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1df930be7SderaadtA father doesn't destroy his children.
2df930be7Sderaadt		-- Lt. Carolyn Palamas, "Who Mourns for Adonais?",
3df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 3468.1.
4df930be7Sderaadt%
5df930be7SderaadtA little suffering is good for the soul.
6df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Corbomite Maneuver", stardate 1514.0
7df930be7Sderaadt%
8df930be7SderaadtA man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and
9df930be7Sderaadtlicks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.
10df930be7Sderaadt		-- Dr. Boyce, "The Menagerie" ("The Cage"), stardate unknown
11df930be7Sderaadt%
12df930be7SderaadtA princess should not be afraid -- not with a brave knight to protect
13df930be7Sderaadther.
14df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "Shore Leave", stardate 3025.3
15df930be7Sderaadt%
16df930be7SderaadtA star captain's most solemn oath is that he will give his life, even
17df930be7Sderaadthis entire crew, rather than violate the Prime Directive.
18df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Omega Glory", stardate unknown
19df930be7Sderaadt%
20df930be7SderaadtA Vulcan can no sooner be disloyal than he can exist without
21df930be7Sderaadtbreathing.
22df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Menagerie", stardate 3012.4
23df930be7Sderaadt%
24df930be7SderaadtA woman should have compassion.
25df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Catspaw", stardate 3018.2
26df930be7Sderaadt%
27df930be7SderaadtActual war is a very messy business.  Very, very messy business.
28df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "A Taste of Armageddon", stardate 3193.0
29df930be7Sderaadt%
30df930be7SderaadtAfter a time, you may find that "having" is not so pleasing a thing,
31df930be7Sderaadtafter all, as "wanting."  It is not logical, but it is often true.
32df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Amok Time", stardate 3372.7
33df930be7Sderaadt%
34df930be7SderaadtAll your people must learn before you can reach for the stars.
35df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Gamesters of Triskelion", stardate 3259.2
36df930be7Sderaadt%
37df930be7SderaadtAnother Armenia, Belgium ... the weak innocents who always seem to be
38df930be7Sderaadtlocated on a natural invasion route.
39df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3198.4
40df930be7Sderaadt%
41df930be7SderaadtAnother dream that failed.  There's nothing sadder.
42df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "This side of Paradise", stardate 3417.3
43df930be7Sderaadt%
44df930be7SderaadtAnother war ... must it always be so?  How many comrades have we lost
45df930be7Sderaadtin this way? ...  Obedience.  Duty.  Death, and more death ...
46df930be7Sderaadt		-- Romulan Commander, "Balance of Terror", stardate 1709.2
47df930be7Sderaadt%
48df930be7Sderaadt... bacteriological warfare ... hard to believe we were once foolish
49df930be7Sderaadtenough to play around with that.
50df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "The Omega Glory", stardate unknown
51df930be7Sderaadt%
52df930be7Sderaadt"Beauty is transitory."
53df930be7Sderaadt"Beauty survives."
54df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock and Kirk, "That Which Survives", stardate unknown
55df930be7Sderaadt%
56df930be7SderaadtBehind every great man, there is a woman -- urging him on.
57df930be7Sderaadt		-- Harry Mudd, "I, Mudd", stardate 4513.3
58df930be7Sderaadt%
59df930be7SderaadtBlast medicine anyway!  We've learned to tie into every organ in the
60df930be7Sderaadthuman body but one.  The brain!  The brain is what life is all about.
61df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "The Menagerie", stardate 3012.4
62df930be7Sderaadt%
63df930be7SderaadtBut it's real.  And if it's real it can be affected ...  we may not be
64df930be7Sderaadtable to break it, but, I'll bet you credits to Navy Beans we can put a
65df930be7Sderaadtdent in it.
66df930be7Sderaadt		-- deSalle, "Catspaw", stardate 3018.2
67df930be7Sderaadt%
68df930be7Sderaadt"Can you imagine how life could be improved if we could do away with
69df930be7Sderaadtjealousy, greed, hate ..."
70df930be7Sderaadt
71df930be7Sderaadt"It can also be improved by eliminating love, tenderness, sentiment --
72df930be7Sderaadtthe other side of the coin"
73df930be7Sderaadt		-- Dr. Roger Corby and Kirk, "What are Little Girls Made Of?",
74df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 2712.4
75df930be7Sderaadt%
76df930be7SderaadtChange is the essential process of all existence.
77df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", stardate 5730.2
78df930be7Sderaadt%
79df930be7SderaadtCompassion -- that's the one things no machine ever had.  Maybe it's
80df930be7Sderaadtthe one thing that keeps men ahead of them.
81df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3
82df930be7Sderaadt%
83df930be7SderaadtComputers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to
84df930be7Sderaadtserve under them.  Captain, a starship also runs on loyalty to one
85df930be7Sderaadtman.  And nothing can replace it or him.
86df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4729.4
87df930be7Sderaadt%
88df930be7SderaadtConquest is easy. Control is not.
89df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Mirror, Mirror", stardate unknown
90df930be7Sderaadt%
91df930be7SderaadtDeath, when unnecessary, is a tragic thing.
92df930be7Sderaadt		-- Flint, "Requiem for Methuselah", stardate 5843.7
93df930be7Sderaadt%
94df930be7SderaadtDeath.  Destruction.  Disease.  Horror.  That's what war is all about.
