Quotes List

"They gave her back to me Scotty."

"Ensign, the possibilities of our returning from this mission in one piece may have just doubled."

"Why is any object we don't understand called a 'thing'?"

"We all create God in our own image."

"Spock, this 'child' is about to wipe out every living thing on Earth! Now, what do you suggest we do, spank it?"

"Each of us, at some time in our lives, turns to someone, a father, a brother, a God; and asks 'Why am I here? Was this all I was meant to be?'"

"Heading, sir?"

"Out there. Thataway!"

"I have been, and always shall be, your friend."

"According to myth, the Earth was created in six days. Now, watch out! Here comes Genesis. We'll do it for you in six minutes!"

"Ah Kirk, my old friend. Do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? It is very cold in space."

"I've done far worse than kill you, Admiral. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her, marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet. Buried alive. Buried alive..."

"KHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNN!!!"

"There's a man ot there I haven't seen in fifteen years who's trying to kill me. You've shown me a son who would be happy to help him. What am I feeling? Old. Worn out."

"Lieutenant, you are looking at the only Starfleet cadet who ever beat the no-win scenario."

"How?"

"I reprogrammed the simulation so it was possible to rescue the ship."

"What?"

"He cheated!"

"You lied?"

"I exaggerated."

"We tried it once your way Khan, are you game for a rematch? Khan... I'm laughing at the superior intellect."

"Remember..."

"From hell's heart I stab at thee... for hates sake I spit my last breath at thee..."

"I never took the Kobyashi Maru test until now. What do you think of my solution?"

"I have been... and always shall be... your friend. Live long, and prosper."

"We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet, it should be noted that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world. A world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of my friend, I can only say this, of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... Human."

"You knew enough to tell Saavik that how we face death is at least as important as how we face life."

"Just words."

"But good words. That's where ideas begin. Maybe you should listen to them. I was wrong about you. And I'm sorry."

"Is that what you came here to say?"

"Mainly. And also that I'm proud... very proud... to be your son."

"There are always possibilities Spock said... and if Genesis is indeed life from death, I must return to this place again."

"He's really not dead, as long as we remember him."

"It's a far, far better thing I do than I have done before. A far better resting place I go to than I have ever known."

"Is that a poem?"

"No, something Spock was trying to tell me, on my birthday."

"Are you okay Jim? How do you feel?"

"Young. I feel young."

"Because, the needs of the one... outweigh the needs of the many."

"Jim... your name is Jim."

"Don't call me tiny."

"I'm going to tell you something I never thought I'd ever hear myself say. It seems I've missed you. I don't know if I could stand to lose you again."

"The word, sir?"

"The word is no. I am therefore going anyway."

"You're suffering from a Vulcan mind-meld, doctor."

"That green-blooded son of a bitch! It's his revenge for all those arguments he lost!"

"You Klingon bastard, you've killed my son!"

"My Lord, the ship appears to be deserted."

"How can that be? They're hiding!"

"Yes, sir. But the ship appears to be run by computer. It is the only thing speaking."

"Speaking? Let me hear."

"GET OUT!!!! GET OUT OF THERE!!! GET OUT!!!"

"My God, Bones, what have I done?"

"What you had to do. What you always do... turned death into a fighting chance to live."

"Commander Klingon vessel. This is Admiral Kirk, alive and well on the planet's surface. I know this will come as a pleasant surprise to you! Sorry about your crew, but as we say on Earth, 'c'est la vie'."

"I... have had... enough of you!"

"As I recall, I opposed your enlistment in Starfleet. ...It is possible that judgment was incorrect. ...Your associates are people of good character."

"They are my friends."

"Yes, of course."

"Do you have a message for your mother?"

"Yes. Tell her ...I feel fine."

"As I recall, I opposed your enlistment in Starfleet. It is possible that judgment was incorrect."

"Don't tell me, you're from outer space."

"No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space."

Kirk : "Is that the logical thing to do?"
Spock : "No. But it is the Human thing to do."

