This week, we’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Star, so let’s look back at some of the most iconic quotes from that era.
1.
“I’m in the middle of something, Spock.
That’s not right.”
— William Shatner “I am in the center of something.”
— Spock “We’re all here, Mr. Spock.”
— Leonard Nimoy “I have no idea what’s going on.”
— Kirk “What’s wrong with you?”
— Kirk (in reference to Spock’s inability to form words) “No, no, I’m in my own little world.”
— Scotty “I don’t think I’ll ever forget it.
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No.”
— McCoy “I wish I had a way to do that.”
— Scott “I’ve got to do this, Scotty.
This is a long time coming.”
— Uhura “It’s been over a year, Scot.
You’re going to have to give up on me.
I’m not going to stay alive.
You know that?”
— Scot “No.”
— Troi “You can’t keep saying the same thing over and over.”
— Worf “No.
I don’t care what they say.
I love you.”
— Data “I’ll get to the bottom of this.”
— Picard “What is it?”
— Data (in Klingon) “It is not a question.”
— Jadzia Dax “It seems you have been acting in a way that is contrary to the best interests of the Federation.
I am deeply concerned.”
— Gowron “I feel no obligation to speak on your behalf.”
— Sulu “What?
…
I’m sorry.”
— Captain Picard “It appears you’re trying to deceive us.”
— Quark “We must act as though we know nothing.
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We do.”
— Garak “I need to know.”
— T’Pol “I can’t say anything.”
— Odo “I cannot answer you.”
“The Klingon proverb says that if you cannot answer a question, then you cannot say anything at all.”
— Dax (in Romulan) “I think we’ve had enough.”
— Nog “The Vulcan proverb says, “If you can’t answer a single question, you cannot speak.””
— Tuvok “I want to say something to you.
…
I feel like I’m speaking.”
— Jake Sisko “I believe in what I’m doing.”
— Bashir “I understand the need to do something, but we cannot abandon our duties.”
— B’Elanna Torres “I just don’t know.”
“It does not seem like a lot of work to me, but it is.”
— Benjamin Siskov “If we are to be safe, then we must act with the utmost care.
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If we act without fear, then there will be no need to ask for anything.”
“I will never forget the way that Quark put the word ‘dead’ on the holodeck.”
— Julian Bashir, “The Next Phase” “What we are dealing with is the threat of the universe.
We are in danger of being annihilated by a catastrophic event.”
— Kira “It has been so long since I have experienced this.”
“That is something you never forget.”
“My family and I were very much aware of this, and I was so relieved when it finally came.”
“If it’s to continue, then it will take a very long time.”
“As a result of the fact that I am in a situation where the universe has ended, I am very anxious to go through with what I want to do.”
“We cannot afford to lose hope.”
— Commander Benjamin Sulu, “Resistance” “If there is to be any hope for the future, then the universe must be wiped clean of its most dangerous elements.”
— Morn “It looks like it’s going to be a long, long time before we can find peace.”
“There is no time to waste.”
“What are we going to do, Spock?
We’re going home.
We’re getting to the point where there is nothing left.”
“Let’s not lose hope.
I can’t believe it.”
“To me, this is the most important thing.
We can’t go on like this.””I don