# 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:** 315
**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 11, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6284 "2024-09-11T23:52:02Z")
Then I hope pain is something you enjoy. ---
**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 12, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6285 "2024-09-12T14:48:16Z")
Make it brighter. ---
**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 12, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6286 "2024-09-12T18:38:22Z")
There are five lights. How many do you see now? ---
**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 13, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6287 "2024-09-13T03:12:57Z")
That’s the short definition of “captain.” ---
**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 13, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6288 "2024-09-13T15:23:51Z")
_“I want this ship ready for action, and I don’t have time to give Will Riker or anyone else a chance; and, forgive me for being blunt, but: the Enterprise is mine, now.”_ ---
**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 13, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6289 "2024-09-13T23:30:51Z")
Warp four. ---
**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 14, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6290 "2024-09-14T01:47:26Z")
From here, we’ll move even faster — and, Captain, notice the chronometers: they’ve started _backward;_ minute by minute, the speed of time passage will now increase. ---
**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 15, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6291 "2024-09-15T13:40:26Z")
I’m picking up some odd energy fluctuations. ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6292 "2024-09-15T14:32:37Z")
Anti-time, sir? ---
**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 15, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6293 "2024-09-15T15:52:21Z")
Captain Proton, Spaceman First Class, Protector of Earth, Scourge of Intergalactic Evil, at your service! ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6294 "2024-09-15T16:29:38Z")
We’re roughly about the same age, but in our society he’d be useless; archaic. ---
**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 16, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6295 "2024-09-16T18:17:47Z")
You feel nothing? ---
**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 16, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6296 "2024-09-16T22:09:50Z")
Yes. But we’re not in that position yet. ---
**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 17, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6297 "2024-09-17T02:44:06Z")
Maybe the Prophets don’t recognize you with the new beard. ---
**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 17, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6298 "2024-09-17T05:16:16Z")
You’re a man of integrity in both universes, Mister Spock. ---
**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 17, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6299 "2024-09-17T22:54:46Z")
Now Picard’s en route to a planet that’s days away at maximum warp, don’t ask me how - and I’m tractor-locked onto a Borg cube full of Romulans! ---
**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 18, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6300 "2024-09-18T03:36:59Z")
That means you two are trapped here — and I’m not accepting any excuses for your not dining with me. ---
**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 19, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6301 "2024-09-19T19:10:55Z")
We’re stuck with each other. ---
**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 19, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6302 "2024-09-19T22:06:56Z")
He means it’s _cold._ ---
**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 19, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6303 "2024-09-19T22:59:09Z")
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