This is one of the most important lessons of Trek in my life and I use this quote a lot when things aren't working out. It's not about the loss - and loss doesn't mean we are a failure. It's about what we do with that loss, do we decide to be failures as a result or do we decide to persevere, to grow, to evolve, to become better than we have been. It allows us to continue forward by learning from the past while still being forgiving of our past selves.
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.
Probably because there are a few loud and influential Trekkies that no longer morally believe this and just don't care unless they get their way or force every one to think like them. Cancel Culture, Politics, Gender, Child Rearing, Immigration; If you don't agree 100% with a certain group of loud people, they will try to destroy you financially and your reputation. Star Trek to me was to acknowledge the differences between people and to understand why they believe what they believe and to use diplomacy to bridge the gap between these groups to come to an agreeable outcome for all parties.
“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.
"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.
This line is delivered by Uhura responding to the Abraham Lincoln recreation calling her a Negress. Ironically, the Memory Alpha article about that is headed with this: 'This article includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversations to create a more inclusive future together.' So apparently we haven't come that far after all
@@ExcuseMePhoneyand best part is, that she actually wasn't particularly... any of those things. she was just casual, normal, lil bit amused, explaining politely to old politician, how things are now. full quote: Lincoln: "What a charming negress. Oh, forgive me, my dear. I know that in my time some used that term as a description of property." Uhura: "But why should I object to that term, Sir? You see, in our century, we've learned not to fear words." Kirk: "May I present our communication officer Lieutenant Uhura." Lincoln: "The foolishness of my century had me apologizing where no offence was given." well, we have some centuries to go until not fearing words, it seems... 😆
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."
No I kinda meant in #2 Kirk just says fire. Or the cliffhanger episode of tng when riker says fire. There are probably a lot of ones I've forgotten about but those stand out to me . I forgot about 6 with sulu. Just one word and boom...
Looking back at the last 3 decades of my life, those two phrases had an huge impact on my life. Professional like personal, they made me - amongst other things - to the person I am today. It's a litte bit sad that they didn't get a mention in the video.
@@chrishieke1261 I completely agree. When things get rough I try to channel my inner spock and Kirk. Be a leader but in control. It hard but it helps. I've seen so many stories about how people have overcome tragedy or situations through a certain episode or character. I hope it keeps going for a long time.
You are totally correct. That has been referenced and turned into a meme so many times. They even had references to it in Transformers, especially cool since Leonard Nimoy played Sentinel Prime in the third film.
One of my very favorite episodes. It's so unfortunate the TNG was on at a time when the various awards organizations still saw syndicated shows as unworthy of anything but technical and costume awards. So many Star Trek episodes and perfomances, especially in TNG, deserved to at least get nominations, if not outright wins.
Picard, outnumbered 2 to 1 gives a badass speech to the Romulan captain. Then, nods to Work who announces two Klingon warbirds have decloaked. Picard was ready to die, but the Romulan captain was not.
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. ❤
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.
This does often get forgotten because of the "court room" exchanges. Hell, even Riker's was great in his argument for Data only being a machine. THAT is REALLY hard to do and doesn't get enough credit.
A cheesy, silly line I've read a lot of complaining over, but I do love that it took them 40 years to work in the joke, and while it may have been repeated since it was for a long time the only time Star Trek was uttered in the actual show or films.
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".
The funniest part to me is how BOTH sides of the political spectrum in America use this quote to refer to the other side. You hear lefties using this when talking about righties, you hear righties using it about lefites, it's hysterical to me as an outsider. The irony is so thick it can be cut with a knife and served as a well-done steak.
""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.
@@nickm9102 I think the difference there is regarding evidence. One side seems to think that their opinion is as valuable as facts. As Douglas Adams put it in The Salmon of Doubt: “All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
@@BlindIo42 agreed, unfortunately there are a lot of people who, inaccurately, see their opinion as truth without facts/evidence to support it. Or worse try to manipulate information to appear as fact to support an otherwise non truth they believe.
the problem with truth, is it varies depending on your viewpoint... and some people get stuck on 'judicial' truth, that is a whole level of pain.. the next problem is human vision can lie to you! have you seen the 'bowl of strawberries' that is shown to be grey, not red???