95df930be7SderaadtThat's what makes it a thing to be avoided.
96df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "A Taste of Armageddon", stardate 3193.0
97df930be7Sderaadt%
98df930be7SderaadtDo you know about being with somebody?  Wanting to be?  If I had the
99df930be7Sderaadtwhole universe, I'd give it to you, Janice.  When I see you, I feel
100df930be7Sderaadtlike I'm hungry all over.  Do you know how that feels?
101df930be7Sderaadt		-- Charlie Evans, "Charlie X", stardate 1535.8
102df930be7Sderaadt%
103df930be7SderaadtDo you know the one -- "All I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer
104df930be7Sderaadther by ..."  You could feel the wind at your back, about you ...  the
105df930be7Sderaadtsounds of the sea beneath you.  And even if you take away the wind and
106df930be7Sderaadtthe water, it's still the same.  The ship is yours ... you can feel her
107df930be7Sderaadt... and the stars are still there.
108df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4729.4
109df930be7Sderaadt%
110df930be7Sderaadt[Doctors and Bartenders], We both get the same two kinds of customers
111df930be7Sderaadt-- the living and the dying.
112df930be7Sderaadt		-- Dr. Boyce, "The Menagerie" ("The Cage"), stardate unknown
113df930be7Sderaadt%
114df930be7SderaadtEach kiss is as the first.
115df930be7Sderaadt		-- Miramanee, Kirk's wife, "The Paradise Syndrome",
116df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 4842.6
117df930be7Sderaadt%
118df930be7SderaadtEarth -- mother of the most beautiful women in the universe.
119df930be7Sderaadt		-- Apollo, "Who Mourns for Adonais?" stardate 3468.1
120df930be7Sderaadt%
121df930be7SderaadtEither one of us, by himself, is expendable.  Both of us are not.
122df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Devil in the Dark", stardate 3196.1
123df930be7Sderaadt%
124df930be7SderaadtEmotions are alien to me.  I'm a scientist.
125df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "This Side of Paradise", stardate 3417.3
126df930be7Sderaadt%
127df930be7SderaadtEven historians fail to learn from history -- they repeat the same
128df930be7Sderaadtmistakes.
129df930be7Sderaadt		-- John Gill, "Patterns of Force", stardate 2534.7
130df930be7Sderaadt%
131df930be7SderaadtEvery living thing wants to survive.
132df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3
133df930be7Sderaadt%
134df930be7Sderaadt"Evil does seek to maintain power by suppressing the truth."
135df930be7Sderaadt"Or by misleading the innocent."
136df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock and McCoy, "And The Children Shall Lead",
137df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 5029.5.
138df930be7Sderaadt%
139df930be7SderaadtExtreme feminine beauty is always disturbing.
140df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Cloud Minders", stardate 5818.4
141df930be7Sderaadt%
142df930be7SderaadtFascinating is a word I use for the unexpected.
143df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Squire of Gothos", stardate 2124.5
144df930be7Sderaadt%
145df930be7SderaadtFascinating, a totally parochial attitude.
146df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3219.8
147df930be7Sderaadt%
148df930be7SderaadtFirst study the enemy.  Seek weakness.
149df930be7Sderaadt		-- Romulan Commander, "Balance of Terror", stardate 1709.2
150df930be7Sderaadt%
151df930be7SderaadtFour thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man.
152df930be7Sderaadt		-- Klingon Soldier, "Day of the Dove", stardate unknown
153df930be7Sderaadt%
154df930be7Sderaadt"... freedom ... is a worship word..."
155df930be7Sderaadt"It is our worship word too."
156df930be7Sderaadt		-- Cloud William and Kirk, "The Omega Glory", stardate unknown
157df930be7Sderaadt%
158df930be7SderaadtGenius doesn't work on an assembly line basis.  You can't simply say,
159df930be7Sderaadt"Today I will be brilliant."
160df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3
161df930be7Sderaadt%
162df930be7Sderaadt"Get back to your stations!"
163df930be7Sderaadt"We're beaming down to the planet, sir."
164df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk and Mr. Leslie, "This Side of Paradise",
165df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 3417.3
166df930be7Sderaadt%
167df930be7SderaadtHe's dead, Jim
168df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "The Devil in the Dark", stardate 3196.1
169df930be7Sderaadt%
170df930be7SderaadtHistory tends to exaggerate.
171df930be7Sderaadt		-- Col. Green, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.4
172df930be7Sderaadt%
17379db6379SpjanzenHumans do claim a great deal for that particular emotion [love].
174df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Lights of Zetar", stardate 5725.6
175df930be7Sderaadt%
176df930be7SderaadtI am pleased to see that we have differences.  May we together become
177df930be7Sderaadtgreater than the sum of both of us.
178df930be7Sderaadt		-- Surak of Vulcan, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.4
179df930be7Sderaadt%
180df930be7SderaadtI have never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to
181df930be7Sderaadtany question.
182df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "This Side of Paradise", stardate 3417.3
183df930be7Sderaadt%
184df930be7SderaadtI object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without
185df930be7Sderaadtconstructive purpose.
