# 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\
**Page:** 298

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 2, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5944 "2024-06-02T02:23:16Z")

</div>

“Observer”?! Oh, hell. I’m the best pilot you could have!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 2, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5945 "2024-06-02T11:26:17Z")

</div>

I honestly thought it was me; I thought somehow — _somehow_ — I was operating on his level.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 2, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5946 "2024-06-02T13:11:11Z")

</div>

Look.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 2, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5947 "2024-06-02T14:47:03Z")

</div>

Isn’t it a little presumptuous of a first officer to second-guess his captain’s judgment?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 2, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5948 "2024-06-02T20:25:03Z")

</div>

Permission granted.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 3, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5949 "2024-06-03T05:21:10Z")

</div>

Do you know Doctor Van Gelder was down on his hands and knees, sobbing, at this point? It was so gratifying.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 3, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5950 "2024-06-03T19:14:13Z")

</div>

Health and happiness!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 4, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5951 "2024-06-04T01:34:53Z")

</div>

Not specifically, but there are two things that seem unusual.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 4, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5952 "2024-06-04T02:57:09Z")

</div>

Perhaps another time.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 4, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5953 "2024-06-04T03:14:23Z")

</div>

But what of your Lieutenant Yar? She is to become my First One now!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 4, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5954 "2024-06-04T19:37:38Z")

</div>

You’re arrogant, you’re overbearing and you think you know everything.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 4, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5955 "2024-06-04T20:51:27Z")

</div>

They’ll throw away the key!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 4, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5956 "2024-06-04T23:21:57Z")

</div>

I don’t know Garak, but I know his reputation, and honestly, I don’t think we’d ever find your body.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 5, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5957 "2024-06-05T01:27:37Z")

</div>

The computer should think all three of us are Data!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 5, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5958 "2024-06-05T19:45:00Z")

</div>

Where’s the nuance?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 5, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5959 "2024-06-05T19:55:56Z")

</div>

If I didn’t know who _“Juliet”_ was — or what she was doing on that balcony — the image alone wouldn’t have any meaning.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 6, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5960 "2024-06-06T13:43:52Z")

</div>

He went that way, Alice.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 6, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5961 "2024-06-06T20:27:32Z")

</div>

Do you always fly at women at warp speed, Mr. Paris?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 7, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5962 "2024-06-07T10:24:25Z")

</div>

Only one of them survived.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 7, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/5963 "2024-06-07T17:30:57Z")

</div>

Do you have any star charts I could look at?

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112.md?page=297)

[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112.md?page=299)