Let's see. You ran your ship through it, fired phasers at it and blew a hole in it with a photon torpedo. I'd say there's a pretty good chance you did serious harm to it.
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!
I became a biomedical technician because Star Trek, there was nothing else enjoyed at work more than restoring a unit others gave up on and wanted scrap.
"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
personally I don't see why not, I also seem to remember a reference to Spock's brother in the first season of SNW (I may be wrong) but maybe they could bring in Sybok?@@danieloneal7137
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)
TOS and TNG liked citing Billy Shakes alot, but DS9 delved into the deeper philosophies like Zhūangzi ("dreamt I was a butterfly" for Benny Russell) and Juvenalis's Satura X ("bread & circuses" for "Siege of AR-558").
They’ve used that theme a lot in different celebrations over the years and it’s to the point that I bought the song on iTunes back at the day lol it’s one of my favorites as well
And with the thrum of the Big E's engines in the background ... the life he had and the one he lost. When Trek was on its game, it could lift and break your heart.
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.
Was going to say exactly the same thing. The way Picard reels off numbers asking the admiral where the line is, 1000, 50,000, 1 million And the fact the admiral brushes Picard off only reinforces the fact that Picard is right
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.
"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".
"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" 🖖😎👍
“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.
this reminds me of one of my favorite quotes that I keep in my desk. "Even if we should fall into great misfortune, let us remember how we are here, united by ...good feelings that have made us, perhaps, better than we really are." - Dostoievski
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.
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.
"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."
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
@@andrewmurray1550 i believe there somewhere on youtube if its still around is a conversation between united airlines pilot and ATC which went along the lines of "permission to disembark dry dock sir?...engage..."alright you heard them...make it so"
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.
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."
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
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!"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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
"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
Yeah, I like the way he says it. "Ahhh, Kirk, my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb which tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? It is very cold in space."
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.
I remember being 12 and in absolute tears hearing this line in the theatre and if i wasn't a Trekkie before I became one that day... "Of my friend I can only say this: of all the souls I've encountered in my travels...his was the most...human."
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.
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!
"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.
“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.
Are we ever going to confront the fact that the entire name Enterprise has become a meta fictional causality loop? The real life space shuttle ended up named Enterprise after the fictional starship... But then the fictional starship was retconned to be named after the space shuttle. History can't forget the name, but it's not going to be able to remember where it came from either
Pretty sure the fictional starship was named after the aircraft carriers and the other ships of the line that have carried the name, and they just retroactively include the shuttle in there as a nod.
no I seem to remember that they included some type of starship it was named after, and when the shuttle enterprise was named everyone talked about how it was named after itself( at least that's how I put it)
I believe it is "Infinite _diversity_ in infinite combinations" (IDIC), or at least that was what it was in TOS (I haven't watched any of the Trek after _ST: Enterprise_ and the Next Gen movies).
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."
I always liked "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not failure, that is life."
That is one of my life rules
Was just about to say this. My favorite quote, especially given what life is outside the fiction.
This is one of the most important lessons of Trek in my life and I use this quote a lot when things aren't working out. It's not about the loss - and loss doesn't mean we are a failure. It's about what we do with that loss, do we decide to be failures as a result or do we decide to persevere, to grow, to evolve, to become better than we have been. It allows us to continue forward by learning from the past while still being forgiving of our past selves.
I like that one too.
I thought this one would be #1 hands down
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.
Agreed.
Probably because there are a few loud and influential Trekkies that no longer morally believe this and just don't care unless they get their way or force every one to think like them.
Cancel Culture, Politics, Gender, Child Rearing, Immigration;
If you don't agree 100% with a certain group of loud people, they will try to destroy you financially and your reputation.
Star Trek to me was to acknowledge the differences between people and to understand why they believe what they believe and to use diplomacy to bridge the gap between these groups to come to an agreeable outcome for all parties.
It's such a fantastic speech written for that episode.
