# 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:** 382
**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:** [February 17, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7624 "2026-02-17T19:54:00Z")
Take a moment. Look outside. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7625 "2026-02-18T02:15:52Z")
This structure was apparently made to resemble 20th-century Earth. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7626 "2026-02-18T18:51:46Z")
Having a cloaked hand could have its advantages. Be useful in a poker match. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2026, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7627 "2026-02-19T03:01:34Z")
[Riker, as if he’s not sure he heard you correctly] “Poker? Is that a game of some sort?” [/Riker, as if he’s not sure he heard you correctly] ---
**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:** [February 19, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7628 "2026-02-19T15:16:32Z")
Oh, everything sounds cooler when you put “time” in front of it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7629 "2026-02-19T18:20:31Z")
Check the circuits! ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7630 "2026-02-20T15:30:13Z")
Magnify this section and enhance. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7631 "2026-02-20T17:20:34Z")
The renowned Tholian punctuality. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7632 "2026-02-21T18:57:53Z")
It’s always such a gamble. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7633 "2026-02-22T01:51:38Z")
Honey, now, you know it’s bad luck to count your chips at the table. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7634 "2026-02-22T05:17:26Z")
From the moment I met you, I knew you were going to be trouble. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7635 "2026-02-22T14:09:26Z")
Maybe I should get you a sherry; ain’t that what they serve at Miss Langford’s? It is, ain’t it? ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7636 "2026-02-22T14:57:47Z")
You are unarmed. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7637 "2026-02-22T15:52:50Z")
I’m willing to bet you’ve created an _illusion_ this laser is empty; I think it just blasted a hole in that window, and you’re keeping us from seeing it. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7638 "2026-02-23T15:40:00Z")
Computer, freeze program. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7639 "2026-02-24T05:05:51Z")
A library serves no purpose unless someone is using it. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7640 "2026-02-24T13:34:54Z")
I can hear conversations a block away. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7641 "2026-02-25T11:14:47Z")
You’re through ducking me, Hill! ---
**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:** [February 25, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7642 "2026-02-25T11:46:39Z")
Perhaps you would not judge me so harshly if you knew of my desperate youth: wasted, _wasted,_ on the streets of Zimballia. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7643 "2026-02-25T13:52:49Z")
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