Best line in star trek hstory - Page 5

siskokid888 · August 29 2012, 02:32 PM

From "Measure of a Man", after Picard's final speech, when he leans over to the JAG Captain and says "You wanted the chance to make law, here it is. Make it a good one".

trekkiebaggio · August 29 2012, 02:56 PM

Two favourites. First from TSFS -

Kirk: My God Bones, what have I done?

Bones: You did what you had to do, what you've always done. Turn death into a fighting chance to live.

And from TWOK

"Of all the souls I have encountered, his was the most human." It's not the line so much as the way Shatner delivers it, the way he chokes up as he says human.

Locutus · August 29 2012, 04:15 PM

Favorite non-mentioned line:

Janeway - "Get the cheese to sickbay."

Another Janeway - "We're Starfleet Officers. Weird is part of the job."

JoeZhang · August 29 2012, 04:15 PM

I don't like Voyager very much but one of my favourite lines is:

You were working for her, Seska was working for them. Was anyone on board that ship working for me?

RPJOB · August 29 2012, 08:09 PM

It sits there looking at me, and I don't know what it is. This case has dealt with metaphysics, with questions best left to saints and philosophers. I am neither competent, nor qualified, to answer those. I've got to make a ruling – to try to speak to the future. Is Data a machine? Yes. Is he the property of Starfleet? No. We've all been dancing around the basic issue: does Data have a soul? I don't know that he has. I don't know that I have! But I have got to give him the freedom to explore that question himself. It is the ruling of this court that Lieutenant Commander Data has the freedom to choose.

Iamnotspock · August 29 2012, 08:23 PM

And, while more a speech than a line (

), the preceding;

"Your honor, the courtroom is a crucible; in it, we burn away irrelevancies until we are left with a purer product: the truth, for all time. Now sooner or later, this man [Maddox] – or others like him – will succeed in replicating Commander Data. The decision you reach here today will determine how we will regard this creation of our genius. It will reveal the kind of people we are; what he is destined to be. It will reach far beyond this courtroom and this one android. It could significantly redefine the boundaries of personal liberty and freedom: expanding them for some, savagely curtailing them for others. Are you prepared to condemn him [Data] – and all who will come after him – to servitude and slavery? Your honor, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life: well, there it sits! Waiting. You wanted a chance to make law, well here it is; make it a good one."

RPJOB wrote:

It sits there looking at me, and I don't know what it is. This case has dealt with metaphysics, with questions best left to saints and philosophers. I am neither competent, nor qualified, to answer those. I've got to make a ruling – to try to speak to the future. Is Data a machine? Yes. Is he the property of Starfleet? No. We've all been dancing around the basic issue: does Data have a soul? I don't know that he has. I don't know that I have! But I have got to give him the freedom to explore that question himself. It is the ruling of this court that Lieutenant Commander Data has the freedom to choose.

CorporalClegg · August 29 2012, 10:10 PM

Locutus wrote:

Favorite non-mentioned line:

Janeway - "Get the cheese to sickbay."

It has been mentioned.

More importantly, Janeway was not the one who said it.

MacLeod · August 29 2012, 10:15 PM

Not a great line, but it does somewhat embody the idea of exploration.

"Out there thataway."

sojourner · August 29 2012, 10:32 PM

^I like "Second star to the right and straight on til morning" better.

Captain McBain · August 29 2012, 10:52 PM

los2188 wrote:

5. TNG...."Shut up Wesley!"...everyone in the world.

Are Data and Worf the only main characters not to say this?

SecretlyMrsKirk · August 29 2012, 11:03 PM

My four personal favourites:

Spock (in The Motion Picture): "Jim...This simple feeling is beyond V'ger's comprehension."

Spock (The Wrath of Khan): "I have been, and always shall be, your friend."

Spock (The Search for Whoever-That-Guy-Was): "Jim...Your name is Jim."

Lal (The Offspring): "I love you, Father."

*sniffle sniffle*

Dazzie · August 29 2012, 11:31 PM

So many too choose from!!

I always hope for the best, but experience has taught me to expect the worst! (Garak)

Even in the darkest moments you can always find something to make you smile. (Sisko)

The more things change, the more they stay the same (Quark)

These aren't my colours!! (Q)

sbk1234 · August 30 2012, 12:08 AM

Q - "You're angry when you're beautiful."

BruntFCA · August 30 2012, 12:39 AM

Shran- "The Andorian mining consortium runs from no one!"

