# 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:** ![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:** [July 4, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4624 "2023-07-04T14:50:29Z")

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Phasers on stun.

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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:** [July 4, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4625 "2023-07-04T15:33:45Z")

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Yeah, that’s what I thought.

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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:** [July 4, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4626 "2023-07-04T16:17:48Z")

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Space. The final frontier.

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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:** [July 5, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4627 "2023-07-05T15:11:45Z")

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But what have we seen instead? You worrying about Commander Riker’s career, listening to Counsellor Troi’s pedantic psychobabble, indulging Data in his witless exploration of humanity…

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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:** [July 5, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4628 "2023-07-05T20:23:27Z")

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We have a flop.

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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:** [July 6, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4629 "2023-07-06T00:05:05Z")

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There are creatures in the universe who would consider you the ultimate achievement, android. No feelings, no emotions, no pain. And yet you covet those qualities of humanity. Believe me, you’re missing nothing. But if it means anything to you, you’re a better human than I.

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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:** [July 6, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4630 "2023-07-06T01:12:53Z")

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Despite the seeming contradictions, all is as it appears to be: _I am Abraham Lincoln._

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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:** [July 6, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4631 "2023-07-06T05:27:18Z")

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And I am the Czar of all the Russias.

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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:** [July 6, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4632 "2023-07-06T16:08:51Z")

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Blind! Truly blind! Captain Kirk is your commanding officer, and you are his subordinate; that is all.

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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:** [July 7, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4633 "2023-07-07T04:24:16Z")

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“I have no wish to quarrel with you, Worf.”  
“Nor I, with you. The House of Martok is an honored one, with a proud tradition, but-- I must know why you are here.”

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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:** [July 7, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4634 "2023-07-07T18:23:36Z")

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Captain, suppose we discover that in order to set things straight again, Edith Keeler must die?

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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:** [July 7, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4635 "2023-07-07T18:35:21Z")

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Like Fermat’s theorem, it’s a puzzle we may never solve.

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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:** [July 7, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4636 "2023-07-07T23:14:27Z")

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I am your wife. I am a Klingon.

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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:** [July 8, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4637 "2023-07-08T00:12:47Z")

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“Put this on.”  
“What for?”  
“Because if you do not, I will kill you.”

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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:** [July 8, 2023, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4638 "2023-07-08T02:54:29Z")

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“Lieutenant, you are looking at the only Starfleet cadet who ever beat the no-win scenario.“

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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:** [July 8, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4639 "2023-07-08T14:01:13Z")

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You know, there was a time when I wouldn’t hurt a fly.

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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:** [July 8, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4640 "2023-07-08T20:55:17Z")

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You cheated!

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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:** [July 9, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4641 "2023-07-09T01:25:22Z")

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Well, we found a whole world of minds that work just like yours — logical, unemotional, completely pragmatic — and we poor, irrational humans whipped them in a fair fight.

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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:** [July 9, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4642 "2023-07-09T02:40:49Z")

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Here it comes.

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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:** [July 9, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4643 "2023-07-09T19:41:37Z")

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Feels smooth and cool, like glass.

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