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Quotes List

Series : The Original Series | The Next Generation | Deep Space Nine | Voyager | Enterprise | Picard | Strange New Worlds | The Animated Series | Films

Quote Episode
Pike : 
"Communications? Ah, yes. The prodigy. Cadet… Uhura? On communications rotation. Very happy to have you aboard."
Uhura : 
"Thank you, sir. Glad to be here. Enterprise is cleared for launch."
SNW : Strange New Worlds
Pike : 
"Take me to your leader."
to Kiley security; after he and Spock are captured on Kiley 279
SNW : Strange New Worlds
Ortegas : 
"Course, captain? What's the mission?"
Pike : 
"Our mission? We explore. We seek out new life and new civilizations. We boldly go where no one has gone before."
Uhura : 
"Cool... sir."
Pike : 
"Let's take her out, Lieutenant Ortegas. Warp factor two. Hit it."
SNW : Strange New Worlds
Pike : 
"Sometimes, Mr Spock, things go so badly you just have to laugh."
to Spock
SNW : Children of the Comet
Spock : 
"I am more than capable of managing any pain you can induce."
Chapel : 
"Mr. Spock. Now you're just toying with me."
SNW : Children of the Comet
La'An : 
"Isn't using any Illyrian medical tech against Federation regs?"
Number 1 : 
"Thanks to the Eugenics Wars. I imagine you know all about that period in history."
La'An : 
"Well, you don't grow up with a bioengineered mass murderer as your ancestor and not develop a thick skin."
Number 1 : 
"Khan Noonien Singh."
SNW : Ghosts of Illyria
Pike : 
"Many of us have known those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
Officers, scientists, civilians who gave their lives in the hope for galactic peace.
Today we remember the friends and comrades we lost.
Exploration can exact a heavy toll.
As captain, there is no loss more devastating than that of a crew member.
Remembrance Day is about them.
Those of us left behind wear the insignia of past ships on which we served together.
As we honour the lives that have been given, let us also be grateful to be still on the journey."
to the Enterprise crew
SNW : Memento Mori
Ortegas : 
Never get in the middle of a Vulcan relationship. They will hit you with a lirpa.
to Chapel; on the subject of Spock and T'Pring
SNW : Spock Amok
Number One : 
"Well, if this is what passes for fun, I'm happy to be 'Fun's Funeral'".
La'an : 
"'Where fun goes to die', not 'Fun's Funeral'".
 
talking about what the junior staff call Number One.
SNW : Spock Amok
Spock : 
"This is coming dangerously close to hijinks."
to Chapel; on being in T'Pring's body and doing her job.
SNW : Spock Amok
Elder Gamal : 
On Majalas we have a saying: Let the tree that grows from the roots of sacrifice lift us where suffering cannot reach.
SNW : Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach
Christopher Pike : 
"Argh, me mateys. If we ever catch Angel, we should make them walk the plank. Argh."
to Number One; imitating an old human ship pirate.
SNW : The Serene Squall
Dr M'Benga : 
Chief medical officer's personal log, supplemental. None of the crew remember what happened. The entity's doing, my daughter's doing, I'm sure. The surveillance logs are blank. It's as if every one of them lost five hours. Except for me.
discussing the events of The Elysian Kingdom.
SNW : The Elysian Kingdom
Pike : 
"It'll be fine, Number One. You get the supplies to K-7. I'll pile the kids in the station wagon, take a road trip."
Spock : 
"Sir? The station wagon?"
Pike : 
"Anybody has to go, now's the time."
 in a stern, parental tone
Pike : 
"Do not make me turn this car around."
 
discussing an away mission in a shuttle
SNW : All Those Who Wander
Sam Kirk : 
"Am I off the record here, sir? Jim was always at the top of his class. Smart and highly skilled, obviously. But he's not above relying on charm, or even luck."
Pike : 
"Sounds like a wild card."
Sam Kirk : 
"A whole deck of 'em. He doesn't like taking the path everyone else does, and he doesn't like to lose."
Pike : 
"Should we be worried that he's gonna start a war?"
Sam Kirk : 
"Look, I'm not gonna say Jim isn't a pain in the ass. He is. He is huge pain in the ass. But the truth is, he's as fine a captain as Starfleet has."
Pike : 
"Okay, good to know."
Sam Kirk : 
"Like I said, he does like to bend the rules sometimes. No, more like all the time."
 