And as important and needed today as it was back then, for all of us regardless of political and social views.
They like censorship.
"Fate protects fools, little children and ships named Enterprise."
USS Enterprise (CV-6) nods in agreement.
Who said that? It sounds like John DeLancey's Q.
@@ParodyKnaveBob It was Riker in the TNG episode Contagion.
I didn’t realize until decades later that it was a nod to something Bismarck had said about the USA
"I must protest, I am not a Merry Man."
Makes me laugh every time.
@@zqxzqxzqx1 me too, like just now :)
Love that line!
@@sandraschuler2939 and the delivery was perfect.
"I did not play with boys." -- Worf
“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.
Definitely one of my favorites. After 60 trips around the Sun, I have the scars to prove it.
That one's definitely in _my_ personal top 10 Trek Quotes!
"Picard never hit me!"
"I am not Picard."
Since they are aware of your existence.
They’ll be coming.
You can bet on it.
to be fully honest this list is so not complete without at least one of Q's quotes, the man literally put the fear of god into the star trek universe
"There are four lights!!!"
It's a travesty that one wasn't in the list.
@@FirstDan2000 Absolutely. That was an outstanding scene in an outstanding episode.
I have heard this snuck in more than any other line from Star Trek.
I was surprised that wasn't on the list too
Boimler: "They keep making me look at lights!"
"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.
We have yet to learn this, sadly. Let's hope we can reach that someday.
This line is delivered by Uhura responding to the Abraham Lincoln recreation calling her a Negress. Ironically, the Memory Alpha article about that is headed with this: 'This article includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversations to create a more inclusive future together.' So apparently we haven't come that far after all
ABSOLUTELY! Don't you wish everyone exemplified the strength, confidence and dignity Uhura did in that scene nowadays? 🤷♂️
@@ExcuseMePhoneyand best part is, that she actually wasn't particularly... any of those things. she was just casual, normal, lil bit amused, explaining politely to old politician, how things are now. full quote:
Lincoln: "What a charming negress. Oh, forgive me, my dear. I know that in my time some used that term as a description of property."
Uhura: "But why should I object to that term, Sir? You see, in our century, we've learned not to fear words."
Kirk: "May I present our communication officer Lieutenant Uhura."
Lincoln: "The foolishness of my century had me apologizing where no offence was given."
well, we have some centuries to go until not fearing words, it seems... 😆
My favorite Janeway quote
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."
Don't you mean "I will burn your heart in a fire..." Oh, you mean Riker; gotcha =p
No I kinda meant in #2 Kirk just says fire. Or the cliffhanger episode of tng when riker says fire. There are probably a lot of ones I've forgotten about but those stand out to me . I forgot about 6 with sulu. Just one word and boom...
Looking back at the last 3 decades of my life, those two phrases had an huge impact on my life. Professional like personal, they made me - amongst other things - to the person I am today.
It's a litte bit sad that they didn't get a mention in the video.
@@chrishieke1261 I completely agree. When things get rough I try to channel my inner spock and Kirk. Be a leader but in control. It hard but it helps. I've seen so many stories about how people have overcome tragedy or situations through a certain episode or character. I hope it keeps going for a long time.
You are totally correct.
That has been referenced and turned into a meme so many times.
They even had references to it in Transformers, especially cool since Leonard Nimoy played Sentinel Prime in the third film.
"Fly her apart then!" By Sulu always gives me shivers. Rushing to help his friends.
Takei's delivery of that line was masterful, the desperation Sulu felt to save his friend encapsulated in a moment.
A total fave!
@@BlindIo42 ^^^ THIS THIS THIS! ^^^
I completely agree. I have always loved this line and the delivery. I remember it giving me chills when I saw the movie in the theater.
Trek's version of Ride of the Rohirrim.
Most badass moment of VI.
Great video. But can we get an honorary mention for Darmok?
Shaka, when the walls fell.
❤🩹 this episode gets me every time!
Timba, his arms wide. My favorite non two-part episode on TNG.
One of my very favorite episodes.