186df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Squire of Gothos", stardate 2124.5
187df930be7Sderaadt%
188df930be7SderaadtI realize that command does have its fascination, even under
189df930be7Sderaadtcircumstances such as these, but I neither enjoy the idea of command
190df930be7Sderaadtnor am I frightened of it.  It simply exists, and I will do whatever
191df930be7Sderaadtlogically needs to be done.
192df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2812.7
193df930be7Sderaadt%
194df930be7Sderaadt"I think they're going to take all this money that we spend now on war
195df930be7Sderaadtand death --"
196df930be7Sderaadt"And make them spend it on life."
197df930be7Sderaadt		-- Edith Keeler and Kirk, "The City on the Edge of Forever",
198df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate unknown.
199df930be7Sderaadt%
200df930be7SderaadtI thought my people would grow tired of killing.  But you were right,
201df930be7Sderaadtthey see it is easier than trading.  And it has its pleasures.  I feel
202df930be7Sderaadtit myself.  Like the hunt, but with richer rewards.
203df930be7Sderaadt		-- Apella, "A Private Little War", stardate 4211.8
204df930be7Sderaadt%
205df930be7SderaadtI'm a soldier, not a diplomat.  I can only tell the truth.
206df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3198.9
207df930be7Sderaadt%
208df930be7SderaadtI'm frequently appalled by the low regard you Earthmen have for life.
209df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3
210df930be7Sderaadt%
211df930be7SderaadtI've already got a female to worry about.  Her name is the Enterprise.
212df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Corbomite Maneuver", stardate 1514.0
213df930be7Sderaadt%
214df930be7SderaadtIf a man had a child who'd gone anti-social, killed perhaps, he'd still
215df930be7Sderaadttend to protect that child.
216df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3
217df930be7Sderaadt%
218df930be7SderaadtIf I can have honesty, it's easier to overlook mistakes.
219df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Space Seed", stardate 3141.9
220df930be7Sderaadt%
221df930be7SderaadtIf some day we are defeated, well, war has its fortunes, good and bad.
222df930be7Sderaadt		-- Commander Kor, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3201.7
223df930be7Sderaadt%
224df930be7SderaadtIf there are self-made purgatories, then we all have to live in them.
225df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "This Side of Paradise", stardate 3417.7
226df930be7Sderaadt%
227df930be7SderaadtImmortality consists largely of boredom.
228df930be7Sderaadt		-- Zefrem Cochrane, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3219.8
229df930be7Sderaadt%
230df930be7SderaadtIn the strict scientific sense we all feed on death -- even
231df930be7Sderaadtvegetarians.
232df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Wolf in the Fold", stardate 3615.4
233df930be7Sderaadt%
234df930be7SderaadtInsufficient facts always invite danger.
235df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Space Seed", stardate 3141.9
236df930be7Sderaadt%
237df930be7SderaadtInsults are effective only where emotion is present.
238df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Who Mourns for Adonais?"  stardate 3468.1
239df930be7Sderaadt%
240df930be7SderaadtIntuition, however illogical, is recognized as a command prerogative.
241df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Obsession", stardate 3620.7
242df930be7Sderaadt%
243df930be7SderaadtIs not that the nature of men and women -- that the pleasure is in the
244df930be7Sderaadtlearning of each other?
245df930be7Sderaadt		-- Natira, the High Priestess of Yonada, "For the World is
246df930be7Sderaadt		   Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky", stardate 5476.3.
247df930be7Sderaadt%
248df930be7SderaadtIs truth not truth for all?
249df930be7Sderaadt		-- Natira, "For the World is Hollow and I have Touched
250df930be7Sderaadt		   the Sky", stardate 5476.4.
251df930be7Sderaadt%
252df930be7SderaadtIt [being a Vulcan] means to adopt a philosophy, a way of life which is
253df930be7Sderaadtlogical and beneficial.  We cannot disregard that philosophy merely for
254df930be7Sderaadtpersonal gain, no matter how important that gain might be.
255df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.4
256df930be7Sderaadt%
257df930be7SderaadtIt is a human characteristic to love little animals, especially if
258df930be7Sderaadtthey're attractive in some way.
259df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "The Trouble with Tribbles", stardate 4525.6
260df930be7Sderaadt%
261df930be7SderaadtIt is more rational to sacrifice one life than six.
262df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3
263df930be7Sderaadt%
264df930be7SderaadtIt is necessary to have purpose.
265df930be7Sderaadt		-- Alice #1, "I, Mudd", stardate 4513.3
266df930be7Sderaadt%
267df930be7SderaadtIt is undignified for a woman to play servant to a man who is not
268df930be7Sderaadthers.
269df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Amok Time", stardate 3372.7
270df930be7Sderaadt%
271df930be7SderaadtIt would be illogical to assume that all conditions remain stable
272df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Enterprise" Incident", stardate 5027.3
273df930be7Sderaadt%
274df930be7SderaadtIt would be illogical to kill without reason
275df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.4
276df930be7Sderaadt%
277df930be7SderaadtIt would seem that evil retreats when forcibly confronted
278df930be7Sderaadt		-- Yarnek of Excalbia, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.5
279df930be7Sderaadt%
280df930be7Sderaadt"It's hard to believe that something which is neither seen nor felt can
281df930be7Sderaadtdo so much harm."
282df930be7Sderaadt
283df930be7Sderaadt"That's true.  But an idea can't be seen or felt.  And that's what kept
284df930be7Sderaadtthe Troglytes in the mines all these centuries.  A mistaken idea."
