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Star Trek Quotes
William Shatner
Captain James T. Kirk
"[War] is instinctive. But the instinct can
be fought. We're human beings with
the blood of a million savage years on
our hands! But we can stop it. We can
admit that we're killers ... but we're not
going to kill today. That's all it takes!
Knowing that we're not going to kill today!"
(A Taste of Armageddon)
"A little suffering is
good for the soul."
(The Corbomite Maneuver)
"A star captain's most solemn oath is that
he will give his life, even his entire crew,
rather than violate the Prime Directive."
(The Omega Glory)
"Conquest is easy. Control is not."
(Mirror, Mirror)
"Do you know the one -- "All I ask is a tall ship,
and a star to steer her by ..." You could feel
the wind at your back, about you ... the sounds
of the sea beneath you. And even if you take
away the wind and the water, it's still the
same. The ship is yours ... you can feel her
... and the stars are still there."
(The Ultimate Computer)
Dr. Roger Corby: "Can you imagine how life
could be improved if we could do away with
jealousy, greed, hate ..."
Kirk: "It can also be improved by eliminating
love, tenderness, sentiment -- the other side
of the coin"
(What are Little Girls Made Of?)
Harry Mudd: "There's only one kind
of woman ..."
Kirk: "Or man, for that matter.
You either believe in yourself
or you don't."
(Mudd's Women)
"If I can have honesty, it's easier
to overlook mistakes."
(Space Seed)
"Leave bigotry in your
quarters; there's no room
for it on the bridge."
(Balance of Terror)
"Most legends have their
basis in facts."
(And The Children Shall Lead)
"Not one hundred percent efficient, of
course ... but nothing ever is."
(Metamorphosis)
"One of the advantages of being a
captain is being able to ask for
advice without necessarily having
to take it."
(Dagger of the Mind)
"Our missions are peaceful -- not for
conquest. When we do battle, it is
only because we have no choice.
(The Squire of Gothos)
"Sometimes a feeling is all we
humans have to go on."
(A Taste of Armageddon)
"The more complex the mind, the
greater the need for the simplicity
of play."
(Shore Leave)
"... The prejudices people feel
about each other disappear
when then get to know each other."
(Elaan of Troyius)
"There's another way to survive.
Mutual trust -- and help."
(Day of the Dove)
"There are certain things men must
do to remain men."
(The Ultimate Computer)
"There are some things
worth dying for."
(Errand of Mercy)
"Too much of anything, even
love, isn't necessarily a good thing."
(The Trouble with Tribbles)
Vanna: "It's hard to believe that
something which is neither seen
nor felt can do so much harm."
Kirk: "That's true. But an idea
can't be seen or felt. And that's
what kept the Troglytes in the
mines all these centuries. A
mistaken idea."
(The Cloud Minders)
"We fight only when there is no
other choice. We prefer the
ways of peaceful contact."
(Spectre of the Gun)
"We have found all life forms
in the galaxy are capable of
superior development."
(The Gamesters of Triskelion)
"Without freedom of choice there
is no creativity."
(The return of the Archons)
Leonard Nimoy
Mr. Spock
"After a time, you may find that
"having" is not so pleasing a
thing, after all, as "wanting."
It is not logical, but it is often true."
(Amok Time)
"Change is the essential process
of all existence."
(Let That Be Your Last Battlefield)
"Computers make excellent and
efficient servants, but I have no
wish to serve under them.
Captain, a starship also runs on
loyalty to one man. And nothing
can replace it or him."
(The Ultimate Computer)
"Insults are effective only where
emotion is present."
(Who Mourns for Adonais?)
"I object to intellect without
discipline; I object to power
without constructive purpose."
