deep breaths. You do that, and everything you want will come to you. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4200 "2023-03-23T01:54:08Z")
DAX: But I cannot sleep in the afternoon. BASHIR: Just lie down, close your eyes, and try not to think. SISKO: It usually works for me. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4201 "2023-03-23T13:47:11Z")
_“Captain’s Log, supplemental: it has become clear that everyone aboard the Enterprise has lost an entire day.”_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4202 "2023-03-23T14:19:22Z")
Picard: Captain… do you know what year this is? Captain Bateman: Of course I do. It’s 2278. Picard: Perhaps you should beam aboard our ship. There’s something we need to discuss. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4203 "2023-03-23T14:24:20Z")
I’ve slept in a bed every night, gone to work every day, had time to read the paper, play cards with the boys. I’ve had a life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112.md?page=209) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112.md?page=211)