What would be some good quotes for a starship dedication plaque?

"Some people see things as they are, and say why? I dream things that never were and say, why not?"

-Robert Kennedy

 

Just a few I like:

"The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing."
Isaac Asimov

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
― Stephen Hawking

“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ”
― Immanuel Kant

 

So you're all astronauts on some sort of... star trek?-Zephram Cochran

Relax, Cupcake. It's a joke.-James T. Kirk

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand-Samuel R Delaney

 

John Stuart Mill:
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse."

Yogi Berra:
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
"It ain't over till it's over."

Benjamin Disraeli:
"Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels."

Socrates:
"I drank WHAT?!?"

Ezra Pound:
"No urban night is like the night [in NYC]...here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will."

Frank Drebin:
"We're sorry to bother you at a time like this, Mrs. Twice. We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn't dead then."

 

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

In all seriousness, that quote needs to be seen more and repeated more and taught in schools more, and simplified and explained more for those who don't seem to understand it.

 

"We come in peace, for all Mankind."

 

To Serve Man.

 

The one thing my missus wont agree with :P

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He's dead jim
mc coy

 

Winston Churchill:
"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."
"We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job."

 

I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country. USS Patton

 

A couple I have used for fanfic ships:
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope. - Winston Churchill

Let not the deep swallow me up. - RNLI motto (which I use for the Border Service cutter Silverfin)

When thinking of plaque quotes, my first stop is pretty much always Winston Churchill, he has so many good ones that can fit just about any ship.

 

"You Cannot Do It Alone!"
Elizabeth Dehner
Strangers From the Sky
(In my mind and personal Canon the True First Contact between Earth and Vulcan)

 

"Lemon curry?"

 

"If I am not for myself, who will be? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?"
- Hillel

 

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
-- Tennyson

I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
-- Sarah Williams

 

"I fear that all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant, and fill him with a terrible resolve."
- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

 

"Just sit right back and hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this tiny ship..."
I'm sure the rest, all of you know.

 

Be nice to the people you meet on your way up

They're the same people you will meet on your way down

USS Hollywood

 

Yes, I am EXTREMELY late to the party, but another good one would be:
"Truly rich is one, who has more dreams in his soul than reality can destroy