Quotes List

"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."

"Crewmen Bennett and Hayden over there, do you see them? If I'm not mistaken, they are preparing to mate. Do you think they might let me watch?"

"Come on, Travis. We've gotta find Mr. Reed something to blow up."

"I'm a translator. I didn't come out here to see corpses hanging on hooks!"

"Where no dog has gone before."

"There's an old saying: 'When in Fellebia, do as the Fellebians do.'"

"I'm not sure if congratulations are in order, Commander, but you're pregnant!"

"I can see my house from here!"

"Asking favors of the Vulcans usually ends up carrying too high a price!"

"My experience with Humans is limited, but I've come to learn that they are quite resourceful."

"So if anyone has a suggestion, I'm all ears. No offense."

"For those of you who aren't near a window, you might want to find one. There's something pretty amazing off starboard."

"Wow! That's one big snowball!"

"I've only seen snow twice in my life."

"I hope I never see snow again!"

"I feel like I got caught with my hand in the cookie jar!"

"Starfleet could have sent a probe out here, to make maps and take pictures, but they didn't. They sent us, so that we could explore with our own senses."

"I'm sorry, I don't know which child is named Nadine."

"There's a difference between keeping an open mind and believing something because you want it to be true."

"It's good to know that Earth will still be around in nine hundred years."

That depends on how you define Earth."

"This time we won't be leaving before we're ready."

"Are your ears a little pointier than usual?"

"Some day, my people are going to come up with some sort of a doctrine, something that tells us what we can and can't do out here, should and shouldn't do. But until somebody tells me that they have drafted that directive, I'm going to have to remind myself that we didn't come out here to play god."

"I've never seen your kind before, but you have made an enemy of the Klingon Empire!"

"From what I've noticed, that's not hard to do."

"I'm not asking anyone to pin a medal on her. All I'm asking is that she be given a second chance."

"I don't want to die, what makes you think I want to die?"

"Because ever since we saw Enterprise spread across that asteroid, you've done nothing but write your own obituary!"

"They're not trying to kill the quarterback! They're just trying to keep him from throwing the ball and running with it. It's only a game, not a fight to the death!"

"With respect, captain, I wonder if you would be so determined to find this apparition if it were a scantily clad man?"

"They're really not all that interesting once you get to know them."

"What if she gets hurt? What are you going to do then, program up a holographic doctor?"

"You might think about putting up a no tresspassing sign."

"You'll like it. Things blow up."

"I read those Nubian masueses have twelve fingers. On each hand."

"Then I'd say Starfleet needs to make its presence felt on Risa."

"The irony is, I have the feeling his cause is worth fighting for."

"Malcolm and I... er... plan to broaden our cultural horizons."

"Is that all you two think about?"

"Anyone tries to badmouth Captain Archer in front of me is going to get an earful. In any language they want."

"I said, you're an ugly bastard!"

"I need to go now. 'I Love Lucy' is on tonight."

"This isn't a visit to the principal's office, Malcolm."

"If you plan to go to warp, sir, you'll let me know?"

"I'll try to remember."

"Please sir, may I have some more?"

"Frankly, sir from my point of view that kind of socializing has no place on a starship."

"I had a C.O. once, felt the same way. 'They're your crew, not your friends.' I thought about that a lot... when I took this command but then I realized this is not a typical mission. We could be out here for years. All we have to depend on... is each other."

"Polarize the hull plating."

"I'll do what I can but keep in mind we're missing some of it."

"So how long was it?"

"I counted 10 seconds."

"10?! It was more like 20."

"Respectfully, sir, it was 10."

"I'm not going to argue with you, Malcolm… It was 20… That's an order."

"It can't be ethical to cause a patient this much pain."

"It's unethical to harm a patient, I can inflict as much pain as I like."

"You didn't eat cabbage before you left?"

"There's a saying on my world: 'Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him to fish and he eats for a lifetime.'"

"I can get my deuterium anywhere! Yours isn't even fit for a garbage scow!"

"Is there anything specific you and Travis are going to need?"

"Cold weather gear, restraints, and phase-pistols."