(The Squire Of Gothos)
"I realize that command does have
its fascination, even under
circumstances such as these, but I
neither enjoy the idea of command
nor am I frightened of it. It simply
exists, and I will do whatever
logically needs to be done. "
(The Galileo Seven)
"It [being a Vulcan] means to adopt
a philosophy, a way of life which is
logical and beneficial. We cannot
disregard that philosophy merely
for personal gain, no matter how
important that gain might be."
(Journey to Babel)
"It is undignified for a woman
to play servant to a man who
is not hers."
(Amok Time)
"It would be illogical to assume that
all conditions remain stable."
(The 'Enterprise' Incident)
"It would be illogical to kill
without reason."
(Journey to Babel)
"Live long and prosper!"
"Many Myths are based on truth."
(The Way to Eden)
"Men of peace usually are [brave]."
(The Savage Curtain)
"Military secrets are the
most fleeting of all."
(The 'Enterprise' Incident)
"No one can guarantee
the actions of another."
(Day of the Dove)
"On my planet, to rest is to rest --
to cease using energy. To me, it
is quite illogical to run up and
down on green grass, using
energy, instead of saving it."
(Shore Leave)
"Pain is a thing of the mind.
The mind can be controlled."
(Operation -- Annihilate!)
Spock: "Logic and practical
information do not seem to
apply here."
McCoy: "You admit that?"
Spock: "To deny the facts would
be illogical, Doctor"
(A Piece of the Action)
Spock: "The combination of a
number of things to make
existence worthwhile."
Lincoln: "Yes, the philosophy
of 'none,' meaning 'all."
(The Savage Curtain)
"Superior ability breeds
superior ambition."
(Space Seed)
Spock: "The glory of creation is in
its infinite diversity."
Dr. Jones: "And in the way our
differences combine to create
meaning and beauty."
(Is There in Truth No Beauty?)
"There is a multi-legged creature
crawling on your shoulder."
(A Taste of Armageddon)
"Those who hate and fight must
stop themselves -- otherwise it is
not stopped."
(Day of the Dove)
"Time is fluid ... like a river with
currents, eddies, backwash."
(The City on the Edge of Forever)
"Virtue is a relative term."
(Friday's Child)
"Vulcans never bluff."
(The Doomsday Machine)
"Where there's no emotion,
there's no motive for violence."
(Dagger of the Mind)
"Why would I wish to knock
you down with the thorny
epidermic outgrowth of a fowl?"
Without facts, the decision cannot
be made logically. You must rely
on your human intuition.
(Assignment: Earth)
"Without followers, evil cannot spread."
(And The Children Shall Lead)
"You humans have that emotional
need to express gratitude. "You're
welcome," I believe, is the correct
response."
(Bread and Circuses)
DeForest Kelly
Dr. Leonard McCoy
"Blast medicine anyway! We've
learned to tie into every organ in
the human body but one. The brain!
The brain is what life is all about."
(The Menagerie)
"Compassion -- that's the one
thing no machine ever had.
Maybe it's the one thing that
keeps men ahead of them."
("The Ultimate Computer)
"Killing is stupid; useless!"
(A Private Little War)
"Respect is a rational process."
(The Galileo Seven)
"There's nothing disgusting about it
[the Companion]. It's just another
life form, that's all. You get used to
those things."
(Metamorphosis)
McCoy: "The release of emotion
is what keeps us healthy.
Emotionally healthy."
Spock: "That may be, Doctor.
However, I have noted that the
healthy release of emotion is
frequently unhealthy for those
closest to you."
(Plato's Stepchildren)
"... The things love can drive a man to --
the ecstasies, the the miseries, the
broken rules, the desperate chances,
the glorious failures and the glorious
victories."
(Requiem for Methuselah)
"Vulcans worship peace above all."
(Return to Tomorrow)
"War is never imperative."
(Balance of Terror)
"We're all sorry for the other guy
when he loses his job to a machine.
But when it comes to your job --
that's different. And it always
will be different."
(The Ultimate Computer)
"You can't evaluate a man by logic alone."
