# 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:** ![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 17, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1802 "2017-02-17T21:12:40Z")

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[not sure what #1799 was about…]

Dr. McCoy: I’m trying to thank you, you pointed-eared hobgoblin!

Spock: Oh, yes, you Humans have that emotional need to express gratitude. “You’re welcome”, I believe, is the correct response.

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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:** [February 18, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1803 "2017-02-18T09:44:50Z")

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If we don’t get more power to the warp drive, we’re going to have to get out and push.

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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:** [February 22, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1804 "2017-02-22T03:37:29Z")

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How long can you hold your breath, Cadet?

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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 22, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1805 "2017-02-22T04:41:27Z")

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Gem: “…!”

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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:** [February 22, 2017, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1806 "2017-02-22T10:50:58Z")

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Computer, compute to the last digit the value of pi.

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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 22, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1807 "2017-02-22T13:33:48Z")

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You are flawed and imperfect! Execute your prime function!

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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 22, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1808 "2017-02-22T16:50:22Z")

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If you drop a hammer on your foot, it’s hardly useful to get mad at the hammer.

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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:** [February 23, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1809 "2017-02-23T04:33:07Z")

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Believing oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional mind.

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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 23, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1810 "2017-02-23T13:27:58Z")

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I am Lord Garth, formerly of Izar, and I lead the future masters of the universe.

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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:** [February 24, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1811 "2017-02-24T08:42:06Z")

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Truth is simply an excuse for a lack of imagination.

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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 24, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1812 "2017-02-24T16:06:21Z")

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If there’s any way we can look into this man’s mind to see if what he’s seeing is real or delusion…

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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:** [February 25, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1813 "2017-02-25T05:09:54Z")

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**Tom Paris:** I’m a pilot, Harry, not a doctor.

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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:** [March 1, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1814 "2017-03-01T03:17:09Z")

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“I’d order them to go out and kill Bajoran scum. And they’d do it; they’d murder them. And they’d come back covered in blood, but they felt clean. And why did they feel that way, Major? Because they _were_ clean!”

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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:** [March 1, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1815 "2017-03-01T12:11:46Z")

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Rom’s an idiot. He couldn’t fix a straw if it was bent.

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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:** [March 2, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1816 "2017-03-02T08:11:22Z")

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My father is a mechanical genius. He could have been chief engineer of a starship if he’d had the opportunity. But he went into business, like a good Ferengi. The only thing is, he’s _not_ a good Ferengi. Not when it comes to acquiring profit. So now, all he has to live for is the slim chance that someday, somehow, he might be able to take over my uncle’s bar. Well, _I’m_ not going to make the same mistake. I want to _do_ something with my life. Something worthwhile.

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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:** [March 2, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1817 "2017-03-02T12:55:47Z")

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The Borg wouldn’t know fun if they assimilated an amusement park.

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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:** [March 7, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1818 "2017-03-07T05:47:30Z")

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You Klingon bastard, you killed my son.

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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:** [March 7, 2017, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1819 "2017-03-07T10:55:23Z")

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I’m a doctor, not a coal miner.

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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:** [March 7, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1820 "2017-03-07T19:38:47Z")

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I _hate_ temporal mechanics.

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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:** [March 8, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/1821 "2017-03-08T01:52:19Z")

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Ya canna change the laws of physics!

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