"Ironic, isn't it?! Burning to death on a frozen moon!"

"Come on, Travis. Let's see if we can find something to eat."

"I don't trust this guy, Travis. Find something to tie him up with."

"You don't have to leave technology behind to contaminate a culture."

"Reed alert. That's not bad!"

"Your molecules get pulled apart."

"Then they get put back together again."

"Do you know how many molecules you're made up of?"

"Lots."

"All right, how many?"

"Uh, a few trillion."

"That's a pretty big jigsaw puzzle!"

"It was very unsettling. Didn't you find it unsettling?"

"For a minute or two, but once I counted my fingers and toes…"

"I don't know, I just don't feel right."

"Ever since I used that transporter, nothing has been the way that it's supposed to be. I couldn't translate a simple bimodal syntax but Crewman Baird could. Crewman Baird doesn't know the first thing about our linguistic database! And Captain Archer told me to stay in my quarters, but my mirror doesn't want to give me a solid reflection and my shower can't decide whether to bounce off me or go through me! And nobody wants to talk to me."

"Transporter technology is very new. I'm sure Humans were equally frightened when the automobile was introduced, or the airplane. New forms of transport take a while to get used to. I'm not at all surprised at your reaction – you wouldn't catch me using that apparatus."

"My family is known on hundreds of worlds."

"Well, I'm afraid Earth isn't one of 'em."

"I am first monarch of the sovereign dynasty of Krios Prime."

"Oh… Charles Tucker III. Pleased to meet you."

"You know, you were a lot more pleasant in stasis."

"How much do you weigh?"

"What?"

"Your weight?"

"72 kilograms."

"Height?"

"1.8 meters. Why are you asking these questions?"

"Does your culture observe any postmortem rituals?"

"This is not fair! I demand to speak with someone from my government!"

"You'd be dead if it weren't for me!"

"I'm beginning to think that would be preferable!"

"I doubt the commoners back home would complain!"

"Sickbay is the most heavily shielded section. It's possible that some of the crew could survive there."

"We can't fit 83 people into sickbay... and I'm not about to draw lots!"

"I understand we're explorers and we're supposed to keep an open mind about different cultures, but these guys are driving me crazy."

"I'm no good until I've had my coffee."

"That was quite a trick."

"I wouldn't trade my time on Enterprise. Not for anything. I've seen things I could never imagine back home."

"Trip, when I fired at your vessel... I'm grateful I didn't destroy it."

"That makes two of us!"

"We don't condone the intimate acts that these people engage in. They defy everything our society stands for."

"Maybe I should tell the doc."

"Tell him what? That his wife is trying to seduce you? Not a good idea!"

"I wasn't exactly pulling your leg, was I, commander?"

"Have you ever known a Vulcan who wouldn't lie to get what he wanted?"

"Jonathan, this is the first time the Vulcans have asked for our help. You're the closest thing we have to an ambassador out there. You know how important this could be."

"I don't like pushing the engines this hard. The injectors are running at 110 percent."

"They're rated for 120."

"And my underwear is flame retardant. That doesn't mean that I'm going to light myself on fire to prove it!"

"Ironic... they weren't overly enthusiastic about you taking command of Enterprise in the first place, and now, your presence is... crucial to their interests."

"It's crucial to ours too... Maybe we're not out here to just scan comets and meet new species, maybe we're out here to prove that Humanity is ready to join a much larger community... I intend to do that... whether the Vulcans like it or not."

"I imagined my first diplomatic mission would involve sitting around a big table, toasting with champagne, signing things with lots of pens…"

"The pink skin sense of humor."

"What is their fixation with our ears?"

"I believe they're envious."

"I believe someone once defined a compromise as a solution that neither side is happy with."

"In that case, these talks have been extremely successful."

"I think he likes you, pink skin."

"I wouldn't go that far."

"If a Human and a Vulcan did have a child... I wonder if he'd have pointed ears?"

"I may not know how to fly this ship, but I am sure I can figure out how to crash it!"

"Would you mind taking off your clothing? I'd like to learn more about your anatomy."