discussing James T. Kirk
SNW : A Quality of Mercy
Pelia : 
"Do you have a good reason to steal the ship?"
Spock : 
"I am having what you Humans call a hunch."
Pelia : 
"A Vulcan with a hunch? That's a new one!"
SNW : The Broken Circle
Spock : 
"Perhaps we can conclude this discussion over a barrel of bloodwine?"
D'Chok : 
"You drink bloodwine?"
Spock : 
"I have been known to."
D'Chok : 
"This is something I must see. You're no typical Vulcan."
Spock : 
"No. It would seem I am not."
SNW : The Broken Circle
April : 
"After explicitly ordering you not to go, you risked hundred of lives and you risked peace in the quadrant!"
Spock : 
"If you could lower the volume of your voice, Admiral?"
April : 
"My God, are you hungover, Spock?"
Spock : 
"The result of a peace treaty with the Klingon captain."
SNW : The Broken Circle
Spock : 
"Commander Pelia, I am not sure what you are implying."
Pelia : 
"I'm not implying anything. I'm flat-out saying someone violated about seventeen Starfleet regulations."
Spock : 
"Well, perhaps while you're theorizing, you might explain why anyone would engage in such subterfuge."
Pelia : 
"Mmm, I can think of one reason – to steal the Enterprise. Or do you want to tell me that's not what's happening here?"
SNW : The Broken Circle
Spock : 
"Of all of my father's former colleagues, Pasalk truly brings out the worst in me."
SNW : Ad Astra per Aspera
Una : 
"Put me on the stand. Let them see that being an Illyrian doesn't change who I am as an officer."
Neera : 
"Are you being funny? You were never funny."
SNW : Ad Astra per Aspera
M'Benga : 
"You don't see the tension there?"
Ortegas : 
"What tension? They're all like, buddy-buddy. Vulcan bros."
M'Benga : 
"Vulcans may not give much but you can read their body language. And those two... hate each other."
Ortegas : 
"Are you messing with me right now?"
 
discussing Spock and Admiral Pasalk sitting passively at the same table.
SNW : Ad Astra per Aspera
Spock : 
"May I inquire as to who filed this noise complaint against me?"
La'An : 
"It was anonymous."
Spock : 
"I shall make every effort to practice less vigorously going forward."
 
concerning a noise complaint about Spock's practicing of his Vulcan lute
SNW : Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Alternate Kirk : 
"Seems to be New York City. Mid-21st century."
La'An : 
"What?"
Alternate Kirk : 
"What?"
La'An : 
"It's Toronto. The biggest city in what used to be called Canada? You know, maple leaves, politeness, poutine."
SNW : Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Alternate Kirk : 
"Wait, poutine has gravy? This is amazing!"
to La'An
SNW : Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Pelia : 
"I haven't taken a math class since Pythagoras made the crap up!"
to La'An and Alternate Kirk
SNW : Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Alternate Kirk : 
"That old-fashioned, two-dimensional version, though, it's basically idiot's chess."
to La'An; after winning a series of two dimensional chess games
SNW : Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Luq : 
"You need to let it go, both of you. Allow her last moments to be serene, not anxious and fearful."
La'An : 
"I'm not ready to have my last moments yet, thank you."
 
talking about La'An's injury to Pike, La'An and M'Benga
SNW : Among the Lotus Eaters
Ortegas : 
"I'm Erica Ortegas. I fly the ship!"
trying to remember who she is and what she does
SNW : Among the Lotus Eaters
T'Pril : 
"A Vilcan should have a more resilient bladder"
to the room in general; when Spock excused himself to go to the toilet
SNW : Charades
Pike : 
"Nurse Chapel was unhurt but you were..."
M'Benga : 
"You were healed. Only, whoever did this seems to have made you... Human."
Spock : 
"What the f..."
SNW : Charades
Spock : 
"Don't test me, Kirk! I will break you!"
George Kirk : 
"I'll clean it up."
 
