# 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 22, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7124 "2025-05-22T04:32:17Z")

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This vessel… I give, she takes. She won’t permit me my life. I’ve got to live hers.

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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 22, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7125 "2025-05-22T20:36:12Z")

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That is not possible.

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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 23, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7126 "2025-05-23T07:28:18Z")

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What would your favorite author say, captain? “Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings.” Tell us your sad story, Kirk. Tell us that you planned to take revenge for the death of your son.

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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 23, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7127 "2025-05-23T14:09:01Z")

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I guess that’s the Vulcan way of telling me to hope for the best.

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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 24, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7128 "2025-05-24T05:55:44Z")

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The joke 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:** [May 24, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7129 "2025-05-24T09:56:37Z")

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You really want to know what my problem is? I’ll tell you: _Las Vegas, 1962,_ that’s my problem; in 1962, black people _weren’t very welcome there._ Oh, sure, they could be performers or janitors — but customers? Never.

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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 24, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7130 "2025-05-24T20:54:27Z")

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Perhaps another time.

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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 24, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7131 "2025-05-24T23:09:47Z")

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The crew of the Enterprise will also mutiny.

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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 26, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7132 "2025-05-26T15:07:50Z")

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We’re ready to ignite second stage propellants.

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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 26, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7133 "2025-05-26T17:51:10Z")

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Spock… are you out of your mind? You were told to report to me at once.

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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 26, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7134 "2025-05-26T17:59:57Z")

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…I ripped my shirt again.

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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 27, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7135 "2025-05-27T00:13:58Z")

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So her name’s Nyota?

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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 27, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7136 "2025-05-27T00:33:00Z")

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She is capable of running over sixty trillion calculations per second, and you have her working as a cocktail waitress.

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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 27, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7137 "2025-05-27T18:23:10Z")

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You still haven’t changed that?

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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 28, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7138 "2025-05-28T02:20:03Z")

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Temba, at rest.

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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 28, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7139 "2025-05-28T03:11:26Z")

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Never lose you. Never.

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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 28, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7140 "2025-05-28T18:52:46Z")

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Then use logic more quietly.

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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 29, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7141 "2025-05-29T23:13:59Z")

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Why not just see it in your head?

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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 30, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7142 "2025-05-30T04:02:20Z")

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A toast: to absent friends.

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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 30, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7143 "2025-05-30T18:06:56Z")

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There’s always a clock.

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