# 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:** ![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:** [December 2, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1342 "2015-12-02T02:51:46Z")

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Let’s get the Hell out of here.

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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:** [December 2, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1343 "2015-12-02T16:46:40Z")

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Aye.

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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:** [December 2, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1344 "2015-12-02T17:45:35Z")

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Spock: “There is a certain scientific logic about it.”  
Anan 7: “I’m glad you approve.”  
Spock: “I do not approve; I _understand_.”

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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:** [December 2, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1345 "2015-12-02T19:09:23Z")

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Ah, motherhood! Back off or I’ll turn your little man into a torch! I promise him exquisite pain unless you obey me too, dear brother.

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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:** [December 3, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1346 "2015-12-03T02:04:46Z")

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If being human is not simply a matter of being born flesh and blood, if it is instead a way of thinking, acting and feeling, then I am hopeful that one day I will discover my own humanity.

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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:** [December 3, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1347 "2015-12-03T03:12:34Z")

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**Odo:** One other thing. How long do I keep [Quark] in here?

_beat_

**Sisko:** Forever.

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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:** [December 3, 2015, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1348 "2015-12-03T08:01:40Z")

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{emphasis added:}

> [@John\_DiFool](#):
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> I thank you for your sympathy, but she is here. Her presence so enriched my life that _ **I could not allow her to pass into oblivion.** _ So I incorporated her programs back into my own. I have transferred her memories to me.

SARGON: I could not allow your sacrifice of one so close to you.

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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:** [December 3, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1349 "2015-12-03T18:10:43Z")

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It’s elementary, my dear Riker… sir.

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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:** [December 3, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1350 "2015-12-03T19:17:27Z")

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Greed is eternal.

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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:** [December 3, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1351 "2015-12-03T22:32:00Z")

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From a gag reel: Have no fear, Sargon’s here!

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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:** [December 4, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1352 "2015-12-04T18:43:43Z")

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They couldn’t have adapted that quickly.

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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:** [December 4, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1353 "2015-12-04T19:45:07Z")

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Ugly bags of mostly water!

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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:** [December 4, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1354 "2015-12-04T20:38:42Z")

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Human females are so…repulsive…

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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:** [December 4, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1355 "2015-12-04T22:23:36Z")

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He must be the only engineer in Starfleet who doesn’t _go_ to Engineering!

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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:** [December 5, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1356 "2015-12-05T04:45:47Z")

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I’m no writer; but if I were, it seems to me I’d want to poke my head up every once in awhile and take a look around; see what’s going on. It’s life, Jake! You can miss it if you don’t open your eyes.

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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:** [December 5, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1357 "2015-12-05T04:59:16Z")

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You have to be either an obsessive crackpot who’s escaped from his keeper, or Samuel T. Cogley, attorney at law.

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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:** [December 5, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1358 "2015-12-05T13:30:07Z")

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What does it mean, “exact change”?

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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:** [December 5, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1359 "2015-12-05T13:37:48Z")

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PICARD: I have come on an urgent mission from the Federation. I’m looking for Ambassador Spock.  
SPOCK: Indeed. You have found him, Captain Picard.

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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:** [December 5, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1360 "2015-12-05T14:15:40Z")

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PICARD: It’s been suggested that [Spock] may have defected.

SAREK: _Never!_ I will believe many things, but never that.

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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:** [December 8, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1361 "2015-12-08T16:30:32Z")

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Right on both counts.

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