285df930be7Sderaadt		-- Vanna and Kirk, "The Cloud Minders", stardate 5819.0
286df930be7Sderaadt%
287df930be7SderaadtKilling is stupid; useless!
288df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "A Private Little War", stardate 4211.8
289df930be7Sderaadt%
290df930be7SderaadtKilling is wrong.
291df930be7Sderaadt		-- Losira, "That Which Survives", stardate unknown
292df930be7Sderaadt%
293df930be7SderaadtKnowledge, sir, should be free to all!
294df930be7Sderaadt		-- Harry Mudd, "I, Mudd", stardate 4513.3
295df930be7Sderaadt%
296df930be7SderaadtLandru! Guide us!
297df930be7Sderaadt		-- A Beta 3-oid, "The Return of the Archons", stardate 3157.4
298df930be7Sderaadt%
299df930be7SderaadtLeave bigotry in your quarters; there's no room for it on the bridge.
300df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Balance of Terror", stardate 1709.2
301df930be7Sderaadt%
302df930be7Sderaadt"Life and death are seldom logical."
303df930be7Sderaadt"But attaining a desired goal always is."
304df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy and Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2821.7
305df930be7Sderaadt%
306df930be7SderaadtLive long and prosper.
307df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Amok Time", stardate 3372.7
308df930be7Sderaadt%
309df930be7Sderaadt"Logic and practical information do not seem to apply here."
310df930be7Sderaadt"You admit that?"
311df930be7Sderaadt"To deny the facts would be illogical, Doctor"
312df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock and McCoy, "A Piece of the Action", stardate unknown
313df930be7Sderaadt%
314df930be7SderaadtLots of people drink from the wrong bottle sometimes.
315df930be7Sderaadt		-- Edith Keeler, "The City on the Edge of Forever",
316df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate unknown
317df930be7Sderaadt%
318df930be7SderaadtLove sometimes expresses itself in sacrifice.
319df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3220.3
320df930be7Sderaadt%
321df930be7SderaadtMadness has no purpose.  Or reason.  But it may have a goal.
322df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Alternative Factor", stardate 3088.7
323df930be7Sderaadt%
324df930be7SderaadtMany Myths are based on truth
325df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Way to Eden", stardate 5832.3
326df930be7Sderaadt%
327df930be7SderaadtMen don't talk peace unless they're ready to back it up with war.
328df930be7Sderaadt		-- Col. Green, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.4
329df930be7Sderaadt%
330df930be7SderaadtMen of peace usually are [brave].
331df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.5
332df930be7Sderaadt%
333df930be7SderaadtMen will always be men -- no matter where they are.
334df930be7Sderaadt		-- Harry Mudd, "Mudd's Women", stardate 1329.8
335df930be7Sderaadt%
336df930be7SderaadtMilitary secrets are the most fleeting of all.
337df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Enterprise Incident", stardate 5027.4
338df930be7Sderaadt%
339df930be7SderaadtMost legends have their basis in facts.
340df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "And The Children Shall Lead", stardate 5029.5
341df930be7Sderaadt%
342df930be7SderaadtMurder is contrary to the laws of man and God.
343df930be7Sderaadt		-- M-5 Computer, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3
344df930be7Sderaadt%
345df930be7SderaadtNo more blah, blah, blah!
346df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Miri", stardate 2713.6
347df930be7Sderaadt%
348df930be7SderaadtNo one can guarantee the actions of another.
349df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Day of the Dove", stardate unknown
350df930be7Sderaadt%
351df930be7SderaadtNo one may kill a man.  Not for any purpose.  It cannot be condoned.
352df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Spock's Brain", stardate 5431.6
353df930be7Sderaadt%
354df930be7Sderaadt"No one talks peace unless he's ready to back it up with war."
355df930be7Sderaadt"He talks of peace if it is the only way to live."
356df930be7Sderaadt		-- Colonel Green and Surak of Vulcan, "The Savage Curtain",
357df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 5906.5.
358df930be7Sderaadt%
359df930be7SderaadtNo one wants war.
360df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3201.7
361df930be7Sderaadt%
362df930be7SderaadtNo problem is insoluble.
363df930be7Sderaadt		-- Dr. Janet Wallace, "The Deadly Years", stardate 3479.4
364df930be7Sderaadt%
365df930be7SderaadtNot one hundred percent efficient, of course ... but nothing ever is.
366df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3219.8
367df930be7Sderaadt%
368df930be7SderaadtOblivion together does not frighten me, beloved.
369df930be7Sderaadt		-- Thalassa (in Anne Mulhall's body), "Return to Tomorrow",
370df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 4770.3.
371df930be7Sderaadt%
372df930be7SderaadtOh, that sound of male ego.  You travel halfway across the galaxy and
373df930be7Sderaadtit's still the same song.
374df930be7Sderaadt		-- Eve McHuron, "Mudd's Women", stardate 1330.1
375df930be7Sderaadt%
376df930be7SderaadtOn my planet, to rest is to rest -- to cease using energy.  To me, it
377df930be7Sderaadtis quite illogical to run up and down on green grass, using energy,
378df930be7Sderaadtinstead of saving it.
379df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Shore Leave", stardate 3025.2
380df930be7Sderaadt%
381df930be7SderaadtOne does not thank logic.