"I hope they're not the jury."

"There is no jury."

"Be silent or you will be removed!"

"Identify yourself!"

"Captain Archer of the battle cruiser Enterprise."

"What is it?"

"Blood wine. It should help make the wait more pleasant."

"What's it the blood of?"

"Don't feel badly if you can't stomach it."

"I didn't say that!"

"Perhaps I spent too much time in the law library and not enough in the battlefield."

"You didn't believe all Klingons were soldiers?"

"I guess I did."

"My father was a teacher. My mother, a biologist at the university. They encouraged me to take up the law. Now, all young people want to do is to take up weapons as soon as they can hold them. They're told there is honor in victory... any victory. What honor is there in a victory over a weaker opponent? Had Duras destroyed that ship, he would have been lauded as a hero of the Empire for murdering helpless refugees. We were a great society, not so long ago. When honor was earned through integrity and acts of true courage, not senseless bloodshed."

"For thousands of years, my people had similar problems. We fought three world wars that almost destroyed us. Whole generations were nearly wiped out."

"What changed?"

"A few courageous people began to realize... they could make a difference."

"Starfleet really ought to think about putting families on starships."

"You must be joking!"

"No one would ever get homesick."

"Yes... well they'd better post a psychologist on board. Because I'd need one if my parents were roaming the corridors."

"If you don't start moving in the next five seconds, I'm gonna take my phase pistol and shoot you in the ass!"

"I might have expected something like this from a first year recruit, but not you. You did exactly what I'd do? If that's true then I've done a pretty lousy job setting an example around here. You're a senior officer on this ship, you're privy to the moral challenges I've had to face. You know I've wrestled with the fine line between doing what I think is right and interfering with other species. So don't tell me you know what I would have done when I don't even know what I would have done!"

"Sounds to me like we have only postponed the invasion until... what? The 24th century?"

"I suppose we'll never know... who would have won."

"You'd be wise to keep quiet. The Klingons pay me the same whether you're alive or dead."

"If I don't mate with a male, Vulcan or otherwise, I'll die."

"Don't be frightened. I won't hurt you."

"You're disturbing my serum!"

"Photonic torpedoes. Their range is over fifty times greater than our conventional torpedoes. And they have a variable yield. They can knock the comm array off a shuttle pod without scratching the hull, or they can put a three kilometre crater into an asteroid."

"Delicate is not a word I associate with Mr. Tucker."

"Where's Isaac Newton when you need him?"

"Creating a stable warp field isn't easy when the laws of physics won't cooperate."

"Place one on your chest and one on your abdomen an hour before going to bed. Their secretions act as a natural sedative. Please, be careful to sleep on your back. If you roll over, you might anger them."

"Maybe an hour a night with T'Pol isn't so bad."

"Mercy is not a quality that will serve you well in the Expanse, captain."

"That species we became, they cease to exist the moment this virus is gone."

"Some of our calculations may have been slightly off."

"Part of the fun of a mystery is trying to solve it before it ends. Using logic. You of all people should appreciate that."

"No one will ever understand you the way I can."

"I'm proud of my craft, captain. I've practiced it for many years. I won't let my work be corrupted in this way. Seven million people... if I'd chosen my clients more carefully that tragedy might not have happened. I don't intend to let it happen again."

"You'll enjoy it. Rosemary's Baby. It'll scare the hell out of you."

"We've taken nine prisoners, but the brig was only designed for two. I'm not sure what to do with the others."

"Blow 'em out the airlock!"

"Put them in crew quarters under heavy guard."

"For now, the best I can give you is warp 1.7!"

"We're not going to get very far at that speed."

"This planet is barely Minshara-class. Maybe we should've picked one with a little more blue and green on it."

"It couldn't have been easy for you, telling me the same story over and over again for twelve years."

"I don't always tell it in detail."

"I hope I've told you this before, but… I'm very grateful for everything you've done for me."

"If the Xindi are on the way, there's very little we can do to stop them."

"Well we can't just run up the white flag."

"You know... you'd make a wonderful nurse."

