Zefram Cochrane

"Imagine it... thousands of inhabited planets at our fingertips. And we'll be able to explore those strange new worlds and seek out new life and new civilisations. This engine will let us go boldly where no man has gone before."

"You think I want to go to the stars? I don't even like to fly! I take trains!"

"So you're all astronauts on some sort of... star trek?"