382df930be7Sderaadt		-- Sarek, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.4
383df930be7Sderaadt%
384df930be7SderaadtOne of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for
385df930be7Sderaadtadvice without necessarily having to take it.
386df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Dagger of the Mind", stardate 2715.2
387df930be7Sderaadt%
388df930be7SderaadtOnly a fool fights in a burning house.
389d0453f4eSpjanzen		-- Kang the Klingon, "Day of the Dove", stardate unknown
390df930be7Sderaadt%
391df930be7SderaadtOur missions are peaceful -- not for conquest.  When we do battle, it
392df930be7Sderaadtis only because we have no choice.
393df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Squire of Gothos", stardate 2124.5
394df930be7Sderaadt%
395df930be7SderaadtOur way is peace.
396df930be7Sderaadt		-- Septimus, the Son Worshiper, "Bread and Circuses",
397df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 4040.7.
398df930be7Sderaadt%
399df930be7SderaadtPain is a thing of the mind.  The mind can be controlled.
400df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Operation -- Annihilate!" stardate 3287.2
401df930be7Sderaadt%
402df930be7SderaadtPeace was the way.
403df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate unknown
404df930be7Sderaadt%
405df930be7SderaadtPower is danger.
406df930be7Sderaadt		-- The Centurion, "Balance of Terror", stardate 1709.2
407df930be7Sderaadt%
408df930be7SderaadtPrepare for tomorrow -- get ready.
409df930be7Sderaadt		-- Edith Keeler, "The City On the Edge of Forever",
410df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate unknown
411df930be7Sderaadt%
412df930be7SderaadtPunishment becomes ineffective after a certain point.  Men become
413df930be7Sderaadtinsensitive.
414df930be7Sderaadt		-- Eneg, "Patterns of Force", stardate 2534.7
415df930be7Sderaadt%
416df930be7SderaadtRespect is a rational process
417df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3
418df930be7Sderaadt%
419df930be7SderaadtRomulan women are not like Vulcan females.  We are not dedicated to
420df930be7Sderaadtpure logic and the sterility of non-emotion.
421df930be7Sderaadt		-- Romulan Commander, "The Enterprise Incident",
422df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 5027.3
423df930be7Sderaadt%
424df930be7SderaadtSchshschshchsch.
425df930be7Sderaadt		-- The Gorn, "Arena", stardate 3046.2
426df930be7Sderaadt%
427df930be7SderaadtSometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on.
428df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "A Taste of Armageddon", stardate 3193.9
429df930be7Sderaadt%
430df930be7SderaadtSometimes a man will tell his bartender things he'll never tell his doctor.
431df930be7Sderaadt		-- Dr. Phillip Boyce, "The Menagerie" ("The Cage"),
432df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate unknown.
433df930be7Sderaadt%
434df930be7SderaadtStar Trek Lives!
435df930be7Sderaadt%
436df930be7SderaadtSuffocating together ... would create heroic camaraderie.
437df930be7Sderaadt		-- Khan Noonian Singh, "Space Seed", stardate 3142.8
438df930be7Sderaadt%
439df930be7SderaadtSuperior ability breeds superior ambition.
440df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Space Seed", stardate 3141.9
441df930be7Sderaadt%
442df930be7Sderaadt"That unit is a woman."
443df930be7Sderaadt"A mass of conflicting impulses."
444df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock and Nomad, "The Changeling", stardate 3541.9
445df930be7Sderaadt%
446df930be7Sderaadt"The combination of a number of things to make existence worthwhile."
447*0a66082bSjmc"Yes, the philosophy of `none', meaning `all'."
448df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock and Lincoln, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.4
449df930be7Sderaadt%
450df930be7SderaadtThe face of war has never changed.  Surely it is more logical to heal
451df930be7Sderaadtthan to kill.
452df930be7Sderaadt		-- Surak of Vulcan, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.5
453df930be7Sderaadt%
454df930be7SderaadtThe games have always strengthened us.  Death becomes a familiar
455df930be7Sderaadtpattern.  We don't fear it as you do.
456df930be7Sderaadt		-- Proconsul Marcus Claudius, "Bread and Circuses",
457df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 4041.2
458df930be7Sderaadt%
459df930be7Sderaadt"The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity."
460df930be7Sderaadt"And in the way our differences combine to create meaning and beauty."
461df930be7Sderaadt		-- Dr. Miranda Jones and Spock, "Is There in Truth No Beauty?",
462df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 5630.8
463df930be7Sderaadt%
464df930be7SderaadtThe heart is not a logical organ.
465df930be7Sderaadt		-- Dr. Janet Wallace, "The Deadly Years", stardate 3479.4
466df930be7Sderaadt%
467df930be7SderaadtThe idea of male and female are universal constants.
468df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3219.8
469df930be7Sderaadt%
470df930be7SderaadtThe joys of love made her human and the agonies of love destroyed her.
471df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Requiem for Methuselah", stardate 5842.8
472df930be7Sderaadt%
473df930be7SderaadtThe man on tops walks a lonely street; the "chain" of command is often
474df930be7Sderaadta noose.
47579db6379Spjanzen		- McCoy, "The Conscience of the King," stardate 2818.9
476df930be7Sderaadt%
477df930be7SderaadtThe more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of
478df930be7Sderaadtplay.