It's so unfortunate the TNG was on at a time when the various awards organizations still saw syndicated shows as unworthy of anything but technical and costume awards. So many Star Trek episodes and perfomances, especially in TNG, deserved to at least get nominations, if not outright wins.
This is what communication will be like when we forget how to speak in anything other than memes.
Great episode!
“Perhaps today is a good day to die!”
“Resistance is futile”
Picard, outnumbered 2 to 1 gives a badass speech to the Romulan captain. Then, nods to Work who announces two Klingon warbirds have decloaked. Picard was ready to die, but the Romulan captain was not.
Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!
“Oh my!”
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. ❤
Yes! The most important of all.
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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."
It's "overtake the plumbing," but yes, one of my favs. Quote it often, usually while breaking something.
I'm happy to be corrected when mistaken. This time I'm pretty sure I got it right, though. Feel free to Google both versions of the quote.
Scotty had some of the best lines: Admiral, there be whales here! Up your shaft! It's green.
In today's over engineered high tech world, as an auto tech I've used that line so many times 😅
"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.
This deserves the number 1 spot on the list!
In the strictest sense, I did not win... I busted him up.
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.
And let's not forget: "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one."
Data's ending dialogue in measure of man always got me. "That action injured you, and saved me. I will not not forget it."
This does often get forgotten because of the "court room" exchanges. Hell, even Riker's was great in his argument for Data only being a machine. THAT is REALLY hard to do and doesn't get enough credit.
"And you people, you're all astronauts, on some kind of Star Trek", Zefram Cochrane
A cheesy, silly line I've read a lot of complaining over, but I do love that it took them 40 years to work in the joke, and while it may have been repeated since it was for a long time the only time Star Trek was uttered in the actual show or films.
"Don't you people from the 24th century ever pee?!"
That made me so happy. That's probably why Jeremy from CinemaSins says "ROLL CREDITS!"
@@jetjazz05What about in the last episode when Q threatened to "...put an end to your little Trek through the Stars..." ?
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@@secondhanddonovan Catheter! Stillsuit! Whoops, wrong sci-fi universe....
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."
Great line and one that's often overlooked.
Is that the scene where Picard and Riker are in the ready room and they're discussing one of Q's trials? If so, can you tell me which episode?
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".
If only we could convince everyone of this at the voting booth.
The funniest part to me is how BOTH sides of the political spectrum in America use this quote to refer to the other side. You hear lefties using this when talking about righties, you hear righties using it about lefites, it's hysterical to me as an outsider. The irony is so thick it can be cut with a knife and served as a well-done steak.
@@quantumvideoscz2052 That would offend the vegans...
""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.
This quote changed my life. I was a different person before I heard it and after it sunk in and took root.
We need to select politicians that believe this. Too bad that means there would never be another politician selected again
@@nickm9102 I think the difference there is regarding evidence. One side seems to think that their opinion is as valuable as facts. As Douglas Adams put it in The Salmon of Doubt: “All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
@@BlindIo42 agreed, unfortunately there are a lot of people who, inaccurately, see their opinion as truth without facts/evidence to support it. Or worse try to manipulate information to appear as fact to support an otherwise non truth they believe.
the problem with truth, is it varies depending on your viewpoint... and some people get stuck on 'judicial' truth, that is a whole level of pain..
the next problem is human vision can lie to you! have you seen the 'bowl of strawberries' that is shown to be grey, not red???
I was really rather fond of Worf's, "Assimilate THIS!" against the Borg invaders in the STNG movie FIRST CONTACT.
HELL YES!
"There's coffee in that nebula!"
My favorite line in all of Voyager!
It does seem doubtful that either Starfleet or Trekkies could operate effectively without coffee!
just don't mix your coffee with the Omega molecule, Captain.
Let's see. You ran your ship through it, fired phasers at it and blew a hole in it with a photon torpedo. I'd say there's a pretty good chance you did serious harm to it.
"coffee i gave that up years ago!" and that admiral is how i know your not me
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!
"I may be Captain by rank but I never wanted to be anything else but an engineer", Captain Scott
I became a biomedical technician because Star Trek, there was nothing else enjoyed at work more than restoring a unit others gave up on and wanted scrap.