"They kidnapped the wrong people."

"I couldn't ask for a better going away present."

"You've been abducting people for money and you're questioning our honesty?"

"In one individual we've managed to find the worst qualities of this era. Greed, violence, moral corruption."

"Go ahead, try to blow yourself up. I'll wait."

"Your faith was going to bring peace. Here it is."

"Take us out of the system. But not too quickly; the Andorian mining consortium runs from no-one!"

"When it arrived in your star system, I watched the incoming telemetry with the other members of the council. Seven million lives were extinguished in front of my eyes. I asked myself... how many of those were children?"

"Thanks for your help."

"I don't know who did more damage to the engine, the alien or Malcolm."

"The last thing I need is to hear is that two of my senior officers have been admitted to sickbay because they suddenly regressed to the level of five year olds!"

"You suggest I read the manual!?"

"I'm a physician, not an engineer!"

"The Xindi are trying to destroy Earth because they heard that Humans are ruthless, this is the chance to prove them wrong."

"I don't know much about Vulcan ethics but Humans don't throw morality out the window when things start getting a little rough."

"I'm going to ask all of you to think back to the day when this ship was first launched. We were explorers then. When all this is over, when Earth is safe, I want you to get back to that job. There are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy, we've only explored a tiny fraction. You have a lot to do. Of all the captains who will sit in this chair, I can't imagine any of them being more proud than I am right now."

"You did the right thing."

"Seems the longer we're out here, the more I have to keep saying that to myself."

"We came into the Expanse not knowing what we'd find, with no one to rely on but ourselves. But we're going to succeed, to accomplish our mission, for everyone on Earth who's relying on us... and for the eighteen."

"Only in the Expanse could I have a son who's nearly three times my age."

"You'll never fully recover. The emotions you've accessed will be with you the rest of your life."

"If you ever question the Guardians again, your skin will adorn the bow of this ship."

"When I was on the future Enterprise, four hundred years from now, there were Xindi aboard. Humans and Xindi were serving together in the Federation. That's a future worth fighting for."

"Before your primate brain is too badly damaged to understand, I want to thank you for helping us destroy your world."

"Have these Guardians told you where you'll establish your new home world? The one Humans are destined to destroy? Is it here, in the Expanse? In case you haven't noticed, the Spheres are turning it into a trans-dimensional wasteland! None of you will be able to survive. You say the Guardians have helped you? Have they ever tried to disable the Spheres? Because we've found a way. Help me save my people, and I can help you save yours."

"We're all part of the same crew, no matter which uniform we wear. Don't worry about Ensign Sato, we'll bring her home."

"We've got less than ten hours before this weapon reaches Earth. The captain wants to take a team aboard to destroy it. I don't imagine the Reptilians will make this easy for us, but that's why you're here. That's why Major Hayes picked each one of you for this mission: because he knew you'd get the job done. I need three volunteers."

"The membership is going to grow. Dozens, eventually hundreds of species... a United Federation of Planets."

"And tell Archer, we're not even anymore. He owes me!"

"Americans are good at making movies. They're not so good at fighting!"

"This isn't a damn sensor glitch! We just pulled three .50 caliber bullets from the shuttlepod hull - and spare us the official Vulcan position about time travel! We are two hundred years in the past. Face it!"

"I've been going over those military dispatches that Hoshi picked up. Some of them don't make sense - they mention recent battles in Virginia and Ohio! There weren't any battles fought there in World War II, the Nazis never got to North America. Something's very wrong down there."

"Our greatest scientist once said 'every moment we live, we are moving through time. We've earned the right to choose which direction.'"

"One thing is clear, when necessary Humans are fully capable of returning to old methods."

"I've been told that people are calling us heroes. When it comes to my crew, you won't get any argument from me."

"Jonathan Archer. What brings you here, they naming the prison after you?"

"Why are you so surprised? Whenever a group of people start believing they're better than everybody else, the results are always the same."

"You're a competent fighter."

"'Superior ability breeds superior ambition.' One of their creators wrote that. He was murdered by an Augment."