479df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Shore Leave", stardate 3025.8
480df930be7Sderaadt%
481df930be7SderaadtThe only solution is ... a balance of power.  We arm our side with
482df930be7Sderaadtexactly that much more.  A balance of power -- the trickiest, most
483df930be7Sderaadtdifficult, dirtiest game of them all.  But the only one that preserves
484df930be7Sderaadtboth sides.
485df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "A Private Little War", stardate 4211.8
486df930be7Sderaadt%
487df930be7SderaadtThe people of Gideon have always believed that life is sacred.  That
488df930be7Sderaadtthe love of life is the greatest gift ... We are incapable of
489df930be7Sderaadtdestroying or interfering with the creation of that which we love so
490df930be7Sderaadtdeeply -- life in every form from fetus to developed being.
491df930be7Sderaadt		-- Hodin of Gideon, "The Mark of Gideon", stardate 5423.4
492df930be7Sderaadt%
493df930be7Sderaadt... The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when then get
494df930be7Sderaadtto know each other.
495df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Elaan of Troyius", stardate 4372.5
496df930be7Sderaadt%
497d0453f4eSpjanzen"The release of emotion is what keeps us healthy.  Emotionally healthy."
498df930be7Sderaadt
499df930be7Sderaadt"That may be, Doctor.  However, I have noted that the healthy release
500df930be7Sderaadtof emotion is frequently unhealthy for those closest to you."
501df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy and Spock, "Plato's Stepchildren", stardate 5784.3
502df930be7Sderaadt%
503df930be7SderaadtThe sight of death frightens them [Earthers].
504df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kras the Klingon, "Friday's Child", stardate 3497.2
505df930be7Sderaadt%
506df930be7SderaadtThe sooner our happiness together begins, the longer it will last.
507df930be7Sderaadt		-- Miramanee, "The Paradise Syndrome", stardate 4842.6
508df930be7Sderaadt%
509df930be7Sderaadt... The things love can drive a man to -- the ecstasies, the
510df930be7Sderaadtthe miseries, the broken rules, the desperate chances, the glorious
511df930be7Sderaadtfailures and the glorious victories.
512df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "Requiem for Methuselah", stardate 5843.7
513df930be7Sderaadt%
514df930be7SderaadtThere are always alternatives.
515df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3
516df930be7Sderaadt%
517df930be7SderaadtThere are certain things men must do to remain men.
518df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4929.4
519df930be7Sderaadt%
520df930be7SderaadtThere are some things worth dying for.
521df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3201.7
522df930be7Sderaadt%
523df930be7SderaadtThere comes to all races an ultimate crisis which you have yet to face
524df930be7Sderaadt.... One day our minds became so powerful we dared think of ourselves
525df930be7Sderaadtas gods.
526df930be7Sderaadt		-- Sargon, "Return to Tomorrow", stardate 4768.3
527df930be7Sderaadt%
528df930be7SderaadtThere is a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder.
529df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "A Taste of Armageddon", stardate 3193.9
530df930be7Sderaadt%
531df930be7SderaadtThere is an old custom among my people.  When a woman saves a man's
532df930be7Sderaadtlife, he is grateful.
533df930be7Sderaadt		-- Nona, the Kanuto which woman, "A Private Little War",
534df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 4211.8.
535df930be7Sderaadt%
536df930be7SderaadtThere is an order of things in this universe.
537df930be7Sderaadt		-- Apollo, "Who Mourns for Adonais?" stardate 3468.1
538df930be7Sderaadt%
539df930be7SderaadtThere's a way out of any cage.
540df930be7Sderaadt		-- Captain Christopher Pike, "The Menagerie" ("The Cage"),
541df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate unknown.
542df930be7Sderaadt%
543df930be7SderaadtThere's another way to survive.  Mutual trust -- and help.
544df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Day of the Dove", stardate unknown
545df930be7Sderaadt%
546df930be7SderaadtThere's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy.  There is
547df930be7Sderaadtnothing good in war.  Except its ending.
548df930be7Sderaadt		-- Abraham Lincoln, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.5
549df930be7Sderaadt%
550df930be7SderaadtThere's nothing disgusting about it [the Companion].  It's just another
551df930be7Sderaadtlife form, that's all.  You get used to those things.
552df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3219.8
553df930be7Sderaadt%
554df930be7Sderaadt"There's only one kind of woman ..."
555df930be7Sderaadt"Or man, for that matter.  You either believe in yourself or you don't."
556df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk and Harry Mudd, "Mudd's Women", stardate 1330.1
557df930be7Sderaadt%
558df930be7SderaadtThis cultural mystique surrounding the biological function -- you
559df930be7Sderaadtrealize humans are overly preoccupied with the subject.
560df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kelinda the Kelvan, "By Any Other Name", stardate 4658.9
561df930be7Sderaadt%
562df930be7SderaadtThose who hate and fight must stop themselves -- otherwise it is not
563df930be7Sderaadtstopped.
564df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Day of the Dove", stardate unknown
565df930be7Sderaadt%
566df930be7SderaadtTime is fluid ... like a river with currents, eddies, backwash.
567df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0
568df930be7Sderaadt%
569df930be7SderaadtTo live is always desirable.
570df930be7Sderaadt		-- Eleen the Capellan, "Friday's Child", stardate 3498.9
571df930be7Sderaadt%
572df930be7SderaadtToo much of anything, even love, isn't necessarily a good thing.