"Tell her... I feel fine."

"It's a song, you green-blooded Vulcan! You sing it! The words aren't important, what's important is that you have a good time!"

"Ah, I am sorry Doctor. Were we having a good time?"

"God I liked him better before he died!"

"Damn it, Bones, you're a doctor. You know that pain and guilt can't be taken away with a wave of a magic wand. They're the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain taken away. I need my pain!"

"What does God need with a Starship?"

"Jim, you don't ask the Almighty for His ID!"

"Spock... I thought I was going to die."

"Not possible captain, you were never alone."

"Please Captain, not in front of the Klingons."

"I've lost a brother."

"I lost a brother once. I was lucky, I got him back."

"They're animals!"

"Jim, there is an historic opportunity here."

"Don't believe them! Don't trust them!"

"They are dying."

"Let them die!"

"Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end."

"Captain's log, stardate 9522.6. I've never trusted Klingons, and I never will. I've never been able to forgive them for the death of my boy. It seems to me our mission to escort the Chancellor of the Klingon High Council to a peace summit is problematic at best. Spock says this could be an historic occasion, and I'd like to believe him. But how on earth can history get past people like me?"

"You have to shoot. If you are logical, you have to shoot."

"I do not want to..."

"What you want is irrelevant, what you have chosen is at hand!"

"Is it possible that we two, you and I, have grown so old and so inflexible that we have outlived our usefullness?"

"Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war!"

"Come on, come on!"

"Well fly her apart, then!"

"Captain's Log, stardate 9529.1. This is the final cruise of the Starship Enterprise under my command. This ship and her history will shortly become the care of a new generation. To them and their posterity will we commit our future. They will continue the voyages we have begun, and journey to all the undiscovered countries, boldly going where no man... where no one has gone before."

"Finding retirement a little lonely, are we?"

"You know, I'm glad you're an engineer. With tact like that, you'd make a lousy psychiatrist."

"They say time is the fire in which we burn..."

"Ah, Captain. You must think I'm quite the madman."

"The thought had crossed my mind."

"Data, we need you to scan the planet for lifeforms."

"I would be happy to sir... I just love scanning for lifeforms."

"Life forms... you tiny little life forms... you precious little life forms... where are you?"

"You know there was a time when I wouldn't hurt a fly. And then the Borg came. And they taught me that if there is one constant in this universe, it's death."

"It was... fun. Oh my..."

"Somehow I doubt this ship will be the last to carry the name 'Enterprise'."

"They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds and we fall back. Well no further... the line must be drawn here... and I will make them pay for what they've done!"

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

"Don't try to be a great man, just be a man and let history make it's own judgements."

"You want to destroy the ship and run away, you coward!"

"If you were any other man, I would kill you where you stand!"

"Actually, I think you are the bravest man I've ever known."

"Do you always talk this much?"

"Not always. But often."

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

"And he piled upon the whale's white hump, the sum of all the rage and hate felt by his whole race. If his chest had been a cannon, he would have shot his heart upon it."

"Jean-Luc, we're only moving six hundred people!"

"How many people does it take, Admiral, before it becomes wrong? Hmm? A thousand? Fifty thousand? A million? How many does it take, Admiral?"

"We're through running from these bastards!"

"You Klingons never do anything small, do you?"

"Definitely feeling aggressive tendancies sir!"

"You are me! The same noble Picard blood runs through our veins! Had you lived my life, you'd be doing exactly as I am. Look in the mirror and see yourself. Consider that Captain... I can think of no greater torment for you."

"The B-4 is physically identical to me, although his neural pathways are not as advanced. But even if they were, he would not be me."

"How can you be sure?"

"I aspire, sir. To be better than I am. The B-4 does not. Nor does Shinzon."

"Will Riker, you have been my trusted right arm for fifteen years. You have helped keep my course true and steady. Deanna Troi, you have been my conscience and guide. You have helped me to recognize the best parts of myself. You are my family. And in maritime tradition, I wish you clear horizons... my friends, make it so."

