# 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:** 323
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6444 "2024-11-05T04:18:23Z")
So we’re going down to _recontaminate_ them. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6445 "2024-11-05T04:48:18Z")
Aw, you broke the shuttle! ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6446 "2024-11-05T10:09:21Z")
Captain, no disrespect intended, but: you must _surely_ realize you can’t announce the full truth to the crew. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6447 "2024-11-05T19:11:06Z")
We’re all supposed to keep logs! ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6448 "2024-11-05T21:50:54Z")
I will be going with the away team to investigate the crashed ship, with or without your permission. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6449 "2024-11-05T23:24:17Z")
Well, I see two choices; the first is _“painkillers.”_ ---
**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:** [November 7, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6450 "2024-11-07T00:09:52Z")
I mean… it’s not even a language. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6451 "2024-11-07T03:25:51Z")
“Lunkhead”?!? ---
**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:** [November 7, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6452 "2024-11-07T04:13:13Z")
What he’s saying, Spock, is that a man who holds that much power — even with the best intentions — just can’t resist the urge to play god. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6453 "2024-11-07T16:33:54Z")
Captain, that’s the old Morse code call signal. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6454 "2024-11-08T00:19:46Z")
I’ve never seen anything like this reading: like a door opened, and then closed again. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6455 "2024-11-08T04:56:20Z")
Save her – do as your heart tells you to do – and millions will die who did not die before. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6456 "2024-11-08T10:59:23Z")
What if one of those lives I save down there is a child who grows up to be the next Adolf Hitler, or Khan Singh? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6457 "2024-11-08T15:05:47Z")
“Carbon-based units”? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6458 "2024-11-08T16:55:07Z")
This is the essence of what they were. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6459 "2024-11-09T14:00:39Z")
We are one big, happy fleet! ---
**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:** [November 10, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6460 "2024-11-10T00:44:51Z")
You have been _conquered._ I respect your devotion to your duty — but I cannot permit it to interfere with mine. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6461 "2024-11-10T03:23:28Z")
I’m sure Captain Kirk has other problems besides your flower, dear. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6462 "2024-11-10T17:45:11Z")
You are closer to the captain than anyone in the universe; you know his thoughts; what does your telepathic mind tell you 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:** [November 10, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6463 "2024-11-10T19:32:04Z")
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