# 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:** [January 11, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5524 "2024-01-11T00:57:21Z")

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Well, they say if you travel far enough, you will eventually meet yourself; having experienced that, Number One, it’s not something I would care to repeat.

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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:** [January 11, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5525 "2024-01-11T17:08:17Z")

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We know we don’t have all the answers. All we ask is that you keep your eyes open.

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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:** [January 11, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5526 "2024-01-11T17:17:07Z")

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I have no choice; I must do as **The Picard** wishes.

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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:** [January 12, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5527 "2024-01-12T17:32:20Z")

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They _are_ a sensible race.

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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:** [January 12, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5528 "2024-01-12T23:29:37Z")

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I didn’t write the code.

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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:** [January 13, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5529 "2024-01-13T02:09:27Z")

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You murdered an alien being and destroyed any chance we had to make first contact.

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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:** [January 13, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5530 "2024-01-13T18:20:25Z")

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See you around, Ahab.

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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:** [January 13, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5531 "2024-01-13T20:45:48Z")

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My oath of celibacy is on record, Captain.

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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:** [January 13, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5532 "2024-01-13T21:32:27Z")

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I’m afraid that subjugating you won’t be enough.

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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:** [January 15, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5533 "2024-01-15T05:45:47Z")

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“No. No, sir.”  
“But it’s what you’ve always wanted, Data. To become human.”  
“Yes, sir. That is true. But I never wanted to compound one illusion with another. It might be real to Q, perhaps even you, sir. But it would not be so to me. Was it not one of the captain’s favorite authors who wrote, ‘This above all, to thine own self be true’? Sorry, Commander, I must decline.”

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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:** [January 15, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5534 "2024-01-15T12:38:54Z")

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Going to Vic’s isn’t going to make us forget who we are, or where we came from; what it does is, it reminds us that we’re no longer bound by any limitations, except the ones we impose on ourselves!

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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:** [January 15, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5535 "2024-01-15T15:01:12Z")

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Community leader - ha!

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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:** [January 15, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5536 "2024-01-15T15:04:54Z")

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Also I am the dreamer: the part that longs to see the beauty beyond the truth, which is always the first duty of art.

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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:** [January 15, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5537 "2024-01-15T16:35:23Z")

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Your skin is a mess.

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5538 "2024-01-16T05:10:27Z")

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Good title. Mind if I use 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:** [January 16, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5539 "2024-01-16T16:00:41Z")

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I don’t believe so, sir.

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5540 "2024-01-16T16:14:18Z")

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So I guess the answer to the question we’ve both been asking is _yes, you are certifiable!_

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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:** [January 17, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5541 "2024-01-17T08:04:03Z")

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“…Khan!”  
“…I don’t know you. But you… I never forget a face, Mr… _Chekov!_ Isn’t it? I never thought to see your face again.”  
“Chekov, who is this man?”  
“A criminal, captain. A product of late 20th-century genetic engineering.”

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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:** [January 17, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5542 "2024-01-17T15:10:39Z")

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This is the hand that shook the hand of Bugsy Siegel, the man that built Las Vegas!

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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:** [January 17, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5543 "2024-01-17T18:30:18Z")

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Initiate the force field.

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