Kirk It isn't a bad life to have everyone in the universe at your beck and call, and you win all the arguments. Kirk The idea of male and female are universal constants. Kirk Leave bigotry in your quarters; there's no room for it on the bridge. Kirk No more blah, blah, blah! Kirk A room should reflect its occupant. Kirk Love sometimes expresses itself in sacrifice. Kirk There are certain things men must do to remain men. Kirk A woman should have compassion. Kirk Be pleasant no matter how much it hurts. Kirk Too much of anything, even love, isn't necessarily a good thing. Kirk Most people are afraid of being alone. Kirk No wants -- no needs? We weren't meant for that. None of us. Man stagnates if he has no ambition, no desire to be more than he is. Kirk Most of us are attracted by beauty and repelled by ugliness -- one of the last of our prejudices. Kirk It is the nature of our species to be free. Kirk What is man but that lofty spirit -- that sense of enterprise. Kirk Our species can only survive if we have obstacles to overcome. You remove those obstacles. Without them to strengthen us, we will weaken and die. Kirk It's the custom of my people to help one another when we're in trouble. Kirk Where I come from, size shape or color makes no difference. Kirk We've each learned to be delighted with what we are. Kirk We prefer to help ourselves. We make mistakes, but we're human -- and maybe that's the word that best explains us. Kirk We all are vulnerable, in one way or another. Kirk We think of ourselves as the most powerful beings in the universe. It's unsettling to discover that we're wrong. Kirk We humans have a streak of barbarism in us -- appalling, but there nevertheless. Kirk We faced a crisis in our earlier nuclear age. We found the wisdom not to destroy ourselves. Kirk Mankind has no need for gods. We find the One quite adequate. Kirk To us, killing is murder, even for revenge. Kirk I don't think we have the right or the wisdom to interfere, however a planet is evolving. Kirk The highest of all our laws states your world is yours and will always remain yours. Kirk It is one of our most important laws that none of us may interfere with the affairs of others. Kirk We are wise enugh to know we are wise enough not to interfere with the way of a man or another world. Kirk Our people don't believe in slavery. Kirk A species that enslaves other beings is hardly superior -- mentally or otherwise. Kirk He gave his life in an attempt to save others. Not the worst way to go. Kirk There are some things worth dying for. Kirk Liberty and freedom have to be more than just words. Kirk We estimate there are millions of planets with intelligent life. We haven't begun to map them. Kirk Being human does have certain advantages -- being able to appreciate the beauty of a flower, of a woman. Kirk All men are brothers. Kirk Only a fool would stand in the way of progress. Kirk In every revolution, there's one man with a vision. Kirk We're free people. We belong to no one. Kirk Man is ultimately superior to any mechanical device. Kirk It's time you learned that freedom is never a gift. It has to be earned. Kirk We fight only when there is no other choice. We prefer the ways of peaceful contact. Kirk Worlds are conquered, galaxies destroyed -- but a woman is always a woman. Kirk Genius doesn't work on an assembly line basis. You can't simply say, "Today I will be brilliant." Kirk The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play. Kirk We have found all life forms in the galaxy are capable of superior development. Kirk Actual war is a very messy business. Very, very messy business. Kirk War isn't a good life, but it's life. Kirk Desperation is a highly emotional state of mind. Kirk No one may kill a man. Not for any purpose. It cannot be condoned. Kirk Jealousy has often been a motive for murder. Kirk A little suffering is good for the soul. Kirk Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on. Kirk A Vulcan can no sooner be disloyal than he can exist without breathing. Kirk Without freedom of choice there is no creativity. Kirk We humans are full of unpredictable emotions that logic cannot solve. Kirk One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it. Kirk Intuition, however illogical, is recognized as a command prerogative. Kirk A star captain's most solemn oath is that he will give his life, even his entire crew, rather than violate the Prime Directive. Kirk I've already got a female to worry about. Her name is the Enterprise. Kirk I'm a soldier, not a diplomat. I can only tell the truth. Kirk Either one of us, by himself, is expendable. Both of us are not. Kirk Conquest is easy. Control is not. Kirk If I can have honesty, it's easier to overlook mistakes. Kirk She could have had as fulfilling a life as any woman. If only... if only. Kirk Sometimes pain can drive a man harder than pleasure. Kirk All your people must learn before you can reach for the stars. Kirk The trigger has been pulled. We've got to get there before the hammer falls. Kirk Death. Destruction. Disease. Horror. That's what war is all about. That's what makes it a thing to be avoided. Kirk No one wants war. Kirk We've come a long way in five thousand years. But you're still of the same nature. Kirk There's only one kind of woman.... Or man, for that matter. You either believe in yourself or you don't. Kirk What are the odds in such absolute duplication of life forms in another galaxy? The chances are very much against it. Kirk You're too beautiful to ignore. Too much woman. Spock Deriving sustenance from emotion is not unknown in the galaxy. And fear is among the strongest and most violent of the emotions. Spock Unhappiness is the state which occurs in the human when wants and desires are not fulfilled. Spock Worry is a human emotion. Spock Anger is a relative state. Spock Humans are very peculiar. I often find them unfathomable, but an interesting psychological study. Spock The cat is the most ruthless, most terrifying of animals. As far back as the sabertooth tiger. Spock There's a certain inefficiency in constantly questioning me on things you've already made up your mind about. Spock Humans smile with so little provocation. Spock In critical moments men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see. Spock Curios, how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want. Spock There are many aspects of human irrationality I do not yet comprehend. Obsession, for one. The persistent single-minded fixation on one idea. Spock Humans do have an amazing capacity for believing what they choose -- and excluding that which is painful. Spock Earthment like Rameses, Alexander, Ceasar, Napoleon, Hitler, Lee Kuan. Your whole Earth history is made