when George Kirk failed to clean up his mess
SNW : Charades
Spock : 
"What does this mean?"
Chapel : 
"I don't know. Shut up."
 
while kissing
SNW : Charades
Amanda : 
"I'm going to do what I should have done many years ago. I'm gonna teach you about your Human side. I'm going to show you how to lie. With the captain's help, of course."
Pike : 
"Do I have a choice in the matter?"
Amanda : 
"You do not."
 
talking to human Spock
SNW : Charades
Pelia : 
"I have been called more names than there are stars in the sky, but 'space hippie' is a new one on me!"
SNW : Lost in Translation
Boimler : 
"You guys look... very realistic."
to to the crew of the USS Enterprise
SNW : Those Old Scientists
Buck : 
"Whatever you need, we probably don't have it, but ask anyway. I'll run it up the flagpole and see if it quacks."
Chapel : 
"Sounds good."
 
discussing the lack of supplies
SNW : Under the Cloak of War
Chapel : 
"Where's the head nurse? I should report in."
Buck : 
"You haven't heard? Congratulations, Head Nurse Chapel."
SNW : Under the Cloak of War
Buck : 
"apparently a watched pot doesn't get the oil."
yet another of his twisted sayings
SNW : Under the Cloak of War
M'Benga : 
"Biobed two is working again. At least for now. But I know it's only a matter of time before it shuts down again. Some things break in a way that can never be repaired. Only managed."
talking about more than biobeds
SNW : Under the Cloak of War
M'Benga : 
"You're right, Chris. We've known each other for a very long time, see eye to eye on most things. But you haven't lived my life. You have the privilege of believing in what's best in people. Me? I happen to know there are some things in this world that don't deserve forgiveness."
SNW : Under the Cloak of War
Pike : 
"So... that happened."
to the bridge crew; after the first song was finished
SNW : Subspace Rhapsody
La'An : 
"So, what's next? More improbability? Or will we just suddenly poof into bunnies?"
M'Benga : 
"I would prefer not be a bunny, either."
Spock : 
"I doubt we will be bunnies."
SNW : Subspace Rhapsody
James Kirk : 
"Mr. Spock, you explained that very well. I almost understood it."
to Spock; on a science briefing
SNW : Subspace Rhapsody
James Kirk : 
"I tend not to stay in the same place for very long, which is... a growing problem because Carol is... pregnant."
La'An : 
"Oh, um... wow."
SNW : Subspace Rhapsody
April : 
"I think it's safe to say that we don't understand the Gorn."
Pike : 
"Well, I've seen them up close and personal and they're not hard to understand, Bob. They're monsters."
SNW : Hegemony, Part 1
Ortegas : 
"You want me to pilot the shuttle?"
Pike : 
"Come on, Erica. Haven't you been bugging me for months about joining a landing party?"
Ortegas : 
"Yes, I have. Why have I been doing that?"
SNW : Hegemony, Part 1
Spock : 
"They do not appear to notice the shuttle."
Uhura : 
"Because they look like space garbage. Old zombie movie trick."
Chin-Riley : 
"Zombie movie?"
Uhura : 
"Yeah, dress up like you're dead so the zombies don't notice you. You've never seen one?"
Spock : 
"A zombie, no. A movie, yes. But I will add some to my research."
 
using a shuttle decorated with space wreckage to go by unnoticed
SNW : Hegemony, Part 1
Ortegas : 
"So, are you just gonna leave us in here?"
Scotty : 
"Oh, sorry. Where are my manners, eh? Montgomery Scott, at your service. Lieutenant junior grade."
Pike : 
"Captain Pike of the USS Enterprise. This is Lieutenant Noonien-Singh, Dr. M'Benga, Lieutenant Ortegas, and Lieutenant Kirk."
Scotty : 
"That's a lot of lieutenants."
Pike : 
"There'll be a quiz."
SNW : Hegemony, Part 1
Pelia : 
"Hello, Scotty."
Scotty : 
"Professor."
Pike : 
"You two know each other?"
Pelia : 
"One of my best students... who sadly received some of my worst grades."
SNW : Hegemony, Part 1

Series : The Original Series | The Next Generation | Deep Space Nine | Voyager | Enterprise | Picard | Strange New Worlds | The Animated Series | Films

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