"The Son'a... the Borg... the Romulans... you always get the easy assignments."

"Just lucky, I guess."

"Goodbye."

"Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence!"

"Spock... you are fully capable of deciding your own destiny. The question you face is... which path will you choose? This is something only you can decide"

"Your father was captain of a Starship for twelve minutes. He saved eight hundred lives, including your mothers... and yours. I dare you to do better."

"While the essence of our culture has been saved in the elders who now reside upon this ship, I estimate no more than ten thousand have survived. I am now a member of an endangered species."

"You asked me once why I married your mother. I married her because I loved her."

"Jim, I just lost my planet. I can tell you, I am emotionally compromised."

"I would rather suffer the end of Romulus a thousand times. I would rather die in agony, than accept assistance from you."

"You got it. Arm phasers. Fire everything we've got."

"Pike made him first officer."

"You gotta be kidding me!"

"Thanks for the support."

"I'm coming with you."

"I would cite regulation but I know you will simply ignore it."

"See? We are getting to know each other."

"Spock, nobody knows the rules better than you but there has got to be an exception!"

"If Spock were here and I were there... what would he do?"

"He'd let you die."

"A five year mission Spock! That's deep space, that's uncharted territory, think how incredible that's going to be!"

"Well sir volatile is all relative, maybe our data was off."

"Or maybe it didn't erupt because Mr. Spock detonated a cold fusion device inside it right after a civilisation that's barely invented the wheel happened to see a starship rising out of their ocean!"

"Had the mission gone to plan, Admiral, the indigenous species would not have been aware of our interference."

"That's a technicality!"

"I am Vulcan sir, we embrace technicality."

"That's your problem, you think you're infallible. You think you can't make a mistake. It's a pattern with you. The rules are for other people. And what's worse is, you're using blind luck to justify your playing god!"

"You're going to be my first officer. Admiral Marcus took some convincing. But every now and then I can make a good case."

"What did you tell him?"

"The truth. That I believe in you. That if anybody deserves a second chance it's Jim Kirk.

"I don't know what to say..."

"That is a first. It's going to be okay, son."

"You park at the edge of the neutral zone, you lock on to Harrison's position, you fire, you kill him, and you haul ass."

"That's what scares me! This is clearly a military operation... is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!"

"Attention John Harrison. This is Captain Hikaru Sulu of the USS Enterprise. A shuttle of highly trained officers is on its way to your location. If you do not surrender to them immediately, I will unleash the entire payload of advanced long-range torpedoes currently locked on to your location. You have two minutes to confirm your compliance. Refusal to do so will result in your obliteration. And If you test me, you will fail."

"You misunderstand. It is true I chose not to feel anything on realising that my own life was ending. As Admiral Pike was dying I joined with his consciousness and experienced what he felt at the moment of his passing. Anger... confusion... loneliness... fear. I have experienced those feelings before, multiplied exponentially on the day my planet was destroyed. Such a feeling is something I choose never to experience again. Nyota, you mistake my choice not to feel as a reflection of my not caring. Well I assure you, the truth is precisely the opposite."

"Let me explain what's happening here. You are a criminal. I watched you murder innocent men and women. I was authorised to end you, and the only reason why you are still alive is because I am allowing it. So shut your mouth!"

"Oh, well now! If it isn't Captain James Tiberius Perfect-hair!"

"My crew is my family, Kirk. Is there anything you would not do for your family?"

"You're right! What I'm about to do, it doesn't make any sense. It's not logical, it is a gut feeling. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do... I only know what I can do. The Enterprise and her crew need someone in that chair who knows what he's doing. And it's not me. It's you, Spock."

"As you know, I have made a vow never to give you information that could potentially alter your destiny. Your path is yours to walk, yours alone. That being said... Khan Noonien Singh is the most dangerous adversary the Enterprise ever faced. He is brilliant, ruthless, and he will not hesitate to kill every single one of you."

"Did you defeat him?"

"At great cost... yes."