Most of my personal top 10 quotes are by Scotty :)
"a keyboard how quaint"
Can’t believe I haven’t seen it from anyone yet…
“Space. The final frontier…”
the ultimate quote of them all. (the entire opening monologue). I guess "You gotta have faith.....faith of the heart!" doesn't count then :).
"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
“T’Pring, explain.”
“Specify.”
You beat me to it. My favorite part of the episode.
I use this one all the time.
Do you think Stonn will ever be featured at all in SNW?
personally I don't see why not, I also seem to remember a reference to Spock's brother in the first season of SNW (I may be wrong) but maybe they could bring in Sybok?@@danieloneal7137
“Please Captain. Not in front of the Klingons.”
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)
TOS and TNG liked citing Billy Shakes alot, but DS9 delved into the deeper philosophies like Zhūangzi ("dreamt I was a butterfly" for Benny Russell) and Juvenalis's Satura X ("bread & circuses" for "Siege of AR-558").
The writers of DS9 knew they were writing ‘scripture’. Some of the purest and best of the genre - if not, the medium of television itself.
I'd also add in In the Pale moonlight to the list
@@Drago_Whooves “… Nor the Battle to the Strong” (Season 6) can be compared to the very finest episodes of MASH.
HIRE THIS PERSON!!!!!!!!!
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.
They’ve used that theme a lot in different celebrations over the years and it’s to the point that I bought the song on iTunes back at the day lol it’s one of my favorites as well
And with the thrum of the Big E's engines in the background ... the life he had and the one he lost. When Trek was on its game, it could lift and break your heart.
"It's me!" Powerful episode...
One of the very best. 2
My favourite phrase from Star Trek is recited every day. "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot."
Amen! ❤
Oh yyeah!!!!
Hell yeah
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.
Was going to say exactly the same thing. The way Picard reels off numbers asking the admiral where the line is, 1000, 50,000, 1 million
And the fact the admiral brushes Picard off only reinforces the fact that Picard is right
This is a line use when I;'m teaching new chef's how to cook food. Because some are willing to cut corners... and some lines should be crossed.
Where was that said?
@@jameswilkerson4412 star trek insurrection. When the admiral and Picard are discussing the mortality of the admirals plan
"Order a man to hand over his child to the state? Not while I'm his captain." ~ Picard (in "The Offspring")
One of the best quotes.
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'm partial to "did I say something funny number one?"
"Well, the unexpected is our normal routine."
"Time is the fire in which we burn." Tolien Sorren Star Trek Generations
"I do not approve. I simply understand." -Spock
A fine list & I definitely agree with the number one but I always liked "second star from the left & straight on till morning "
"Second star to the RIGHT and straight on til morning". Read Peter Pan - it's a direct quote from THAT book.
Total classic.
And a less thoughtful and flippant response to "Heading Captain?" " That-a-way "
"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".
"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" 🖖😎👍
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
“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.
Aye. Another lesson I use to teach my fellow chefs in what to do and what not to do.
Which series and ep?
@@jameswilkerson4412 Season 3, episode 16, The Offspring. Data says it to Lal.
this reminds me of one of my favorite quotes that I keep in my desk. "Even if we should fall into great misfortune, let us remember how we are here, united by ...good feelings that have made us, perhaps, better than we really are." - Dostoievski
"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.”
"I am not a merry man!
I still use this one to this day! "Everybody remember where we parked."
Voyage home is the best star trek movie and no one can change my mind
I read that in Kirk’s voice. 😅
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.
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.
"Mr. Worf...fire."
"I can live with it..."
"In another life, I could've called you friend"
The quote is "In a different reality I could have called you friend." But yes, it is one of my favorites.
"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."
and "Captain Ahab has to go hunt his whale" (also Lilly / Alfe Woodard).
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
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.
Exactly ... always brings a tear to my eye ... or both eyes ... as in now ... LLAP.
"What must I do to convince you people?"
