10 Star Trek Quotes That Made Us Trekkies 

I always liked "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not failure, that is life."

"I must protest, I am not a Merry Man."

"Fate protects fools, little children and ships named Enterprise."

For me, the best Jean Luc Picard quote is, "With the first link, a chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." Kind of surprised that didn't make your list.

""The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth, or historical truth, or personal truth." - Picard. This one really resonates for me and speaks to the importance of integrity.

"There are four lights!!!"

I'm kind of a softie at heart so the phrase "you have been and always shall be my friend" gets me. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few". Or just the simple statement "Fire."

"You see, in our century we've learned not to fear words." - One of the greatest lines of the Trek franchise IMHO, from the legendary Nichelle Nichols. We miss you.

"And you people, you're all astronauts, on some kind of Star Trek", Zefram Cochrane

How the hell is "I have been and always shall be your friend." not on here?!? It strikes to the core of the characters we fell in love with and how the characters love each other so much they are willing to die for each other.

My favourite phrase from Star Trek is recited every day. "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot."

No, you missed the MOST important quote of all, the opening monologue! "Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise..." For me it's the Next Gen version in Sir Patrick's voice. ❤

Number one quote for me will always be "How many does it take before it's wrong?" This, to me, embodied what Star Trek is all about. Principle even when it is not convenient.

"Commander, It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." is what got me. Shocked its not on here.

One of my favorites is from The Search for Spock, when Scotty says "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."

“Perhaps today is a good day to die!” “Resistance is futile”

“If you can’t stand a little bloody nose, maybe you oughta go back home and crawl into your bed. 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.

Great video. But can we get an honorary mention for Darmok? Shaka, when the walls fell.

"Fly her apart then!" By Sulu always gives me shivers. Rushing to help his friends.

Data's ending dialogue in measure of man always got me. "That action injured you, and saved me. I will not not forget it."

It varies by the week, but at the moment my favorite is, "If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are."

It’s not a quote, but that scene in The Inner Light at the end where Picard plays the flute and remembers a lifetime…lost. Just slays me.

"There's coffee in that nebula!"

Can’t believe I haven’t seen it from anyone yet… “Space. The final frontier…”

Best of Both Worlds part 2 - Guinan “When a man is convinced he's going to die tomorrow, he'll probably find a way to make it happen. The only one who can turn this around is you.” This helped me through suicidal tendencies. For, obvious reasons. I’m so glad of this statement….. it will stay with me for the rest of my (hopefully) LONG LIFE!

“Please Captain. Not in front of the Klingons.”

I still use this one to this day! "Everybody remember where we parked."

One of my favorite quotes comes from the TNG episode "The Drumhead" Captain Picard tells Worf: Villains who twirl their mustaches are easy to spot. Those who cloth themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged." And "Vigilance is the price we must continually pay".

"I may be Captain by rank but I never wanted to be anything else but an engineer", Captain Scott

"We can admit we"re killers, but we"re not going to kill today. That"s all it takes, knowing we"re not going to kill, today" Words to take to heart. No matter how tempted to extract vengeance, retribution, even the so-called "eye for an eye" trope...Justice cannot return those who are dead, and no, it will not help the dead to "sleep easier".

"Order a man to hand over his child to the state? Not while I'm his captain." ~ Picard (in "The Offspring")

"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." I think we've all been there

I was really rather fond of Worf's, "Assimilate THIS!" against the Borg invaders in the STNG movie FIRST CONTACT.

“We must strive to be more than we are, it does not matter that we will never reach our ultimate goal, the effort yields its own reward”. The most important lesson I ever learned.

"I do not approve. I simply understand." -Spock

"Please state the nature of the emergency." I used to repeat this line when summoned to do a new job at my place of employment.

“I’ll protect you, fair maiden.” “Sorry, neither!” Followed by, “Take d'Artagnan here to sickbay.”

One of my favorite interactions: Kirk: My God, Bones... what have I done? McCoy: What you had to do, what you always do. Turn death into a fighting chance to live.

