History Quotes / StarTrek

-->-- '''Commander Benjamin Sisko''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Emissary", succinctly sums the very point of ''Franchise/StarTrek''

->'''Sisko''': In the end, it comes down to throwing one pitch after another, and seeing what happens. With each new consequence, the game begins to take shape.\\

-->-- '''Commander Sisko''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Emissary", succinctly sums the very point of ''Franchise/StarTrek''

-->-- '''Malcolm Reed'''

-->-- '''Captain Kathryn Janeway''', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', [[BookEnds "Caretaker" and "Endgame"]]

->"''You murdering Klingon bastards, you killed my '''son'''.''"

-->-- '''Mr. Spock''', before subjecting an enemy to the Vulcan neck-press

->'''Female Changeling:''' The Alpha Quadrant seems wracked with chaos. It could use some order.\\
'''Odo:''' Imposing your type of order on the Alpha Quadrant may prove more difficult than you imagine.\\
'''Female Changeling:''' We are willing to wait until the time is right.

-->-- '''Seven'''

-->-- '''Captain Benjamin Sisko''', [[BadassBoast responding to a Klingon fleet's threat to storm his station]] in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'''s "The Way of the Warrior". (There's a [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority good reason]] why the Prophets chose him as their Emissary.)

-->-- '''James T. Kirk''', ''Folm/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' giving a strong [[LivingLegend contender]] for [[PapaWolf second]] place to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge the above]].

-->-- '''Dr. Leonard [=McCoy=]'''

-->-- '''Capt. James T. Kirk'''

-->-- '''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard'''

->''Fate protects fools, little children, and ships named ''Enterprise''.''
-->-- '''Cmdr. William Riker''', [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] PlotArmor

-->-- '''James T. Kirk''', giving a strong [[LivingLegend contender]] for [[PapaWolf second]] place to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge the above]].

-->-- '''Q''', describing the final frontier (also works as a description of the internet).

->'''Q:''' You ''hit me!'' Picard never hit me!\\
'''Sisko:''' [[NotSoSimilar I'm not Picard.]]

-->-- '''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard''' to Cadet Wesley Crusher, ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "The First Duty"

-->-- '''Captain Janeway''' to Naomi Wildman regarding rescuing Seven of Nine from the Borg.

-->-- '''Captain Kirk''' ([[HoYay Spock says "Let me help" to Kirk in the very next episode.]])

-->-- '''Commander Sisko''' succinctly sums the very point of ''Franchise/StarTrek''

''Sisko:''' [[NotSoSimilar I'm not Picard.]]

->''Star Trek speaks to some basic human needs: that there is a tomorrow--it's not all going to be over with a big flash and a bomb; that the human race is improving; that we have things to be proud of as humans. No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids--human beings built them, because they're clever and they work hard. And Star Trek is about those things.''

->''In America, people ask "Do the Ferengi represent Jews?" In England, they ask "Do the Ferengi represent the Irish?" In Australia, they ask if the Ferengi represent the Chinese. The Ferengi represent the outcast... it's the person who lives among us that we don't fully understand. Our program was about investigating the essence of people, not the outside. They forgave me though I stole. ''(points to Creator/MichaelDorn)'' They forgave him, though he killed. ''(points to Creator/NanaVisitor)'' They forgave her though she was a terrorist. Starships do not make ''Star Trek'', hope makes ''Star Trek''.''

-->-- '''Creator/ArminShimerman, the ''Star Trek Engage'' podcast

-->'''Creator/WilliamShatner''' as '''Capt. James T. Kirk'''

-->'''Creator/PatrickStewart''' as '''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard'''

-->'''Creator/GeneRoddenberry'''

-->'''Dr. Leonard [=McCoy=]'''

-->'''Dr. Leonard [=McCoy=]'''

-->'''Capt. James T. Kirk'''

-->'''Malcolm Reed'''

-->'''Edith Keeler''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', "The City on the Edge of Forever"

-->'''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard'''

-->'''Cmdr. William Riker''', [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] PlotArmor

-->'''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard''' (in an alternate timeline), "Yesterday's Enterprise"

-->'''Zefram Cochrane''', ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''

-->'''Mr. Spock'''

->'''James T. Kirk:''' I ''love'' Italian [food]. (To Spock:) And so do you.
->'''Spock:''' [[BlatantLies Yes.]]
-->''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome''

-->'''Spock''''s [[TearJerker dying words]] to Kirk, ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan]]'' ([[spoiler: so guess what the [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock next film]] is about?]])

-->'''Montgomery Scott''', on the USS ''Enterprise'', ''Film/StarTrek2009''

-->'''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Hide and Q"

->'''Gillian:''' Don't tell me; you're from outer space?
->'''Kirk:''' No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space.
-->''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome''

->'''Spock:''' I would [[BotheringByTheBook cite regulation]], but I know [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight you will simply ignore it]].
->'''Kirk:''' See? We ''are'' getting to know each other.
-->''Film/StarTrek2009''

-->'''Zefram Cochrane''', father of human warp flight, speaking at the dedication of the Warp 5 complex, ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "Broken Bow"

-->'''repeated line.'''

