# Random Star Trek Quotes

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**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:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/982 "2015-02-28T01:15:27Z")

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One damn minute, Admiral.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/983 "2015-02-28T01:18:47Z")

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I have little to say about it, captain. Except that for the first time in my life, I was happy.

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**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 28, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/984 "2015-02-28T01:34:27Z")

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Gracie is pregnant.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/985 "2015-02-28T01:54:47Z")

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Open your mind; we move together… our minds sharing the same thoughts…

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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:** [February 28, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/986 "2015-02-28T02:16:29Z")

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

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**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 28, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/987 "2015-02-28T02:31:39Z")

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Only Nixon can go to China.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/988 "2015-02-28T03:03:51Z")

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It is the end of life. Eternity stops. Sadness for the end of things.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/989 "2015-02-28T04:29:12Z")

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Jim. Your name…is Jim.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/990 "2015-02-28T04:43:58Z")

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I am endeavoring, ma’am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.

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**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 28, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/991 "2015-02-28T10:42:21Z")

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Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers… which smell BAD

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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:** [February 28, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/992 "2015-02-28T16:19:24Z")

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I do not approve; I _understand_.

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/993 "2015-02-28T18:47:22Z")

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(Spock is stoking the boiler when Edith comes in to confront them.)

EDITH: That toolbox was locked with a combination lock and you opened it like a real pro. Why did you do it?

SPOCK: I needed the fine tools for my radio work. They’d have been returned in the morning.

EDITH: I’m sorry, I can’t.

KIRK: _ **If Mister Spock says that he needs the tools and that they’ll be returned tomorrow morning, you can bet your reputation on that, Miss Keeler.** _

With corrected punctuation and spacing & italics added, from:

> **[The Star Trek Transcripts - The City on the Edge of Forever](http://www.chakoteya.net/StarTrek/28.htm)**
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> Star Trek Enterprise episode transcripts

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/994 "2015-02-28T18:57:27Z")

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It’s not at all surprising, Doctor. He’s probably terrified of your beads and rattles.

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/995 "2015-02-28T20:00:38Z")

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Well, that’s better than “Hey, you.”

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**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 28, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/996 "2015-02-28T20:26:12Z")

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Ah… the giants.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/997 "2015-02-28T20:51:20Z")

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You couldn’t pronounce it.

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**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 28, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/998 "2015-02-28T22:35:00Z")

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A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/999 "2015-02-28T22:55:12Z")

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If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1000 "2015-03-01T02:11:01Z")

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As I recall, I opposed your enlistment in Starfleet. It is possible that judgment was incorrect. Your associates are people of good character.

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**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:** [March 1, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1001 "2015-03-01T02:17:47Z")

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Pain! The children!

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