Two of my favs... Kirk: "I don't want my pain taken away. I need my pain!" and Spock: " Damn you, Sir. You will try." Both from The Final Frontier

My choices would have included: "For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us." - Benjamin Sisko (DS9: Far Beyond the Stars) "Causing people to suffer because you hate them is terrible, but causing people to suffer because you have forgotten how to care? That's really hard to understand." - Bashir (DS9: Past Tense pt. I) "Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, nephew. They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts… deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers… put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time… and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people will become as nasty and violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don't believe me? Look at those faces, look at their eyes…" - Quark to Nog (DS9: The Siege of AR-558) "You value your ignorance of what is to come?!" "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 explore 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." - The Prophets and Sisko (DS9: Emissary) "I want you to try something for me. Take a sip of this." "What is it?" "A human drink. It's called root beer." [unwilling] "Uh, I don't know..." "Come on, aren't you just a little bit curious?" [Garak sighs, takes a sip and gags] "What do you think?" "It's *vile*!" "I know. It's so bubbly, and cloying, and *happy*." "Just like the Federation." "But you know what's really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to *like* it." "It's insidious!" "*Just* like the Federation." [pause] "Do you think they can save us?" "I hope so." -Quark and Garak (DS9: Way of the Warrior)

"Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them. A starship also runs on loyalty to one man. And nothing can replace it or him." - Spock, "The Ultimate Computer" 🖖😎👍

A fine list & I definitely agree with the number one but I always liked "second star from the left & straight on till morning "

I always say “Engage” with a little wave when I’m on a plane about to take off. Always makes me feel like an adventure is about to start.

"Time is the fire in which we burn." Tolien Sorren Star Trek Generations

"The line must be drawn HERE. This far and no further!" Then, of course, the deadpan line, delivered so well by Alfre Woodard, "You broke your little ships."

In my case it wasn't a quote but a scene, a brief moment. I was 7 years old boy when I saw TNG for the first time. I live in Poland and I never heard about Star Trek before. I remember that day, it was somewhere in 1990 right after 3 pm. I was sitting bored on couch and changing tv channels when accidentally switched to SAT 1. It was a German TV channel and they`ve always running TNG from Mondays to Fridays on 3 pm. I remember that it was a moment when the Enterprise flew through the screen and Sir Partick was speaking his monologue. I was shocked. My mind was blown away how beautiful and majestic that ship was. You could sense how big, powerful and technologically advanced she was. Then she engaged into Warp and I heard TNG theme for the first time. Those five seconds made me fell in love in this franchise. Over 30 years later and I still love Star Trek, it has been with me every day of my life. I wanted to be smart as Picard, handsome as Riker and have a beatuful girlfriend like Deanna. TNG shaped my life. Back than I didn`t know about TOS and when I saw Kirk and his crew for the first time im TMP I was dissapointed. They looked silly, their technology was old, ships were obsolete and primitive, they couldn`t compete with Enterprise D and TNG crew. With time I started to enjoy other ST shows but TNG will be always a "true" Star Trek for me.

And now I suspect will begin the quotes you missed... The first one to my mind, a personal favorite (often misquoted): "We're Starfleet officers. Weird is part of the job." As always, thank you so very much for the videos.

I like your choice for Garak, but there are two others I might have gone for. The first is "Especially the lies." The whole exchange with Bashir is complete gold but it's also nails Garak's character in a few lines of dialog in a way that very little else did. The other one would be the exchange with Quark about root beer. There may not be a single line that is directly quotable, but the exchange is such a perfect encapsulation of both the promise and the dangers of something like the Federation for unique alien cultures. I've always contended that exchange ranks among the very best bits of dialog in the entire franchise. "Just like the Federation ..." Also, Uhura's two-line response to Sulu in Naked Now ... "Sorry, neither" ... is iconic, especially for 1966.

Near the end of Yesterday's Enterprise, The Klingon's hail one last time, asking them to surrender, Picard's like "That will be the day." Then he volts over the tactical console and proceeds to go down with the ship. Doing everything he can to make that ship put out what its got left, while the bridge is burning down around him, to let history be restored. That scene just always gets me. With the start of it being, let history never forget the name enterprise. It's really Picard's character all wrapped up into one big scene/act.

Great list, but please make another one. We really need, "There are four lights!" to remind ourselves of the need to resist evil. Also, I love it when Data explains to Lal in "The Offspring" that "We must strive to be more than we are. The effort yields its own rewards." Star Trek always makes me want to strive more! And surely one of the most classic statements in Trek is "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Although Trek rarely followed through on this (they always managed to save the few (or one) and the many) it is still an important standard to consider.

