# 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\
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**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 21, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6504 "2024-11-21T18:56:22Z")

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There are always… possibilities.

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**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 21, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6505 "2024-11-21T19:37:12Z")

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What does ‘firing gently’ even mean?

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**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 21, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6506 "2024-11-21T19:58:05Z")

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…_‘counting coup’_ could be as simple as touching an enemy with a stick in battle, or taking something from him and escaping; it was considered extremely heroic.

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**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 21, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6507 "2024-11-21T20:13:38Z")

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It’s a starship, not Heaven!

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**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 22, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6508 "2024-11-22T00:31:59Z")

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You go to sleep one night in the village, wake up the next morning on this flying holodeck: transported en masse.

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**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 22, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6509 "2024-11-22T14:21:12Z")

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I think it’s across the bay in Alameda.

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**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 22, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6510 "2024-11-22T20:02:21Z")

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Everyone remember where we parked.

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**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 23, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6511 "2024-11-23T01:20:27Z")

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Five thousand years in the future.

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**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 23, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6512 "2024-11-23T02:56:54Z")

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This goo is you!

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**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 23, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6513 "2024-11-23T12:21:56Z")

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Yeah, but I got to be the unity.

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**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 23, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6514 "2024-11-23T14:00:21Z")

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I am prepared.

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**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 23, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6515 "2024-11-23T14:10:22Z")

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Somehow, I thought you’d be taller.

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**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 23, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6516 "2024-11-23T19:51:14Z")

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Aren’t you dead?

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**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 23, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6517 "2024-11-23T19:59:15Z")

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People won’t accept it. It’s not believable.

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**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 24, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6518 "2024-11-24T14:54:12Z")

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No, I’m just me.

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**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 24, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6519 "2024-11-24T14:59:02Z")

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You see, Albert’s got the right idea; he’s not interested in negroes or whites. He writes about _robots._

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**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 24, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6520 "2024-11-24T23:01:40Z")

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“Captain.” Even when he doesn’t say it, he does.

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**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 24, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6521 "2024-11-24T23:33:34Z")

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That makes me out to be either a liar or a fool.

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**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 25, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6522 "2024-11-25T11:57:52Z")

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There’s a lady named Bradley waiting in your office.

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**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 25, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/6523 "2024-11-25T12:11:58Z")

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I gathered that; it’s her husband I’m more concerned with at the moment.

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