# 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:** 230
**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 28, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4584 "2023-06-28T02:41:05Z")
It was a little joke, sir. ---
**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 28, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4585 "2023-06-28T08:24:31Z")
SELA: I rather enjoy writing; I don’t get to do a lot of it in this job. DATA: Perhaps you would be happier in another job. ---
**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, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4586 "2023-06-28T12:27:40Z")
“To what are you referring?” “Well, a man rides into town in his pajamas, wins a grub stake at a poker table, turns it into a horseless carriage and makes a million bucks: that’s America.” ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4587 "2023-06-28T17:35:19Z")
So _that’s_ when you hit the Klingons? ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4588 "2023-06-28T19:05:04Z")
I was about to send a security team to investigate. ---
**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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4589 "2023-06-28T19:18:11Z")
You know, back home we got a saying: _“If you’re gonna ride in the Kentucky Derby, you don’t leave your prize stallion in the stable.”_ ---
**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 29, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4590 "2023-06-29T03:47:37Z")
Well, what do you know? I finally got the last word. ---
**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 29, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4591 "2023-06-29T06:16:52Z")
“He spoke of your friendship…” “Yes…” “Asked you not to grieve…” “Yes.” “‘The needs of the many… outweigh…’” “‘The needs of the few.’” “‘Or the one.’” “Spock…” “‘I have been… and always shall be… your friend. Live long… and prosper.’” “No…!” “Forgive me. It is not here. I had hoped that he had mind-melded with you. It is the Vulcan way, when the body’s end is near.” “We were separated. He couldn’t touch me.” “I see. Then everything he was… everything he knew… is lost.” ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4592 "2023-06-29T10:47:06Z")
“But none of this is permanent! Here, you have to only imagine your fondest wishes — either old ones you wish to relive, or new ones — anything at all! Battle! Fear! Love! Triumph! Anything that pleases you can be made to happen!” ---
**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 29, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4593 "2023-06-29T11:20:24Z")
There was a young lady from Venus Whose body was shaped like a– ---
**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 29, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4594 "2023-06-29T12:32:49Z")
I don’t know; it’s a matter of opinion, I guess. Tip O’Neill in a dress? ---
**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 29, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4595 "2023-06-29T18:40:39Z")
Never a dull moment. ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4596 "2023-06-29T19:05:16Z")
…utter nonsense. What about the suicide note? It was written in my dear brother’s own hand! ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4597 "2023-06-30T03:32:59Z")
You were about to offer a medical opinion, Jim? ---
**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 30, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4598 "2023-06-30T09:23:57Z")
She’s got a worm in her belly! Oh, that’s disgusting. That’s _interesting,_ but that’s disgusting. ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4599 "2023-06-30T12:09:05Z")
"ODO! TALK TO ME! TELL ME SOMETHING! Anything! _Lie_ if you have to, but say it now, _please!"_ “HOME! I want to go home!” ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4600 "2023-06-30T12:46:11Z")
…my GOD, man; you could at least ACT like it was a hard decision. ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4601 "2023-06-30T13:24:29Z")
There are two turns of phrase a Klingon never admits to knowing. Defeat. And farewell. ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4602 "2023-06-30T13:29:02Z")
Come with me, Worf! Glory awaits you on Cardassia! ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4603 "2023-06-30T13:32:05Z")
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