"Mr. Worf...fire." "I can live with it..." "In another life, I could've called you friend"

In 2019 I visited New York for the World Pride and also did a lot of sightseeing. Of course I went to the aircraft carrier Intrepid to see the first space shuttle "Enterprise". There was an exhibition about 50th anniversary of the moon landing in the hangar of the space shuttle too and also references Star Trek. You could go up the stairs to stand directly in front of the space shuttle cockpit. Then the voice of Picard came up in my head "Let's make sure history never forgets the name Enterprise!". For me it was so touching to see this masterpiece of technology in person and there was not just one tear in my eye, but a lot... It's like Picard and the Phoenix. As always, great video :)

"What must I do to convince you people?" "Die"

The 'Risk is our business' speech is my favorite, next to Bones' don't destroy the one named Kirk speech is my second.

"How far down do the spots go" Jadzia: "All the way."

Quotes that should've made this list: 1. "I don't believe in a 'No win scenario'. - Admiral James T. Kirk, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 2. "If you can't take a bloody nose, you've no business being here... " - Q, Q Who 3. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." - Capt. Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4. "We can't be afraid of the wind, Travis." - Capt. Jonathan Archer, Enterprise, Broken Bow. 5. "A Starfleet officer's first duty is to the Truth. Be it scientific truth, historic truth, or actual truth." - Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The First Duty. 6. "Who would I be without my enemy?" - Capt. James T. Kirk, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 7. "Fear exists for one purpose- to be conquered." - Capt. Kathryn Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager, "The Thaw" 9. "You cannot kill an idea!" - Benny Russell/Capt. Benjamin Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Far Beyond the Stars.

There were a few on this list that i didnt know were quotes I was hoping to see " The line must be drawn HERE. NO FURTHER" And i quite like" Now go. (where?) Out of my SIGHT!"

Thank you for including "there it sits", that's one of my all time favorites and thought it was always underrated. I get chills whenever he gives that speech.

At 5:23, we need to keep one important thing in mind: "Enterprise" took place BEFORE the Prime Directive and before the Federation, and WWIII was still a fresh memory. Humans hadn't yet reached the level of general understanding that they had in TOS and beyond. That's why Enterprise was so different and, in my opinion, awesome...at least after the first two seasons, that is.

"It's not crunch time yet, Mister Kim" - changed my life!

No "Resistance is Futile"? Best dramatic delivery from Sisko: "I can live with it..... I CAN..... live with it." My personal favorite (from Seven): "Fun will now commence." Shoutout to Prodigy's Enderprizians' "Live logs and proper" take!

“There are four lights!”

Growing up I recorded TNG on VHS tapes, and always of course had bits of commercials caught when trying to time that pause button. In my recording of the episode with the Enterprise C, there is one brief clip of a commercial, what for I don’t recall, but the guy was standing in field and says, “I’ve always trusted enterprises that could stand the test of time..” and then it cut back into the battle scene where C and D are trying to restore the timeline. That accidental, serendipitous piece of commercial that got caught in my recording of that episode in particular always felt somehow profound to me.

"Second star to the right, next to the oregano." has been my go to for years.😂

For a long time, my favourite line was Worf, "Sir, I protest! I am not a merry man!" from QPid. It just worked on so many levels. Then Phlox knocked that out of the park when telling Lt Reed, who complained causing his patient a considerable amount of pain during a physiotherapy cannot be ethical, "It would be unethical for me to harm a patient. I can inflict as much pain as I like." :D I made a simple poster with that quote pasted over a picture of Phlox and sent it to my own physio, who loved it.

Honourable mentions: "There are three rules to being a Starfleet captain: Keep your shirt tucked in, go down with the ship, and never abandon a member of your crew." "One can begin to reshape the landscape with a single flower." Any wisdom from Martok.

feel like what really makes us Trekkies are our obsessions with jokey one-liners... "I am NOT a merry man!"

"Liberty and freedom have to be more than just words." - James T. Kirk, The Omega Glory.

YOU forgot one! "She IS a beautiful lady and we love her!", Kirk describing the Enterprise to the androids in I Mudd. AND who can forget, "Of all the souls I have met in my travels, his was the most . . . Human!" There is a town, a county seat in this region named Prosser and you can tell a Trekie that is from here by them saying, "Live long in Prosser!" AND IN MY STAR TREK STORIES, My Caitian Captain uses the phrase, "Do It!" to order his ship, the U.S.S. Bastet to go.

Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you. Don't let them do *anything* that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there... you can make a difference. James T. Kirk

You know, there are some words I've known since I was a schoolboy: "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." jean luc picard the drumhead.

When Captain Pike addressed the crew of Discovery in Saints of Imperfection (S2Ep.5), “Starfleet... is a promise: I'd give my life for you, you'd give your life for me. And nobody gets left behind.” He showed why the highest award for valor is named for him, even centuries into the future.

my favorite warp command: "Hit it"

"Second star to the right, and straight on til morning" because the Enterprise crew wanted to stay young and adventure forever, as Peter Pan did, and we all do

Kirk's line (to Picard, ST Generations): "Who am I, to argue with the Captain of the Enterprise?"