(I, Mudd)
Quotes From Characters
From The Show
There's no honorable way to kill,
no gentle way to destroy. There is
nothing good in war. Except its ending.
Abraham Lincoln, (The Savage Curtain)
Vulcans believe peace should
not depend on force.
Amanda, (Journey to Babel)
"There is an order of things in this universe."
Apollo, (Who Mourns for Adonais?)
"There's a way out of any cage."
Captain Christopher Pike,
(The Menagerie) ("The Cage")
"No problem is insoluble."
Dr. Janet Wallace, (The Deadly Years)
"The heart is not a logical organ."
Dr. Janet Wallace,
(The Deadly Years)
"A man either lives life as it happens to him,
meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his
back on it and starts to wither away."
Dr. Boyce, (The Menagerie) ("The Cage")
"Sometimes a man will tell his
bartender things he'll never tell
his doctor.
Dr. Phillip Boyce, (The Menagerie)
("The Cage")
"When a child is taught ... its programmed
with simple instructions -- and at some
point, if its mind develops properly, it
exceeds the sum of what it was taught,
thinks independently.
Dr. Richard Daystrom,
(The Ultimate Computer)
"To live is always desirable."
Eleen the Capellan, (Friday's Child)
"Oh, that sound of male ego. You
travel halfway across the galaxy
and it's still the same song."
Eve McHuron, (Mudd's Women)
"The people of Gideon have always
believed that life is sacred. That the
love of life is the greatest gift ... We
are incapable of destroying or interfering
with the creation of that which we love
so deeply -- life in every form from fetus
to developed being."
Hodin of Gideon, (The Mark of Gideon)
"Only a fool fights in
a burning house."
Kank the Klingon,
(Day of the Dove)
"The sooner our happiness together
begins, the longer it will last."
Miramanee, (The Paradise Syndrome)
"Romulan women are not like
Vulcan females. We are not
dedicated to pure logic and the
sterility of non-emotion."
Romulan Commander,
(The Enterprise Incident)
"One does not thank logic."
Sarek, (Journey to Babel)
"There comes to all races an
ultimate crisis which you have
yet to face.... One day our minds became so powerful we dared
think of ourselves as gods."
Sargon, (Return to Tomorrow)
"Yes, it is written. Good
shall always destroy evil."
Sirah the Yang, "The Omega Glory
"Behind every great man, there is a
woman -- urging him on."
Harry Mudd, (Stephen Kandel) (I, Mudd)
"Knowledge, sir, should be
free to all!"
Harry Mudd, (I, Mudd)
"Men will always be men -- no matter
where they are."
Harry Mudd, (Mudd's Women)
"I am pleased to see that we have
differences. May we together
becomegreater than the sum of
both of us."
Surak of Vulcan,
(The Savage Curtain)
"The face of war has never
changed. Surely it is more
logical to heal than to kill."
Surak of Vulcan,
(The Savage Curtain)
When dreams become more
important than reality, you give
up travel, building, creating;
you even forget how to repair
the machines left behind by your
ancestors. You just sit living and
reliving other lives left behind in
the thought records.
Vina, (The Menagerie) ("The Cage")
The miracle is this--the more we share, the more we have.
- Leonard Nimoy
We have them just where they want us.
In the strict scientific sense we all feed on death - even vegetarians.
"Wolf in the Fold"
Things are only impossible until they're not.
~Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation
You will never come up against a greater adversary than your own potential, my young friend. ~Michael Piller & Michael Wagner, Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Evolution," Dr. Paul Stubbs to Wesley Crusher, original airdate 25 September 1989, stardate 43,125.8
In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier the name "Shaka-Ri" is a play on the name of Sean Connery, the original actor asked to play the part of Sybok.
"Just before they went into warp, I beamed the whole kit and kaboodle into their engine room, where they'll be no tribble at all." -- Scotty, explaining how he got rid of the tribbles
~ The Trouble With Tribbles
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