Quotes

I collect quotes and I love Star Trek. What are some quotes you find memorable? Star Trek books, movies or TV quotes are okay with me.

Today's quote: "This thing you call language, though. Quite remarkable. You depend on it for so much, but are any of you really its master?" -- The Medusan Ambassador, Kollos "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" (TV - original series)

There is actually a site called "Great Star Trek Quotes" and just a few of my favourites are:

"....a dream that became a reality and spread throughout the stars."
Captain Kirk, TOS

"Rumours of my assimilation have been greatly exagerated."
Captain Picard, First Contact

"I'm a doctor, not a ............."
Dr McCoy, Dr Bashir, The (holographic)Doctor, Dr Phlox

"Are you a doctor, or aren't you?"
Captain Kirk,TOS

"Ode to Spot"
Data,TNG

"Remember Data, that you have to play every day."
-- Ba'ku boy to Data as the away team leaves, Star Trek: Insurrection

"Enthrone your pasts:
this done, fire and old blood
will find you again.
Better hearts' breaking
than worlds'."

(S'task's last stave)

"Dethrone your past:
this done, day comes up new
though empty-hearted.
O the long silence,
my son."

(Surak's reply)

Both from The Romulan Way, of course.

"Madam, I am attempting to construct a mnemonic memory device using stone knives and bearskins"

Spock to Edith Keeler in "The City on the Edge of Forever". Vulcan sarcasm; gotta love it.

"Conquest is easy control is not."-Kirk
"We all have our darker side. We need it; it's half of what we are. It's not really ugly, it's human."
-McCoy
"Without freedom of choice there is no creativity."-Kirk