# 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:** 313
**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 29, 2024, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6244 "2024-08-29T09:42:54Z")
That is your viewpoint. Ours, of course, differs. ---
**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 29, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6245 "2024-08-29T10:53:55Z")
An interesting notion which I do not share. You may leave now, if you wish. ---
**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 29, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6246 "2024-08-29T14:25:51Z")
My logic was not in error; but I was. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6247 "2024-08-29T15:30:16Z")
Oh, I got the days confused; I thought it was Tuesday when it was Wednesday. I went to the Cafe Moulin instead of the Cafe des Artistes. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6248 "2024-08-29T16:57:29Z")
Not a quote but I thought this would be interesting to repost. Apparently a lack of concern over continuity and actors playing multiple minor and non-speaking roles has led to desperate attempts to rationalize one TOS actor as portraying quadruplets assigned to the USS Enterprise: [https://startrek1.quora.com/In-universe-does-Mr-Leslie-have-a-twin-onboard-the-Enterprise-who-goes-by-the-name-Conners-as-they-both-appeared-in](https://startrek1.quora.com/In-universe-does-Mr-Leslie-have-a-twin-onboard-the-Enterprise-who-goes-by-the-name-Conners-as-they-both-appeared-in) ---
**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 29, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6249 "2024-08-29T20:49:51Z")
Mr. Leslie sure did get around!: [Leslie | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Leslie) In play: Well, no, Captain. This is me cargo. ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6250 "2024-08-30T04:17:32Z")
If you don’t give it to us, you will be a party to murder — not only of us, but of an entire civilization. ---
**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 30, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6251 "2024-08-30T05:07:57Z")
“Yes?” “I’m Ben Sisko.” “I suppose you want the office.” “Well, I thought I’d say hello first, and _them_ take the office, but we can do it in any order you’d like.” “…Hello.” ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6252 "2024-08-30T10:38:34Z")
“Should I know you, sir?” ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6253 "2024-08-30T15:05:44Z")
Where’s your starship headed now? ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6254 "2024-08-30T16:13:04Z")
We’re going backward in time. ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6255 "2024-08-30T18:36:51Z")
Spock: “I picked this up from Dr. McCoy’s log. We have a crewmember 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.” From “Shore Leave.” One of my favorite scenes from the original _Star Trek_. ---
**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 31, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6256 "2024-08-31T11:38:37Z")
“Listen, you. Say, that’s nice material.” “It oughta be; it cost a bundle.” “Get out of 'em.” “Hey!” “I said.” “Now just a minute.” “You too! Get out of the clothes; nobody’s gonna put the bag on _me_ any more!” ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6257 "2024-09-01T16:11:15Z")
You were never alone. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6258 "2024-09-01T18:01:24Z")
Does it matter? That person no longer exists. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6259 "2024-09-02T03:08:58Z")
This is where the frontier pushes back. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6260 "2024-09-02T12:17:52Z")
Oh, a duck blind. Right. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6261 "2024-09-02T23:42:21Z")
The story of my life. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6262 "2024-09-02T23:50:49Z")
We were once as you are now; to study you is to understand ourselves. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6263 "2024-09-03T21:03:20Z")
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