573df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Trouble with Tribbles", stardate 4525.6
574df930be7Sderaadt%
575df930be7SderaadtTotally illogical, there was no chance.
576df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3
577df930be7Sderaadt%
578df930be7SderaadtUncontrolled power will turn even saints into savages.  And we can all
579df930be7Sderaadtbe counted on to live down to our lowest impulses.
580df930be7Sderaadt		-- Parmen, "Plato's Stepchildren", stardate 5784.3
581df930be7Sderaadt%
582df930be7SderaadtViolence in reality is quite different from theory.
583df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Cloud Minders", stardate 5818.4
584df930be7Sderaadt%
585df930be7SderaadtVirtue is a relative term.
586df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Friday's Child", stardate 3499.1
587df930be7Sderaadt%
588df930be7SderaadtVulcans believe peace should not depend on force.
589df930be7Sderaadt		-- Amanda, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.3
590df930be7Sderaadt%
591df930be7SderaadtVulcans do not approve of violence.
592df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.4
593df930be7Sderaadt%
594df930be7SderaadtVulcans never bluff.
595df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "The Doomsday Machine", stardate 4202.1
596df930be7Sderaadt%
597df930be7SderaadtVulcans worship peace above all.
598df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "Return to Tomorrow", stardate 4768.3
599df930be7Sderaadt%
600df930be7SderaadtWait!  You have not been prepared!
601df930be7Sderaadt		-- Mr. Atoz, "Tomorrow is Yesterday", stardate 3113.2
602df930be7Sderaadt%
603df930be7SderaadtWar is never imperative.
604df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "Balance of Terror", stardate 1709.2
605df930be7Sderaadt%
606df930be7SderaadtWar isn't a good life, but it's life.
607df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "A Private Little War", stardate 4211.8
608df930be7Sderaadt%
609df930be7Sderaadt[War] is instinctive.  But the instinct can be fought.  We're human
610df930be7Sderaadtbeings with the blood of a million savage years on our hands!  But we
611df930be7Sderaadtcan stop it.  We can admit that we're killers ... but we're not going
612df930be7Sderaadtto kill today.  That's all it takes!  Knowing that we're not going to
613df930be7Sderaadtkill today!
614df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "A Taste of Armageddon", stardate 3193.0
615df930be7Sderaadt%
616df930be7SderaadtWe do not colonize.  We conquer.  We rule.  There is no other way for
617df930be7Sderaadtus.
618df930be7Sderaadt		-- Rojan, "By Any Other Name", stardate 4657.5
619df930be7Sderaadt%
620df930be7SderaadtWe fight only when there is no other choice.  We prefer the ways of
621df930be7Sderaadtpeaceful contact.
622df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Spectre of the Gun", stardate 4385.3
623df930be7Sderaadt%
624df930be7SderaadtWe have found all life forms in the galaxy are capable of superior
625df930be7Sderaadtdevelopment.
626df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Gamesters of Triskelion", stardate 3211.7
627df930be7Sderaadt%
628df930be7SderaadtWe have phasers, I vote we blast 'em!
629df930be7Sderaadt		-- Bailey, "The Corbomite Maneuver", stardate 1514.2
630df930be7Sderaadt%
631df930be7Sderaadt"We have the right to survive!"
63279db6379Spjanzen"Not by killing others."
633df930be7Sderaadt		-- Deela and Kirk, "Wink of An Eye", stardate 5710.5
634df930be7Sderaadt%
635df930be7SderaadtWe Klingons believe as you do -- the sick should die.  Only the strong
636df930be7Sderaadtshould live.
637df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kras, "Friday's Child", stardate 3497.2
638df930be7Sderaadt%
639df930be7SderaadtWe're all sorry for the other guy when he loses his job to a machine.
640df930be7SderaadtBut when it comes to your job -- that's different.  And it always will
641df930be7Sderaadtbe different.
642df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4729.4
643df930be7Sderaadt%
644df930be7Sderaadt"What happened to the crewman?"
645df930be7Sderaadt
646df930be7Sderaadt"The M-5 computer needed a new power source, the crewman merely got in
647df930be7Sderaadtthe way."
648df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk and Dr. Richard Daystrom, "The Ultimate Computer",
649df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 4731.3.
650df930be7Sderaadt%
651df930be7SderaadtWhat kind of love is that?  Not to be loved; never to have shown love.
652df930be7Sderaadt		-- Commissioner Nancy Hedford, "Metamorphosis",
653df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 3219.8
654df930be7Sderaadt%
655df930be7Sderaadt"What terrible way to die."
656df930be7Sderaadt"There are no good ways."
657df930be7Sderaadt		-- Sulu and Kirk, "That Which Survives", stardate unknown
658df930be7Sderaadt%
65979db6379SpjanzenWhen a child is taught ... it's programmed with simple instructions --
660df930be7Sderaadtand at some point, if its mind develops properly, it exceeds the sum of
661df930be7Sderaadtwhat it was taught, thinks independently.
662df930be7Sderaadt		-- Dr. Richard Daystrom, "The Ultimate Computer",
663df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 4731.3.
