We prefer to help ourselves. We make mistakes, but we’re human – and maybe that’s the word that best explains us. – Capt. James T. Kirk Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘I, Mudd’.
Madness has no purpose. Or reason. But it may have a goal. – Mr. Spock Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Alternative Factor’.
A lie is a very poor way to say hello. – Edith Keeler Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The City on the Edge of Forever’.
Captain, Klingons off the starboard bow. – Sulu Star Trek parody in The Simpsons episode ‘Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie’.
If we’re going to be damned, let’s be damned for what we really are. – Capt. Jean-Luc Picard Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘Encounter At Farpoint’.
We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile. – The Borg Star Trek: First Contact (1996 Film).
There may be a correlation between humor and sex. The need for more research is clearly indicated. – Lt. Cmdr. Data , Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘Data’s Day’.
Being first at any cost is not always the point. – Capt. Jean-Luc Picard Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘Tin Man’.
Love sometimes expresses itself in sacrifice. – Capt. James T. Kirk Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘Metamorphosis’.
Emotions are alien to me. I’m a scientist – Mr. Spock Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘This Side of Paradise’.
There are still many human emotions I do not fully comprehend – anger, hatred, revenge. But I am not mystified by the desire to be loved – or the need for friendship. These are things I do understand. – Lt. Cmdr. Data Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘Data’s Day’.
I have to set an example, now more than ever. Facing death is the ultimate test of character. I don’t want to die, but if I have to, I’d like to do it with a little pride. – Cmdr. William Riker Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘Shades of Gray’.
Well there goes paradise. – Dr. Leonard McCoy On finding that holding and touching is forbidden on Eden-like paradise planet of Gamma Trianguli VI. Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Apple’.
Capt. James T. Kirk: You’d make a splendid computer, Mr. Spock. Spock: [taken aback] That is very kind of you, Captain! Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Return of the Archons’.
Some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you. – Cmdr. William Riker Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘Data’s Day’.
Scotty: When are you going to get off that milk diet, lad? Chekov: This is vodka. Scotty: Where I come from, that’s soda pop. This is a drink for a man. Chekov: Scotch? Scotty: Aye. Chekov: It was invented by a little old lady from Leningrad. Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Trouble With Tribbles’.
There’s still much to do; still so much to learn. – Capt. Jean-Luc Picard Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘The Neutral Zone’.
Torture has never been a reliable means of extracting information. – Capt. Jean-Luc Picard Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘Chain of Command, Part 2’.
They used to say that if Man was meant to fly, he’d have wings. But he did fly. He discovered he had to. – Capt. James T. Kirk Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘Return to Tomorrow’.
In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see. – Mr. Spock Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Tholian Web’.
You can use logic to justify almost anything. That’s its power. And its flaw. – Capt. Cathryn Janeway Star Trek: Voyager, ‘Prime Factors’.
Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them. – Mr. Spock Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Ultimate Computer’.
If we start buzzing about down there, we’re liable to find their mental power is so great they could reach out and swat this ship as though it were a fly. – Mr. Spock Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Cage’.
It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life. – Capt. Jean-Luc Picard Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘Peak Performance’.
You either believe in yourself or you don’t. – Capt. James T. Kirk Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘Mudd’s Women’.
Laris: Bad dreams? Jean-Luc Picard: The dreams are lovely. It’s the waking up that I’m beginning to resent. Star Trek: Picard, ‘Remembrance’.
There are many parts of my youth that I’m not proud of. There were loose threads, untidy parts of me that I would like to remove. But when I pulled on one of those threads it unraveled the tapestry of my life. – Capt. Jean-Luc Picard Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘Tapestry’.
Change is the essential process of all existence. – Mr. Spock Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘Let That Be Your Last Battlefield’.