"Die"
“Oh haha. Eat any good books lately?”
another worf quote
how comforting
Martak looks at him, laffs says and people say you have no sense of humour
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.
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.
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!
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.
The picard manoeuvre 😂
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.
I wonder if any pilot when asking for clearance for push-back from the terminal gets a reply from ATC "Make it so!"
@@andrewmurray1550 i believe there somewhere on youtube if its still around is a conversation between united airlines pilot and ATC which went along the lines of "permission to disembark dry dock sir?...engage..."alright you heard them...make it so"
feel like what really makes us Trekkies are our obsessions with jokey one-liners... "I am NOT a merry man!"
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 are four lights!”
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."
Ok how could you not include any I’m a doctor not a…… quotes
"It's not crunch time yet, Mister Kim" - changed my life!
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
Wait, I thought he always knew he Would die alone 😕
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!"
Quark’s version or Picard’s?
Shinzon's.
How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life
There's coffee in that nebula
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The 'Risk is our business' speech is my favorite, next to Bones' don't destroy the one named Kirk speech is my second.
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.
Yeah I kind of think a lot of people kind of missed that point. Maybe more casual fans? Didn’t realize how early it was before Kirk?
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.
"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
What about are you out of your Valcan mind !!! 🖖😮
"How far down do the spots go"
Jadzia: "All the way."
my favorite warp command: "Hit it"
I love the enteprise c. Its my fav 1701 design. To me its a perfect bridge between the TOS enterprise and the enterprise d.
Same. The Ambassador Class is absolutely gorgeous.
The Ambassador Class was a handsome ship, it's a shame we didn't see more of 1701-C. I'd love to see a miniseries of that ship's adventures.
"Second star to the right, next to the oregano." has been my go to for years.😂
This makes so much sense to me.
Kirk's line (to Picard, ST Generations): "Who am I, to argue with the Captain of the Enterprise?"
"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
My friends, we've come home
What about there's an old Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is dish best served cold !!! Khan Noonan Singh
Yeah, I like the way he says it. "Ahhh, Kirk, my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb which tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? It is very cold in space."
"Liberty and freedom have to be more than just words." - James T. Kirk, The Omega Glory.
“Try and live by the quotes in this episode and I think you’ll do okay” - ESPECIALLY “Never tell the same lie twice” 😂
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.
I remember being 12 and in absolute tears hearing this line in the theatre and if i wasn't a Trekkie before I became one that day...
"Of my friend I can only say this: of all the souls I've encountered in my travels...his was the most...human."
Even Kirk couldn't completely hold it together in that moment.
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.
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!
"Belief in the supernatural".....and every second epsiode of Trek ever made features something of the "supernatural".
Surprised the religious people weren't boycotting with signs outside Paramount for that
😂
"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.
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
Lots of great ones. I'd like to add "To absent friends".
“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.
Mr. Worf, fire.
Those three words made for the longest summer vacation I would ever know. In the process, they changed television forever.
Are we ever going to confront the fact that the entire name Enterprise has become a meta fictional causality loop? The real life space shuttle ended up named Enterprise after the fictional starship... But then the fictional starship was retconned to be named after the space shuttle. History can't forget the name, but it's not going to be able to remember where it came from either
Pretty sure the fictional starship was named after the aircraft carriers and the other ships of the line that have carried the name, and they just retroactively include the shuttle in there as a nod.
no I seem to remember that they included some type of starship it was named after, and when the shuttle enterprise was named everyone talked about how it was named after itself( at least that's how I put it)
"Using multi-modal reflection sorting..." - Data, Best Of Both Worlds Pt. 2
One of my favorite techno-babble lines!
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
Shaka. When the walls fell.
My thoughts exactly ❤
"Never tell the same lie twice.".
"Infinite variety in infinite combinations."
"And won't we judged by how we treat that race?"
I believe it is "Infinite _diversity_ in infinite combinations" (IDIC), or at least that was what it was in TOS (I haven't watched any of the Trek after _ST: Enterprise_ and the Next Gen movies).
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."
Surprised that none of Spock’s dying words were on this list. “I have been and always shall be your friend.” will always stick with me.