# 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:** [May 5, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7084 "2025-05-05T02:55:28Z")

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Belay that phaser order!

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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:** [May 5, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7085 "2025-05-05T15:33:37Z")

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Can we do nothing without consulting the ancient records?

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**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:** [May 6, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7086 "2025-05-06T00:03:32Z")

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Get away from that transmitter!

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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:** [May 6, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7087 "2025-05-06T02:39:31Z")

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Sir, there’s a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder.

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**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:** [May 6, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7088 "2025-05-06T08:42:30Z")

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“If they go in there, we’ll lose them.”  
“Explain it to them.”

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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:** [May 6, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7089 "2025-05-06T09:47:49Z")

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“I refer you to the psychological theory of the racial subconscious.”

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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:** [May 6, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7090 "2025-05-06T13:00:32Z")

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I don’t even know who I am, anymore.

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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:** [May 6, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7091 "2025-05-06T19:59:26Z")

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A hero’s welcome, son? Is that what you’d like? Well, God knows there should be. This time we paid for the party with our dearest blood.

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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:** [May 7, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7092 "2025-05-07T13:23:39Z")

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If there is nothing to lose–no sacrifice–then there is nothing to gain.

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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:** [May 7, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7093 "2025-05-07T16:56:50Z")

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That’s the kind of irresponsible spending that causes so many business ventures to fail.

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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:** [May 8, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7094 "2025-05-08T01:46:03Z")

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I canna change the laws of physics. I’ve got to have thirty minutes.

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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:** [May 8, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7095 "2025-05-08T09:57:56Z")

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I’m surprised the Vulcans never conquered your race.

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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:** [May 8, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7096 "2025-05-08T13:46:24Z")

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Tell me how your planet, Vulcan, looks on a lazy evening when the moon is full.

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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:** [May 8, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7097 "2025-05-08T18:13:19Z")

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Ah, what have we here?

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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:** [May 8, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7098 "2025-05-08T23:52:00Z")

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The explanation is beaming aboard now, Captain.

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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:** [May 9, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7099 "2025-05-09T18:24:57Z")

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You were right.

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**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:** [May 9, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7100 "2025-05-09T22:17:43Z")

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You think this is its way of saying “Hi, there!”’ to the people of Earth?

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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:** [May 9, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7101 "2025-05-09T23:24:28Z")

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_“Darmok. The ocean. Darmok on the ocean.”_ A metaphor? For being alone? Isolated?

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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:** [May 10, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7102 "2025-05-10T13:50:23Z")

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Wait for me.

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**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:** [May 10, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7103 "2025-05-10T17:41:32Z")

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“He? You came in with a she!”  
“One little mistake.”

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