up of men seeking absolute power. Spock Insults are effective only where emotion is present. Spock You humans have that emotional need to express gratitude. You're welcome, I believe, is the correct response. Spock It would be illogical to kill without reason. Spock It would be illogical to assume that all conditions remain stable. Spock Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected. Spock Vulcans never bluff. Spock I object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without constructive purpose. Spock Without facts, the decision cannot be made logically. You must rely on your human intuition. Spock Military secrets are the most fleeting of all. Spock Fascinating, a totally parochial attitude. Spock Extreme feminine beauty is always disturbing. Spock It is more rational to sacrifice one life than six. Spock Those who hate and fight must stop themselves -- otherwise it is not stopped. Spock You Earth people glorified organized violence for forty centuries. But you imprison those who employ it privately. Spock Pain is a thing of the mind. The mind can be controlled. Spock Change is the essential process of all existence. Spock Time is fluid ... like a river with currents, eddies, backwash. Spock Madness has no purpose. Or reason. But it may have a goal. Spock If there are self-made purgatories, then we all have to live in them. Spock Many Myths are based on truth. Spock Totally illogical, there was no chance. Spock Live long and prosper. Spock Insufficient facts always invite danger. Spock Superior ability breeds superior ambition. Spock Where there's no emotion, there's no motive for violence. Spock Virtue is a relative term. Spock Every living thing wants to survive. Spock Vulcans do not approve of violence. Spock Emotions are alien to me. I'm a scientist. Spock No one can guarantee the actions of another. Spock 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. Spock Violence in reality is quite different from theory. Spock There are always alternatives. Spock There is a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder. Spock Physical laws simply cannot be ignored. Existence cannot be without them. Spock In the strict scientific sense we all feed on death -- even vegetarians. Spock I remind you that humans are only a tiny minority in this galaxy. Spock Possible existence of a parallel universe has been scientifically conceded. Spock To restrict a segment of the population to such hardship is unthinkable in an evolved culture. Spock We must acknowledge once and for all that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis. Spock All the little things you and I understand and expect from life, such as: equality; kindness; justice ... Spock I'm frequently appalled by the low regard you Earthmen have for life. Spock Diplomats and bureaucrats may function differently, but they achieve exactly the same results. Spock As we know, the value of pi is a transcendental figure without resolution. Spock I have never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question. Spock It is undignified for a woman to play servant to a man who is not hers. Spock Women are more easily and more deeply terrified ... generating more sheer horror than the male of the species. Spock If I let go a hammer on a planet having a positive gravity, I need not see it fall to know that it has, in fact, fallen. Spock Humans do claim a great deal for that particular emotion (love). Spock The joys of love made her human and the agonies of love destroyed her. Spock The actual theory is that all life forms evolved from the lower levels to the more advanced stages. Spock Instruments register only through things they're designed to register. Space still contains infinite unknowns. Spock If it is the only survivor of a dead race, to kill it would be a crime against science. Spock Mankind -- ready to kill. That's the way it was in 1881. I wonder how humanity managed to survive? We overcame our instinct for violence. Spock Beauty is transitory. Beauty survives. Spock The combination of a number of things to make existence worthwhile. Yes, the philosophy of 'nome,' meaning 'all.' Spock Evil does seek to maintain power by suppressing the truth. Or by misleading the innocent. Spock Logic and practical information do not seem to apply here. You admit that? To deny the facts would be illogical, Doctor. Spock That unit is a woman. A mass of conflicting impulses. McCoy Bacteriological warfare...hard to believe we were once foolish enough to play around with that. McCoy We found them totally uninterested in medical aid or hospitals. They believe that only the strong should survive. McCoy 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 If you're speaking of worships of sorts, we represent many beliefs. McCoy Monsters come in many forms. And do you know the greatest monster of them all? Guilt. McCoy Killing is stupid; useless! McCoy A princess should not be afraid -- not with a brave knight to protect her. McCoy We're all sorry for the other guy when he loses his job to a machine. But when it comes to your job -- that's different. And it always will be different. McCoy If a man had a child who'd gone anti-social, killed perhaps, he'd still tend to protect that child. McCoy The semi-conscious mind is a tricky thing. A man never knows just how much is real or how much is imagination. McCoy War is never imperative. McCoy Without water, we're all just three or four pounds of chemicals. McCoy Hot as Vulcan. McCoy Vulcans worship peace above all. McCoy Crazy way to travel. Spreading a man's molecules all over the universe. McCoy When the personality of a human is involved, exact predictions are hazardous. McCoy Respect is a rational process. McCoy Compassion -- that's the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it's the one thing that keeps men ahead of them. McCoy Blast medicine anyway! We've learned to tie into every organ in the human body but one. The brain! The brain is what life is all about. McCoy The man on top walks a lonely street; the "chain" of command is often a noose. McCoy You can't evaluate a man by logic alone. McCoy Respect is a rational process. McCoy You! What PLANET is this? McCoy When a man feels guilty about something -- something too terrible to remember -- he blots it out of his conscious memory. McCoy In the long history of medicine, no doctor has ever caught the first few minutes of a play. McCoy They're offering you a chance for combat. They consider it more pleasurable than love. McCoy You're dead, Jim. McCoy He's dead, Jim. McCoy Man is not just a biological unit that you can patch together. McCoy It is a human characteristic to love little animals, especially if they're attractive in some way.