664df930be7Sderaadt%
665df930be7SderaadtWhen dreams become more important than reality, you give up travel,
666df930be7Sderaadtbuilding, creating; you even forget how to repair the machines left
667df930be7Sderaadtbehind by your ancestors.  You just sit living and reliving other lives
668df930be7Sderaadtleft behind in the thought records.
669df930be7Sderaadt		-- Vina, "The Menagerie" ("The Cage"), stardate unknown
670df930be7Sderaadt%
671df930be7SderaadtWhere there's no emotion, there's no motive for violence.
672df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Dagger of the Mind", stardate 2715.1
673df930be7Sderaadt%
674df930be7SderaadtWitch!  Witch!  They'll burn ya!
675df930be7Sderaadt		-- Hag, "Tomorrow is Yesterday", stardate unknown
676df930be7Sderaadt%
677df930be7SderaadtWithout facts, the decision cannot be made logically.  You must rely on
678df930be7Sderaadtyour human intuition.
679df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Assignment: Earth", stardate unknown
680df930be7Sderaadt%
681df930be7SderaadtWithout followers, evil cannot spread.
682df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "And The Children Shall Lead", stardate 5029.5
683df930be7Sderaadt%
684df930be7SderaadtWithout freedom of choice there is no creativity.
685df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The return of the Archons", stardate 3157.4
686df930be7Sderaadt%
687df930be7SderaadtWomen are more easily and more deeply terrified ... generating more
688df930be7Sderaadtsheer horror than the male of the species.
689df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Wolf in the Fold", stardate 3615.4
690df930be7Sderaadt%
691df930be7SderaadtWomen professionals do tend to over-compensate.
69279db6379Spjanzen		-- Dr. Elizabeth Dehner, "Where No Man Has Gone Before",
693df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 1312.9.
694df930be7Sderaadt%
695df930be7SderaadtWorlds are conquered, galaxies destroyed -- but a woman is always a
696df930be7Sderaadtwoman.
697df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Conscience of the King", stardate unknown
698df930be7Sderaadt%
699df930be7SderaadtWorlds may change, galaxies disintegrate, but a woman always remains a
700df930be7Sderaadtwoman.
701df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Conscience of the King", stardate 2818.9
702df930be7Sderaadt%
703df930be7SderaadtYes, it is written.  Good shall always destroy evil.
704df930be7Sderaadt		-- Sirah the Yang, "The Omega Glory", stardate unknown
705df930be7Sderaadt%
706df930be7SderaadtYou are an excellent tactician, Captain.  You let your second in
707df930be7Sderaadtcommand attack while you sit and watch for weakness.
708df930be7Sderaadt		-- Khan Noonian Singh, "Space Seed", stardate 3141.9
709df930be7Sderaadt%
710df930be7SderaadtYou can't evaluate a man by logic alone.
711df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "I, Mudd", stardate 4513.3
712df930be7Sderaadt%
713df930be7SderaadtYou Earth people glorified organized violence for forty centuries.  But
714df930be7Sderaadtyou imprison those who employ it privately.
715df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Dagger of the Mind", stardate 2715.1
716df930be7Sderaadt%
717df930be7SderaadtYou go slow, be gentle.  It's no one-way street -- you know how you
718df930be7Sderaadtfeel and that's all.  It's how the girl feels too.  Don't press.  If
719df930be7Sderaadtthe girl feels anything for you at all, you'll know.
720df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "Charlie X", stardate 1535.8
721df930be7Sderaadt%
722df930be7SderaadtYou humans have that emotional need to express gratitude.  "You're
723df930be7Sderaadtwelcome," I believe, is the correct response.
724df930be7Sderaadt		-- Spock, "Bread and Circuses", stardate 4041.2
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726df930be7SderaadtYou say you are lying.  But if everything you say is a lie, then you
727df930be7Sderaadtare telling the truth.  You cannot tell the truth because everything
728df930be7Sderaadtyou say is a lie.  You lie, you tell the truth ... but you cannot, for
729df930be7Sderaadtyou lie.
730df930be7Sderaadt		-- Norman the android, "I, Mudd", stardate 4513.3
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732df930be7SderaadtYou speak of courage.  Obviously you do not know the difference between
733df930be7Sderaadtcourage and foolhardiness.  Always it is the brave ones who die, the
734df930be7Sderaadtsoldiers.
735df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kor, the Klingon Commander, "Errand of Mercy",
736df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 3201.7
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738df930be7SderaadtYou!  What PLANET is this!
739df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0
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741df930be7SderaadtYou'll learn something about men and women -- the way they're supposed
742df930be7Sderaadtto be.  Caring for each other, being happy with each other, being good
743df930be7Sderaadtto each other.  That's what we call love.  You'll like that a lot.
744df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk, "The Apple", stardate 3715.6
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746df930be7SderaadtYou're dead, Jim.
747df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "Amok Time", stardate 3372.7
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749df930be7SderaadtYou're dead, Jim.
750df930be7Sderaadt		-- McCoy, "The Tholian Web", stardate unknown
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752df930be7SderaadtYou're too beautiful to ignore.  Too much woman.
753df930be7Sderaadt		-- Kirk to Yeoman Rand, "The Enemy Within", stardate unknown
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755df930be7SderaadtYouth doesn't excuse everything.
756df930be7Sderaadt		-- Dr. Janice Lester (in Kirk's body), "Turnabout Intruder",
757df930be7Sderaadt		   stardate 5928.5.
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