# 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:** 29
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/562 "2014-10-23T03:45:26Z")
“My love has wings, slender feathered things with grace and upswept curve and tapered tip” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/563 "2014-10-23T11:23:45Z")
Ah. You are trying to seduce me! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/564 "2014-10-23T12:45:35Z")
Oh, how marvellous! Devastating! Why, this could kill millions. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/565 "2014-10-23T12:48:25Z")
It is a tool. We use it. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/566 "2014-10-23T15:09:46Z")
KIRK: Yes, Mister Spock, what is it? SPOCK: I picked this up from Doctor McCoy’s log. We have a crewmember aboard who’s showing signs of stress and fatigue. Reaction time down nine to twelve percent, associational reading norm minus three. KIRK: That’s much too low a rating. SPOCK: He’s becoming irritable and quarrelsome, yet he refuses to take rest and rehabilitation. Now, he has that right, but we’ve found… KIRK: A crewman’s right ends where the safety of the ship begins. That man will go ashore on my orders. What’s his name? SPOCK: James Kirk. Enjoy yourself, Captain. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/567 "2014-10-23T16:19:03Z")
That’s perhaps the cleverest bit of writing in the original series! 🙂 * * * _Listen, Kirk, I can play anything you can figure out._ 😛 ---
**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:** [October 23, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/568 "2014-10-23T19:38:35Z")
Yes, I love that scene with Spock outfoxing his C.O. Next: Who wants to counteract Paradise, Jim-boy? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/569 "2014-10-23T19:42:19Z")
KIRK: You say you’re convinced he knows what it is? MCCOY: He does, and he’s as tightlipped about it as an Aldebaran Shellmouth. No use to ask him, Jim. He won’t talk. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/570 "2014-10-23T20:21:43Z")
I’d advise youse t’keep dialin’, Oxmyx! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/571 "2014-10-23T23:12:01Z")
You calling me a babe? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/572 "2014-10-24T01:49:57Z")
Well then, thank pitchforks and pointed ears. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/573 "2014-10-24T02:45:27Z")
I’m callin’ you a babe, but it’s nothin’ personal. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/574 "2014-10-24T15:05:18Z")
Away! Away, spirit! And let honest men approach. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/575 "2014-10-24T15:14:04Z")
Aye, lad, lead on; I’m game! Where’s “Library”? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/576 "2014-10-24T17:00:47Z")
I’m cutting the Federation in for forty percent. You got any objections? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/577 "2014-10-24T17:20:28Z")
You think forty per cent is enough? ---
**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:** [October 24, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/578 "2014-10-24T18:16:33Z")
“We’re in a wilderness of arctic characteristics.” “He means it’s cold!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/579 "2014-10-24T18:22:11Z")
I believe I said that, Doctor. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/580 "2014-10-24T18:25:20Z")
I heard the spirit talk to him. He answered… and did call it “Bones”! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/581 "2014-10-24T21:16:52Z")
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