-->'''Captain Kathryn Janeway''', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', [[BookEnds "Caretaker" and "Endgame"]]

-->'''Captain Kathryn Janeway''' to '''Ensign Harry Kim''', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Deadlock" ([[spoiler:Immediately after Harry's apparent return from the dead via a transfer from a doomed parallel Voyager.]])

-->'''Captain Benjamin Sisko''', [[BadassBoast responding to a Klingon fleet's threat to storm his station]] in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'''s "The Way of the Warrior". (There's a [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority good reason]] why the Prophets chose him as their Emissary.)

-->'''The Borg Collective''' saying the words most guaranteed to make people say "OhCrap".

-->'''James T. Kirk''', giving a strong [[LivingLegend contender]] for [[PapaWolf second]] place to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge the above]].

-->'''Q''', describing the final frontier (also works as a description of the internet).

->"You ''hit me!'' Picard never hit me!"
->"[[NotSoSimilar I'm not Picard.]]"
-->'''Q''' gaining a new appreciation for Commander Sisko

-->'''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard''' to '''Cadet Wesley Crusher''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "The First Duty"

--> '''Captain Janeway''' to '''Naomi Wildman''' regarding rescuing Seven of Nine from the Borg.

--> '''Captain Kirk''' ([[HoYay Spock says "Let me help" to Kirk in the very next episode.]])

->'''Sisko''': In the end, it comes down to throwing one pitch after another, and seeing what happens. With each new consequence, the game begins to take shape.
->'''Alien''': And you have no idea what that shape is until it is completed?
->'''Sisko''': That's right. In fact, the game wouldn't be worth playing if we knew what was going to happen.
->'''Alien 2''': You value your ignorance of what is to come?
->'''Sisko''': That may be the most important thing to understand about humans. It is the unknown that defines our existence. We are constantly searching, not just for answers to our questions, but for new questions. We are explorers. We explore our lives day by day, and we explore the galaxy, trying to expand the boundaries of our knowledge. And that is why I am here. Not to conquer you with weapons, or with ideas. But to coexist... and learn.
--> '''Commander Sisko succinctly sums the very point of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' '''

-->'''Mr. Spock, before subjecting an enemy to the Vulcan neck-press'''

->'''Female Changeling''': The Alpha Quadrant seems wracked with chaos. It could use some order.
->'''Odo''': Imposing your type of order on the Alpha Quadrant may prove more difficult than you imagine.
->'''Female Changeling''': We are willing to wait until the time is right.

->''"Survival is insufficient."''
--> '''Seven'''

-->'''Dr. [=McCoy=], to Spock'''

->"''The Prime Directive, Admiral [Jellico], last time I checked, did not first appear on the wall of Starfleet Headquarters in flaming letters accompanied by a sepulchral voice intoning, Thou Shalt Not Butt In. It’s a guide for day-to-day interaction with developing races so that we don’t have umpty-ump Starfleet officers running around playing god by their own rules. But this is not day-to-day Admiral. And we’re not talking about playing god. We’re talking about showing compassion for fellow living beings. Tell me, Admiral, while you were sitting on Deep Space Five waiting for us to show up, did you actually walk around and interact with the refugees? Did you see the misery in their faces, the fear in their eyes? Did you help patch up the wounded, stand by the bedside of the dying, say a prayer for the dead? Or did you sit isolated in your quarters grumbling over the inconvenience? [...] The Prime Directive was created by men and women, no better or worse than any of us, and I respectfully submit that if our hands are so completely tied by it that we sit around impotently, then we have to seriously reconsider what the hell it is we’re all about.''"
-->Commander Riker pissing all over the Prime Directive, courtesy of NewFrontier.

->'''Picard''': There is no greater challenge than the study of philosophy.
->'''Wesley Crusher''': But William James won't be in my Starfleet exams.
->'''Picard''': The important things never will be. Anyone can be trained in the mechanics of piloting a starship.
->'''Wesley''': But Starfleet Academy...
->'''Picard''': It takes more. Open your mind to the past. Art, history, philosophy. And all this may mean something.
-->'''Captain Picard''', encouraging Wesley Crusher's study of philosophy

-->'''The words most guaranteed to make people say "OhCrap".'''

-->'''A strong [[LivingLegend contender]] for [[PapaWolf second]] place to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge the above]].'''

-->'''Q gaining a new appreciation for Commander Sisko'''

->"'There are three things to remember about being a starship captain: Keep your shirt tucked in, go down with the ship, and never abandon a member of your crew.'"

--> '''Commander Sisko succinctly sums the very point of ''StarTrek'' '''