# 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:** ![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:** [June 25, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4564 "2023-06-25T10:54:34Z")

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“Yours ain’t no better: writing stories about a bunch of white people living on the moon.”

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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:** [June 25, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4565 "2023-06-25T15:11:29Z")

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I use it to polish the Flame Gems.

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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:** [June 25, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4566 "2023-06-25T18:23:57Z")

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I am Nomad. I am perfect.

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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:** [June 25, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4567 "2023-06-25T19:33:13Z")

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The body is covered with a self-renewing plastic over a skeleton of beryllium-titanium alloy.

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**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4568 "2023-06-25T19:52:51Z")

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And at warp 10, we’re going nowhere mighty fast.

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**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:** [June 25, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4569 "2023-06-25T19:55:18Z")

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All right, we’ll do it the old-fashioned way: set a course for the Federation . . . Warp 13.

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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:** [June 25, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4570 "2023-06-25T22:30:14Z")

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I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer.

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**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:** [June 25, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4571 "2023-06-25T23:47:57Z")

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Glad to hear it; I don’t need the competition. What I _do_ need is someone to handle the black-and-whites; my piano player just threw ten sevens in a row at the craps table and took off for Reno.

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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:** [June 26, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4572 "2023-06-26T02:10:50Z")

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Yeah, about that - don’t quit your day job.

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**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:** [June 26, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4573 "2023-06-26T10:49:40Z")

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It is the business of all humanity, I believe, to stop both of you from whatever it is you are doing here — and that is what I intend to do.

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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:** [June 26, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4574 "2023-06-26T13:37:13Z")

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Join us. You’ve always wanted to see the stars.

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**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:** [June 26, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4575 "2023-06-26T14:08:30Z")

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Jeez, I dunno; we’re pretty happy with the maid we’ve got; cook’s decent; dishwasher’s drunk all day, but at least he gets here on time…

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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:** [June 27, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4576 "2023-06-27T03:22:02Z")

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Baby needs a new pair of shoes.

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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:** [June 27, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4577 "2023-06-27T06:34:44Z")

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RIKER: Captain Picard, this is Minuet. Minuet, Captain Jean-Luc Picard.  
MINUET: Enchantee. Comme c’est merveilleux de vous voir ici.  
PICARD: Incroyable! Vous etes Parisienne?  
MINUET: Au fond, c’est vrai, nous sommes tous Parisiens.  
PICARD: Oui, au fond, nous sommes tous Parisiens. The spirit of that city can always enchant my soul.

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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:** [June 27, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4578 "2023-06-27T13:39:28Z")

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I understand.

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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:** [June 27, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4579 "2023-06-27T15:24:01Z")

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Engage!

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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:** [June 27, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4580 "2023-06-27T17:20:34Z")

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Aye, they’re in the food processors now.

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**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:** [June 27, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4581 "2023-06-27T23:46:22Z")

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It’s not that easy; there are…_differences_…in the way that my people make love.

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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:** [June 27, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4582 "2023-06-27T23:57:08Z")

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Here it comes.

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**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:** [June 28, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4583 "2023-06-28T00:04:42Z")

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Well done, Mister Data — though I don’t think you got Commander Riker’s hair quite right.

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