RPJOB · August 30 2012, 12:44 AM

Your child is throwing a tantrum Mr. Spock. - McCoy

Let's see what's out there. - Kirk

Aye, the haggis is in the fire fore sure. - Scotty

August 29 2012, 02:32 PM	#61
siskokid888 Fleet Captain Location: Either Quark's, or a bar on St. Mark's Place	Re: Best line in star trek hstory From "Measure of a Man", after Picard's final speech, when he leans over to the JAG Captain and says "You wanted the chance to make law, here it is. Make it a good one". __________________ "Enterprise, starship, the places you've been to, the things that you've shown us, the stories you tell, Enterprise, starship we sing to your spirit and the beings that have served you so long and so well"

August 29 2012, 02:56 PM	#62
trekkiebaggio Vice Admiral Location: Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock	Re: Best line in star trek hstory Two favourites. First from TSFS - Kirk: My God Bones, what have I done? Bones: You did what you had to do, what you've always done. Turn death into a fighting chance to live. And from TWOK "Of all the souls I have encountered, his was the most human." It's not the line so much as the way Shatner delivers it, the way he chokes up as he says human. __________________ Angelic Hellfire - My novel. Man of Yesterday - My blog, in which I'm writing a superhero story.

August 29 2012, 04:15 PM	#63
Locutus Captain Location: Fort Saint John, B.C., Canada	Re: Best line in star trek hstory Favorite non-mentioned line: Janeway - "Get the cheese to sickbay." Another Janeway - "We're Starfleet Officers. Weird is part of the job." Last edited by Locutus; August 29 2012 at 04:17 PM. Reason: Forgot one, and I don't feel like having two posts in a row when I can just edit the one I have!

August 29 2012, 08:09 PM	#65
RPJOB Commander	Re: Best line in star trek hstory It sits there looking at me, and I don't know what it is. This case has dealt with metaphysics, with questions best left to saints and philosophers. I am neither competent, nor qualified, to answer those. I've got to make a ruling – to try to speak to the future. Is Data a machine? Yes. Is he the property of Starfleet? No. We've all been dancing around the basic issue: does Data have a soul? I don't know that he has. I don't know that I have! But I have got to give him the freedom to explore that question himself. It is the ruling of this court that Lieutenant Commander Data has the freedom to choose.

August 29 2012, 10:15 PM	#68
MacLeod Vice Admiral Location: Great Britain	Re: Best line in star trek hstory Not a great line, but it does somewhat embody the idea of exploration. "Out there thataway." __________________ On the continent of wild endeavour in the mountains of solace and solitude there stood the citadel of the time lords, the oldest and most mighty race in the universe looking down on the galaxies below sworn never to interfere only to watch.

STAR TREK

CSI

ABOUT US

August 29 2012, 10:32 PM	#69
sojourner Vice Admiral Location: I'm at WKRP	Re: Best line in star trek hstory ^I like "Second star to the right and straight on til morning" better. __________________ Baby, you and me were never meant to be, just maybe think of me once in a while...

August 29 2012, 11:03 PM	#71
SecretlyMrsKirk Lieutenant Location: The Captain's quarters	Re: Best line in star trek hstory My four personal favourites: Spock (in The Motion Picture): "Jim...This simple feeling is beyond V'ger's comprehension." Spock (The Wrath of Khan): "I have been, and always shall be, your friend." Spock (The Search for Whoever-That-Guy-Was): "Jim...Your name is Jim." Lal (The Offspring): "I love you, Father." sniffle sniffle __________________ The Enemy Within...The day Kirk became my husband

August 29 2012, 11:31 PM	#72
Dazzie Ensign	Re: Best line in star trek hstory So many too choose from!! I always hope for the best, but experience has taught me to expect the worst! (Garak) Even in the darkest moments you can always find something to make you smile. (Sisko) The more things change, the more they stay the same (Quark) These aren't my colours!! (Q) __________________ I always hope for the best, but experience has taught me to expect the worse.

August 30 2012, 12:08 AM	#73
sbk1234 Rear Admiral Location: Los Angeles	Re: Best line in star trek hstory Q - "You're angry when you're beautiful." __________________ In all the history of the world, a riot has NEVER broken out at a Sci-Fi convention. "It's a fucking TV show!" - Gary Lockwood

August 30 2012, 12:39 AM	#74
BruntFCA Lieutenant Commander Location: The Divine Treasury	Re: Best line in star trek hstory Shran- "The Andorian mining consortium runs from no one!" __________________ Fallen leaves realize they are no friend of autumn The view from Hell is blue sky So ominously blue. I daydream until all the blue is gone

August 30 2012, 12:44 AM	#75
RPJOB Commander	Re: Best line in star trek hstory Your child is throwing a tantrum Mr. Spock. - McCoy Let's see what's out there. - Kirk Aye, the haggis is in the fire fore sure. - Scotty