"How long can we sustain warp 5?"

"As long as the captain wants it. Or until we blow up, whichever comes first."

"We had our wars Admiral, just as Humans did. Our planet was devastated, our civilisation nearly destroyed. Logic saved us, but it took almost 1,500 years for us to rebuild our world and travel to the stars. You Humans did the same in less than a century. There are those on the high command who wonder what Humans would achieve in the century to come. And they don't like the answer."

"Over the centuries his followers made copies of his teachings."

"Let me guess, With the originals lost whatever's left is open to interpretation."

"You find this amusing?"

"I find it familiar."

"Deception has never been a stranger to this room."

"How many warning shots do Vulcans usually fire?"

"None."

"Logic has not won this day. But this day will not last forever."

"You may be witnessing the start of a new era. Not only for Vulcan, but for Earth as well."

"You'll no longer have us looking over your shoulder. It's time for Earth to stand on it's own."

"This is simply a minor delay. The reunificiation of our people is only a matter of time."

"Why settle for making myself miserable when I can spread the misery around to an entire class of students?"

"At least the warp engines still need me!"

"Maybe you've evolved into beings with abilities I can't comprehend. But you've paid a hell of a price. You've lost compassion and empathy, things that give life meaning. If that's what it takes to be advanced, I don't want any part of it."

"If you want to know what it means to be Human, you need to do more than observe."

"I'm told this ship is the pride of Starfleet. I find it small and unimpressive."

"Funny. I was about to say the same thing about you."

"There's no rule that says the bridge has to be at the top of the ship."

"You did all this with one phase pistol?"

"You're good at building things. I'm good at blowing them up."

"This mission was supposed to cause dissension in the region. It's had the opposite effect."

"The Vulcans say that the desert teaches men the meaning of endurance, but it's the ice that forges real strength."

"As far as I know there are no species in the galaxy that have mastered the art of mixing romance and vocation... This is the one ailment that is universally untreatable, you'll have to suffer through it."

"When you lose your ship, you aren't usually rewarded with another one. I may not see you for a while."

"There are some obligations that go beyond my loyalty to you and this crew."

"I answer to one commanding officer. Jonathan Archer."

"Incredible aren't they? They can make you forget most of your troubles... of course creatures such as these come with troubles of their own."

"I can see you're not very experienced at making threats."

"I'm a lot better at carrying them out."

"At least the pheromones are wearing off. I haven't thought about the Orions for, what, a whole ten minutes."

"It proves that even the most disagreeable species have some positive attributes."

"Will you kindly die?"

"I skimmed a few of the more celebrated narratives. The stories were similar in some respects but their characters were weak and compassionate. With the exception of Shakespeare, of course. From what I could tell his plays were equally grim in both universes."

"That ship out there is the key to our victory. With the Defiant on our side there will be nothing to stop us!"

"You're speaking with Empress Sato. Prepare to recieve instructions."

"With this Coalition of Planets we seek to strengthen our bonds of friendship, render permanent the peace that now exists among us for the ongoing exploration of our galaxy. Let us dedicate ourselves to these worthy goals so that future generations can look back upon this moment with pride and eternal gratitude."

"Up until about a hundred years ago, there was one question that burned in every human, that made us study the stars and dream of travelling to them, 'Are we alone?' Our generation is privileged to know the answer to that question. We are all explorers, driven to know what's over the horizon, what's beyond our own shores. And yet, the more I've experienced, the more I've learned that no matter how far we travel, or how fast we get there, the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond that next star. They're within us, woven into the threads that bind us, all of us, to each other. A final frontier begins in this hall. Let's explore it together."

"When you invited me to join this crew, I thought it would be an interesting diversion for a few months. Some time away from the complications of family, which on Denobula can be extremely complicated. I didn't expect to gain another family. It hurts as if she were my own child. Make something good come from this, Captain."

"Hello... I'm your mother. You're going to need a name. We should discuss that with your father."

"Space, the final frontier these are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. It's continuing mission..."

"...to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations..."

"...to boldly go where no man has gone before."