# 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:** [August 18, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1542 "2016-08-18T15:13:44Z")

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There is an old Vulcan saying, “Only Nixon could go to China.”

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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:** [September 13, 2016, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1543 "2016-09-13T09:35:07Z")

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Send to Klingon High Command: “This is Excelsior, a Federation starship. We have monitored a large explosion in your sector. Do you require assistance?”

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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:** [September 13, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1544 "2016-09-13T11:51:45Z")

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KIRK: Before we picked you up, our ship sustained a number of incredible effects.  
LAZARUS: That was he! He’s death, anti-life, he lives to destroy.  
KIRK: Is he the thing that attacked you?  
LAZARUS: Yes. I give you my word. I swear it.  
KIRK: We don’t have any other facts, any information.  
LAZARUS: Then you’ll join me in my holy cause? Help me in visiting justice and vengeance upon him.

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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:** [September 13, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1545 "2016-09-13T15:30:32Z")

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Who, me, Doctor?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1546 "2016-09-13T21:34:34Z")

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That position, Mr. Scott, would not only be unavailing but also undignified.

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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:** [September 14, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1547 "2016-09-14T03:36:00Z")

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Perhaps another time.

Tuvok’s invariable response when Neelix suggests something that the Vulcan would never want to do.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1548 "2016-09-14T05:55:49Z")

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Kate Pulaski: Dah-ta, look at this.  
Data: [looking slightly confused] ‘Day-ta’.  
Kate Pulaski: What?  
Data: My name. It is pronounced ‘Day-ta’.  
Kate Pulaski: Oh?  
Data: You called me ‘Dah-ta’.  
Kate Pulaski: [laughing] What’s the difference?  
Data: One is my name. The other is not.

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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:** [September 14, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1549 "2016-09-14T13:48:39Z")

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I love you. But I hate _you_.

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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:** [September 14, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1550 "2016-09-14T14:07:24Z")

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Jim, I think I liked him with a beard better. It gave him character. Of course almost any change would be a distinct improvement.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1551 "2016-09-14T15:22:51Z")

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You’re so stolid. You weren’t like that before the beard.

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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:** [September 14, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1552 "2016-09-14T17:02:41Z")

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Your agonizer, please

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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:** [September 15, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1553 "2016-09-15T15:13:14Z")

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Walsh/Mudd: You’re a hard man, Captain.  
Kirk: And you’re a liar, Mr. Walsh. I think we understand each other.

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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:** [September 15, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1554 "2016-09-15T16:47:22Z")

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NORMAN: But there was no explosion.  
MUDD: I lied.  
NORMAN: What?  
KIRK: He lied. Everything Harry tells you is a lie. Remember that. Everything Harry tells you is a lie.  
MUDD: Listen to this carefully, Norman. I am lying.  
NORMAN: You say you are lying, but if everything you say is a lie then you are telling the truth, but you cannot tell the truth because everything you say is a lie. You lie. You tell the truth. But you cannot for. Illogical! Illogical! Please explain.

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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:** [September 15, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1555 "2016-09-15T18:09:07Z")

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You know, coming back in time, changing history… that’s cheating.

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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:** [September 15, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1556 "2016-09-15T18:55:16Z")

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Save her, do as your heart tells you to do, and millions will die who did not die before.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1557 "2016-09-15T19:41:33Z")

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JANEWAY: Commander Chakotay was just showing me how to get in contact with my animal guide.  
B’ELANNA: I hope you have better luck with yours than I had with mine.  
CHAKOTAY: B’Elanna is the only person I know who tried to kill her animal guide.

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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:** [September 17, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1558 "2016-09-17T18:23:06Z")

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Optimism, Captain!

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1559 "2016-09-17T21:55:59Z")

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Every time you look at the engine, you’re looking at me. Every time you touch it, it’s me.

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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:** [September 17, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1560 "2016-09-17T23:17:11Z")

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Computed and recorded, dear.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1561 "2016-09-17T23:30:30Z")

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You are a sham! My words were as dust upon the ground. Your blood has no fire! You are weak like them! I don’t care what you look like! YOU ARE NO KLINGON!

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