Mr. Worf, fire. Those three words made for the longest summer vacation I would ever know. In the process, they changed television forever.

I love the enteprise c. Its my fav 1701 design. To me its a perfect bridge between the TOS enterprise and the enterprise d.

There's coffee in that nebula

Was that wee bairn a young Sean?! Also, the most quotable Garek (which I think is in the background video) by far is this conversation with Bashir: "G:They're all true. B:Even the lies? G:ESPECIALLY the lies."

Lots of great ones. I'd like to add "To absent friends".

Lets see if I can get the list with out playing the list 1. Needs of the many 2. The 1st duty of every Starfleet Officer 3. shaka when the walls fell 4. Of all the souls...His was the most, human 5. He Tasks me 6. I always knew I would never die alone 7. Its a fake 8. it is a good day to die 9. Drum Head 10. There are 4 lights just off the top of my head with no thought in to farther better quotes

"Let's see what's out there" and "...And the sky is the limit", Encounter at Farpoint and All good things. the first one opened my mind when i was young to infinite posibilities; the last taugh me that we literally have no known limit as the universe is still expanding. I'm not the same anymore since those moment and i love star trek ever since

Totally almost cried on the last one. Well done all around, writing, performance, and editing. Live long and prosper

My favorite is Picard saying "You may test that assumption at your convenience" to the klingons.

How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life

"Using multi-modal reflection sorting..." - Data, Best Of Both Worlds Pt. 2 One of my favorite techno-babble lines!

“Try and live by the quotes in this episode and I think you’ll do okay” - ESPECIALLY “Never tell the same lie twice” 😂

They're gonna need a top 50 list

Most impactful IMO (especially the last line, but it needs the context): "Garak was right about one thing: a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant. So I will learn to live with it... Because I can live with it... I can live with it... Computer - erase that entire personal log."

Riker: you had a phaser in there the whole time and didn't use it? Worf: Swords are more fun. Picard, season 3 - the last generation

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

for all of this movie's faults, it has my favorite quote. It make my brain go lkdfhasdlkjfhalksdhfklasd: “You know that pain and guilt can't be taken away with the wave of a magic wand! They're the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain taken away, I need my pain!” - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

In measure of a man my favorite part is Data and Riker talking after the trial. Data is asking if Riker is going to the victory party and Riker doesn't feel that he has the right. Data reminds him that representing the prosecution and arguing against Data Riker saved Data and caused himself distress in the process. Riker is touched and tells Data that he's a better man than him. Data says that he isn't but in time with Riker's guidance. It's a beautiful moment in the episode. It also cements Data as a moral anchor and made his character much more interesting.

I always loved this: "This morning, I was the leader of the universe as I know it. This afternoon, I'm only a voice in a chorus - but I think it was a good day." - Chancellor Durken, TNG S4.E15 "First Contact"

"If it should become necessary to fight, could you arrange to find me some rocks to throw at them?" - Riker, 35 years before actually throwing a rock at somebody.

This is a new ship, but she's got the right name. You treat her like a lady and she will always bring you home. Literally made me a Trekkie.

My friends, we've come home

"I just LOVE searching for lifeforms" second to Data's other line before crashing the saucer section.

“And when you tell your children and your grandchildren the glorious story of how you rose to power and took Grilka’s House from her, I hope you remember to tell them how you heroically killed an unarmed Ferengi half your size.” That line utterly defines courage for me. Throughout Trek, every character has at some point risked their life in the name of honour. Not here. Quark was not risking his life, *he was sacrificing it.* He had no reason to believe he’d leave the High Council Chamber alive.

This entire scene in my fave TNG episode "Who Watches the Watchers" 🤩🥰 Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Dr. Barron, I cannot, I *will not* impose a set of commandments on these people. To do so violates the very essence of the Prime Directive! Dr. Barron: Like it or not, we have rekindled the Mintakans' belief in the Overseer. Commander William T. Riker: And are you saying that this belief will eventually become a religion? Dr. Barron: It's inevitable. And without guidance, that religion could degenerate into inquisitions, holy wars, chaos. Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Horrifying. Dr. Barron, your report describes how rational these people are. Millennia ago, they abandoned their belief in the supernatural. Now you are asking me to sabotage that achievement, to send them back into the dark ages of superstition and ignorance and fear? NO!