# 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:** 212
**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 26, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4224 "2023-03-26T22:33:30Z")
I have written to the King of France, telling him of my adventures in the New World, and invited him to soar with me from the towers of his castle. ---
**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 27, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4225 "2023-03-27T19:56:24Z")
Oh, I may be captain by rank; but I never wanted to be anything else but an engineer. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4226 "2023-03-27T20:07:14Z")
Now this is how I prefer the Borg. In pieces! ---
**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 27, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4227 "2023-03-27T20:14:27Z")
As you examine your life, do you find you have missed your humanity? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4228 "2023-03-27T21:28:54Z")
Would you kill an old woman to cover your dishonor? ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4229 "2023-03-27T22:25:46Z")
[wistful] Her life could have been as rich as any woman’s, if only…if only… [/wistful] ---
**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 28, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4230 "2023-03-28T18:14:55Z")
Baseball. ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4231 "2023-03-28T19:30:24Z")
Let me help. ---
**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 29, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4232 "2023-03-29T02:57:52Z")
A most remarkable experience, Commander. ---
**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 29, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4233 "2023-03-29T04:16:33Z")
I’m an engineer, not a philosopher. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4234 "2023-03-29T13:18:46Z")
Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. But I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment because they’ll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we’ve lived. ---
**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 29, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4235 "2023-03-29T17:45:04Z")
In effect, you have abandoned what I have sought all my life. ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4236 "2023-03-29T19:15:39Z")
Did I win? ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4237 "2023-03-29T19:55:04Z")
The fact that we’re still alive suggests we might have won. ---
**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 30, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4238 "2023-03-30T20:39:00Z")
He’s still clinging to life all on his own. ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4239 "2023-03-30T23:01:35Z")
But that’s _it,_ Jim; that’s as much as that poor devil can do. His mind is as active as yours and mine, but it’s trapped inside a useless vegetating body. ---
**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 31, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4240 "2023-03-31T22:10:41Z")
We’re nothing but employer and employee. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4241 "2023-04-01T18:59:18Z")
Robbing casinos isn’t part of any Starfleet job description I’ve ever read… ---
**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 2, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4242 "2023-04-02T03:00:07Z")
They say time is the fire in which we burn. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4243 "2023-04-02T10:32:54Z")
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