PIECE OF TRIVIA: It is a myth that the exact phrase "Beam me up, Scotty" were ever actually spoken in a Trek series.
“Check the circuit.”
--Spock to José Tyler, first words spoken in TOS
“The Cage”
“In this galaxy, there’s a mathematical probability of three million Earth-type planets. And in all of the universe, three million million galaxies like this. And in all of that…and perhaps more, only one of each of us.”
--Dr. Leonard McCoy to Kirk
“Balance of Terror”
“But I’ve never stopped to look at clouds before. Or rainbows. Do you know I can tell you exactly why one appears in the sky. But considering its beauty has been out of the question.”
--Spock to Leila Kalomi
“This Side of Paradise”
“It’s a song, you green-blooded Vulcan. You sing it. The words aren’t important. What’s important is that you have a good time singing it.”
“Oh. I am sorry, Doctor. Were we having a good time?”
--McCoy and Spock
The Final Frontier
“It’s very hard for a working officer to shine as a woman every minute.”
--the Mirror Marlena Moreau to Kirk
“Mirror, Mirror”
“I am pleased to see that we have differences. May we together become greater than the sum of both of us.”
--Surak to Kirk
“The Savage Curtain”
“There's an old Vulcan proverb: only Nixon could go to China.”
--Spock to Kirk
The Undiscovered Country
“Alexander, where I come from, size, shape, or color makes no difference.”
--Kirk to Alexander
“Plato's Stepchildren”
“Logic is a little tweeting bird in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad. Are you sure your circuits are registering correctly? Your ears are green.”
--Spock to Norman the android
“I, Mudd”
“Captain, you are an excellent starship commander, but as a taxi driver...you leave much to be desired.”
--Spock to Kirk
“A Piece of the Action”
“Are you sure it isn't time for a colorful metaphor?”
--Spock to Kirk
The Voyage Home
“Sure you won't change your mind?”
“Is there something wrong with the one I have?”
--Gillian and Spock
The Voyage Home
“One damn minute, Admiral.”
--Spock to Kirk
The Voyage Home
“If I were human, I believe my response would be...'Go to Hell.' If I were human.”
--Spock to Kirk
The Undiscovered Country
“Being afraid all of the time of forgetting somebody’s name. Not…not knowing what to do with your hands…I mean, I am the guy who writes things down to remember to say when there’s a party. And then when he finally gets there, he winds up alone in the corner trying to look comfortable examining a potted plant.”
--Lieutenant Reginald Barclay to LaForge
“Hollow Pursuits”
“Seize the time, Meribor…Live now. Make ‘now’ always the most precious time. ‘Now’ will never come again.”
--Picard to Meribor
“The Inner Light”
“Words come later. It is the scent that first speaks of love.”
--Worf to LaForge
“Transfigurations”
“You are human, and among humans, females can achieve anything the males can.”
--Worf to Jono
“Suddenly Human”
“I will not sacrifice the Enterprise. We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats! They invade our space and we fall back--they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here--this far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!”
--Picard to Lily
First Contact
“Judging a being by its physical appearance is the last major human prejudice, Wesley.”
--Data to Welsey
“Manhunt”
“Too many people dream of places they’ll never go, wish for things they’ll never have…instead of paying adequate attention to their real lives…”
--Odo to Quark
“If Wishes Were Horses”
“I’m no writer, but if I were, it seems to me I’d want to poke my head up every once in a while and take a look around…see what’s going on. It’s life, Jake; you miss it if you don’t open your eyes.”
--Benjamin Sisko to Jake Sisko
“The Visitor”
“A man’s got to live. And sometimes living is messy.”
--Jake to Nog
“The Ascent”
“Listen to me, Julian. You’re the one who’s always talking about adventure…adventure. Marriage is the greatest adventure of them all. It’s filled with pitfalls and setbacks and mistakes, but it’s a journey worth taking…because you take it together. I know Keiko’s been unhappy…about us coming to the station…We still argue about it…But that’s all right…because at the end of the day, we both know we love each other. And that’s all that matters.”
--O’Brien to Bashir
“Armageddon Game”
“The point is sometimes we don’t see true love even when it’s staring us right in the face.”
--Dax to Odo
“Shadowplay”
“Listen…there’s nothing harder than knowing that the person you love is unhappy…and I know how important it is to do something about it.”
--Sisko to O’Brien
“The House of Quark”
“True love should always win.”
--Dr. Lewis Zimmerman to Leeta
“Doctor Bashir, I presume?”
“The way I see it, people are either meant to be together or they’re not.”
--Kira to Dax
“Children of Time”
“Blood, Pain, Sacrifice, Anguish, and Death.”
“Sounds like marriage all right.”
--Worf and Bashir
“You Are Cordially Invited…”
“All men are sentimental. They just cover it up with scowls and clenched jaws.”
--Dax to Kira
“You are Cordially Invited...”
“Our loyalty is determined by our actions, not our words.”
--Kudak'Etan to Lamat'Ukan
“One Little Ship”
“Isn't that what an artist wants, to be remembered? Isn't that why you write?”
--Onaya to Jake
“The Muse”
“He's so much more handsome in person...and those eyes...”
“Kirk had quite the reputation as a ladies' man.”
“Not him. Spock.”
--Dax and Sisko
“Trials and Tribble-ations”
“You can't change a writer's words without his permission. That's sacrilege.”
--Jake to Nog
“The Ascent”
“There’s nothing sadder than a missed opportunity.”
--Kes to Danara
“Lifesigns”
“Romance is not a malfunction.”
--Kes to the Doctor
“Lifesigns”
“I don't need anyone to choose my friends for me.”
--Kim to Paris
“Caretaker”
