# 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 30, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4704 "2023-07-30T22:38:30Z")

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Here we go….

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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 31, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4705 "2023-07-31T10:22:02Z")

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Oh, look at that: you’ve got another _Jack!_ How _lucky_ you are! How _wonderful_ for you! Now, if you _didn’t_ get another Jack, if you’d gotten a _King_, why, then, you’d get _another_ card, except when it’s dark, when you’d have to give it back…

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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 31, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4706 "2023-07-31T21:30:58Z")

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My parents were Luddites.

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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:** [August 1, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4707 "2023-08-01T06:30:16Z")

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“Laddy… don’t you think you should… rephrase that?”

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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:** [August 1, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4708 "2023-08-01T09:37:02Z")

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“When _not_ to duck would be more accurate.”

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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:** [August 1, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4709 "2023-08-01T18:48:19Z")

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Hey, am I in the game?

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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:** [August 1, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4710 "2023-08-01T19:38:10Z")

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He knows, Doctor… he knows.

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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:** [August 2, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4711 "2023-08-02T00:47:49Z")

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The stories will be told for many years, I have no doubt: of the ship that made contact, of an alien who was held prisoner in the medical facility…

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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:** [August 2, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4712 "2023-08-02T04:47:35Z")

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Do you know what a pain you are? You think the rules don’t apply to 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:** [August 2, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4713 "2023-08-02T09:55:18Z")

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_“Let them die,”_ you said. Did I misinterpret you?

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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:** [August 2, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4714 "2023-08-02T18:34:06Z")

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This one is from after your 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:** [August 2, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4715 "2023-08-02T19:59:20Z")

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Time has resumed its shape. All is as it was before. Many such journeys are possible. Let me be your gateway.

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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:** [August 3, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4716 "2023-08-03T07:50:08Z")

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“You’re talking about slavery.”  
“Oh, I think that’s a little harsh.”  
“I don’t think that’s a little harsh; I think it’s the truth. But that’s a truth we have obscured behind a comfortable, easy euphemism. Property. But that’s not the issue at all, is it?”

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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:** [August 3, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4717 "2023-08-03T17:56:33Z")

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The Doctor didn’t spend seven years in the Delta Quadrant for you to question his agency! He’s got rights!

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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:** [August 3, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4718 "2023-08-03T20:07:38Z")

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Let’s get the hell out of here.

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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:** [August 4, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4719 "2023-08-04T00:24:56Z")

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This is the Captain! All hands, abandon ship! All hands, a—

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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:** [August 4, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4720 "2023-08-04T18:39:46Z")

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Spock chose his friends well.

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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:** [August 4, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4721 "2023-08-04T23:47:08Z")

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You speak as my father would if he were here, Picard.

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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:** [August 5, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4722 "2023-08-05T05:33:30Z")

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That is the second time you have accused me of speaking with another man’s voice.

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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:** [August 5, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/4723 "2023-08-05T17:00:38Z")

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He had a surgeon’s hands.

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