Before exploring the depths of the universe, it’s advisable to load up on phrases that might help you. If you are a fan of sci-fi shows, you know just how good Star Trek quotes are for this kind of task.
Where Star Wars phrases sound more fictitious, Star Trek ones are somewhat grounded in reality, emotional in a way. These characteristics are often captured through the words spoken by Captain Kirk and his second-in-command — Spock.
To guide a crew across the universe, you have to know how to encourage people. For this reason, Captain Kirk always has some positive sayings up his sleeve. No matter where the crew of the USS Enterprise finds themselves, Captain Kirk’s quotes are always there to come to the rescue.
However, to counterbalance his positivity, you might want to read up on several Spock quotes. Since he is half-human, he lacks that much-needed emotional understanding. Naturally, he sounds either very pessimistic or wholesome. It all depends on the situation at hand.
If you are an ambitious explorer yourself, go ahead and buckle up in your seat, and prepare for the journey through some of the best science fiction quotes in the galaxy. Below, we have compiled some of the most memorable lines that this brilliant TV show is known for.
With so many Star Trek sayings on this list, make sure to upvote the ones you liked and share your favorite moments from the series in the comments. We wrote more about the series throughout the post below.
#1
“It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.” — Jean-Luc Picard
#2
“Live now; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.” — Jean-Luc Picard
#3
“Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.” — Spock
#4
“If we’re going to be damned, let’s be damned for what we really are.” — Jean-Luc Picard
#5
“You may find that having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting. This is not logical, but it is often true.” — Spock
#6
“Insufficient facts always invite danger.” — Spock
#7
“Humans do have an amazing capacity for believing what they choose — and excluding that which is painful.” — Spock
#8
Data: “Spot, you are disrupting my ability to work.”
[he puts Spot to the floor, but she jumps back on Data’s desk]
Spot: “Meow.”
Data: “Vamoose, ye little varmint!”
#9
“I canna change the laws of physics! I’ve got to have thirty minutes!” — Scotty
#10
“I have been and always shall be your friend.” — Spock
#11
“Could you please continue the petty bickering? I find it most intriguing.” — Data
#12
“Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them.” — Spock
#13
“You can use logic to justify almost anything. That’s its power. And its flaw.” — Captain Kathryn Janeway
#14
“Things are only impossible until they are not.” — Jean-Luc Picard
#15
“It’s not safe out here. It’s wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it’s not for the timid.” — Q
#16
“Live long, and prosper.”— Spock
#17
“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.” — Jean-Luc Picard
#18
“Without followers, evil cannot spread.” — Spock
#19
“Without freedom of choice there is no creativity.” — Captain James T. Kirk
#20
“The only person you’re truly competing against is yourself.” — Jean-Luc Picard
#21
“Change is the essential process of all existence.” — Spock
#22
“A species that enslaves other beings is hardly superior, mentally or otherwise.” — Captain Kirk
#23
“I am pleased to see that we have differences. May we together become greater than the sum of both of us.” — Surak
#24
“Fear is the true enemy. The only enemy.” — William T. Riker
#25
“Confidence is faith in oneself. It can’t easily be given by another.” — Deanna Troi
#26
“Madness has no purpose. Or reason. But it may have a goal.” — Spock
#27
“They used to say that if man was meant to fly, he’d have wings. But he did fly. He discovered he had to.” — Captain Kirk
#28
“Perhaps man wasn’t meant for paradise. Maybe he was meant to claw, to scratch all the way.” — Captain Kirk
#29
“Just before they went into warp, I beamed the whole kit and kaboodle into their engine room, where they’ll be no tribble at all.” — Scotty
#30
“Yes, sir. I am attempting to fill a silent moment with non-relevant conversation.” — Data
#31
“I am not a merry man.” — Lt. Worf
#32
“In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.” — Spock
#33
“I would gladly risk feeling bad at times if it also meant that I could taste my dessert. — Data
#34
“I’m a doctor, not a mechanic.” — Dr. McCoy
#35
“When governments murder those who speak the truth, it is time to get new governments.” — Diane Duane
#36
“There is a way out of every box, a solution to every puzzle; it’s just a matter of finding it.” — Jean-Luc Picard
#37
“Make it so!” — Jean-Luc Picard
#38
“Emotions are alien to me. I’m a scientist.” — Spock
#39
“Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on.” — Captain Kirk
#40
“The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other.” — Captain Kirk
#41
“Leave bigotry in your quarters; there’s no room for it on the bridge.” — Captain Kirk
#42
“A lie is a very poor way to say hello.” — Edith Keeler
#43
“To all mankind: May we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty, that we cannot fill them with love and warmth.” — Garth
#44
“Doesn’t love always begin that way? With the illusion more real than the woman?” — Jean-Luc Picard
#45
“Highly illogical.” — Spock
#46
“I am a doctor, not a bricklayer.” — Dr. McCoy
#47
“It is the lot of ‘man’ to strive no matter how content he is.” — Spock
#48
“To boldly go where no man has gone before.” — James T. Kirk
#49
“What does God need with a starship?” — Captain Kirk
#50
“Please, Mrs. Troi! … and it’s Worf, not Woof.” — Lt. Worf
#51
“Well, I know this much: We can’t avoid the future.” — William T. Riker
#52
“I’m a doctor, not an escalator.” — Dr. McCoy
#53
“Compassion: That’s the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it’s the one thing that keeps men ahead of them.” — Dr. McCoy
#54
“I have been told that patience is sometimes a more effective weapon than the sword.” — Lt. Worf
#55
“If we resist, we die. If we don’t resist… we die.” — William T. Riker
#56
“Improve a mechanical device and you may double productivity. But improve man, you gain a thousandfold.” — Khan Noonien Singh
#57
“Flair is what marks the difference between artistry and mere competence.” — William T. Riker
#58
“You mind your place, mister, or you’ll be wearing concrete galoshes.” — Scotty
#59
“Curious, how often you humans manage that which you do not want.” — Spock
#60
“A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.” — Dr. Boyce
#61
“Engage!” — Jean-Luc Picard
#62
“Gentlemen – if this is what you call ‘enhancement’, you’ve got a gift for understatement.” — William T. Riker
#63
“We prefer to help ourselves. We make mistakes, but we’re human–and maybe that’s the word that best explains us.” — James T. Kirk
#64
“One man cannot summon the future.” — Spock
#65
“But one man can change the present!” — Kirk
#66
“[in French] In our hearts, we are all Parisians.” — Minuet and Captain Jean-Luc Picard
#67
“Sharing an orbit with God is no small experience.” — Deanna Troi
#68
“For them there are only two choices, one or zero – yes or no.” — William T. Riker
#69
Commander William T. Riker: “Too real!”
Bass Player: “You got that straight, Slim. Too real is too right.”
#70
“Blondes and jazz seldom go together.” — Commander William T. Riker
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