"Dammit man I'm a doctor, not a torpedo technician!"

"I thought he was helping us!"

"I'm pretty sure we're helping him."

"Well Kirk. Seems apt to return you to your crew. After all, no ship should go down without her Captain."

"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"

"Oh, don't be so melodramatic. You were barely dead."

"Once we caught him, I synthesised a serum from his... super blood. Tell me, are you feeling homicidal, power mad, despotic?"

"No more than usual."

"There will always be those who mean to do us harm. To stop them, we risk awakening the same evil within ourselves. Our first instinct is to seek revenge when those we love are taken from us. But that's not who we are. We are here today to re-christen the USS Enterprise and to honour those who lost their lives nearly one year ago. When Christopher Pike first gave me his ship, he had me recite the Captain's Oath. Words I didn't appreciate at the time. Now I see them as a call for us to remember who we once were and who we must be again. And those words? Space... the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, her five year mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations. To boldly go where no one has gone before."

"My dad joined Starfleet because he believed in it. I joined on a dare."

"You joined to see if you could live up to him. You've spent all this time trying to be your dad. Now you're wondering... what it means to be you."

"It isn't uncommon, you know. It's easy to get lost, in the vastness of space. There's only yourself, your ship, your crew."

"Is that classical music?"

"I believe so."

"Our Captain will come for us. And mercy will be the last thing on his mind."

"I am counting on it!"

"Fear of death is illogical."

"Fear of death is what keeps us alive."

"How are we gonna get out of this one, Spock. We got no ship, no crew. Not the best odds."

"We will do what we always done Jim, we will find hope in the impossible."

"The miserable have no other medicine but only hope."

"Lieutenant Uhura wears a Vulcaya amulet which I presented to her as a token of my affection and respect."

"You gave your girlfriend radioactive jewellery?"

"The emission is harmless Doctor, but its unique signature makes it very easy to identify."

"You gave your girlfriend a tracking device?"

"...that was not my intention."

"Well I'm glad he doesn't respect me!"

"You cannot go to this place. Everyone who goes there, he kills."

"My wee Granny used to say, ye canna' break a stick in a bundle. You're part of something bigger now, lass. Don't you give up on that, because we'll sure as hell never give up on you. That is what being part of a crew is all about."

"The world that I was born into was very different from yours, Lieutenant. We knew pain, we knew terror. Struggle made us strong - not peace, not unity. These are myths the Federation would have you believe."

"The Federation has pushed the frontier for centuries, but no longer. This is where it begins, Lieutenant. This is where the frontier pushes back."

"Spock! What are you doing here?"

"Clearly, I am here to rescue you."

"You take my house. And you make it fly!"

"Mister Sulu... you can, you know, fly this thing. Right?"

"Are you kidding me, sir?"

"We change. We have to, or we spend the rest of our lives fighting the same battles."

"I read your ship's log, Captain James T Kirk. At least I know what I am! I am a soldier!"

"You won the war, Edison! You gave us peace."

"Peace... is not what I was born into."

"Better to die saving lives than live with taking them. That's what I was born into."

"For decades, the Federation thought that he was a hero. I guess time will judge us all."

"You saved this entire base, Kirk. Millions of souls. Thank you."

"It wasn't just me. It never is."

"Vice Admirals don't fly, do they?"

"No. They don't."

"No offence Ma'am, but... where's the fun in that?"

"Ambassador Spock has died."

"Oh Spock, I'm sorry. I can't imagine what that must feel like."

"When you have lived as many lives as he, fear of death is illogical."

"My name is Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the United Federation of Planets. I'm appearing before you as a neutral representative of the Fibonan Republic. I bring you a message of goodwill and present to you, esteemed members of the Teenaxi delegation, a gift from the Fibonan high council, with the highest regards."

"...excuse me?"

"Um, well, this was once a piece of an ancient weapon. And now they offer it as a symbol of... of peace. In the Fibonan culture to surrender a weapon is an offer of truce."

"They told me they acquired it a long time ago."

"No. Ummm..."