Best quotes from TOS...?

[Joel_Kirk]

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Good one...

Here are some others that popped up:

From 'Trouble with Tribbles'--I had to look up IMDB to get McCoy's initial quote for my post--the banter between McCoy and Spock:

McCoy: Spock, I don't know too much about these little Tribbles yet, but there is one thing that I have discovered.

Spock (interested, as if McCoy has actually discovered something): What is that, Doctor?

McCoy: I like them....better than I like you.

Spock: Doctor?

McCoy: Yes?

Spock: They do indeed have one redeeming characteristic.

McCoy (interested, as if Spock has actually discovered something): What's that?

Spock: They do not talk to much. (at McCoy's look) If you would excuse me, sir.

Actually, the entire scene itself is pretty funny...

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Another one, from the same episode: Kirk wants to slap some authority against Nilz Barris for calling his attention to an accusation that Cyrano Jones is a Klingon spy; Kirk also takes a quote from Cyrano Jones when he excuses himself from Nilz Baris:

Kirk: Unfortunately, disrupting a space station is not an offense. Now, excuse me. I have a ship to tend to, au revoir...


Obviously, if it was anyone that was on Kirk's good side, it would have 'fortunately' not been an offense...

 

[Alienesse]

“The best defense is a strong offense, and I intend to start offending right now.” (Kirk, The Empath)

 

[Asrathiel]

T'PAU: Live long and prosper, Spock.
SPOCK: I shall do neither. I have killed my Captain, and my friend.

^^ This <3

 

[Willieck]

Among many great lines, there's Uhura's "Sorry, neither" (The Naked Time) in response to Sulu's "I'll protect you, fair maiden."

I've just mentioned this on my thread TOS revisited and pointed out that on my DVD someone has overdubbed "maiden" with "lady" which completely spoils the joke. In the subtitles on the other hand "maiden" is still used. Very strange.

 

[sbk1234]

Too many to mention, but a couple that come to mind, from Balance of Terror:

Romulan Commander: "Danger and I are old companions."

"In another reality, I could have called you friend."

From CHarlie X
Kirk: "There's a million things in this world you can have, and a million things you can't."

 

[T.EarlGrey.Hot.]

"THE WOMEN!"

What episode was that from?

 

[ToddPence]

THE CORBOMITE MANUEVER:

BAILEY: We've got phaser weapons! I vote we blast it!
KIRK: I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Bailey, when this becomes a democracy.

 

[Captrek]

BAILEY: Raising my voice back there doesn't mean I was scared or couldn't do my job. It means I happen to have a human thing called an adrenaline gland.
SPOCK: It does sound most inconvenient, however. Have you considered having it removed?
BAILEY: Very funny.
SULU: You try to cross brains with Spock, he'll cut you to pieces every time.

 

[sbk1234]

"THE WOMEN!"

What episode was that from?

That was from the first pilot, The Cage, later shown as part of The Menagerie, said by Spock.

 

[Sector 7]

From "The Savage Curtain":

Abraham Lincoln: "What a charming Negress. Oh, forgive me, my dear. I know in my time some used that term as a description of property."
Lt. Uhura: "But why should I object to that term, sir? You see, in our century we've learned not to fear words."

 

[Orcus]

"THE WOMEN!"

What episode was that from?

That was from the first pilot, The Cage, later shown as part of The Menagerie, said by Spock.

Yes. It's not so much the quote itself that makes it noteworthy but the delivery. It's class...

 

[TeaKirk]

Here's my favorite one

Spock: Most Illogical, the M-5 has not behaved logically

McCoy: Please Spock, do me a favor and don't say it's facinating

Spock: No, but it is interesting

(Bones rolls his eyes) LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

[THX1138]

From "Corbomite" when Bailey is absolutely beside himself with frustration over the Enterprise's passive response to Balok's deadline:

Bailey: (gesturing to Sulu) HE'S DOIN' A COUNTDOWN!!!

Always loved the way he delivered that line...

 

[skylark14]

Love many of the ones already given. Most of the ho-hum episodes still had some memorable lines. Some other personal favorites in no particular order (and maybe not verbatim):

Kirk: "Would it have hurt us I wonder to have gathered just a few laurel leaves?" - Who Mourns for Adonais

Sulu: "That's the first time I've ever heard a malfunction threaten us." Kirk: "Keep to your post, Mr. Sulu"
For some reason when I heard this again recently, it struck me as very modern and made me laugh out loud but I couldn't begin to explain why that is. - Wolf in the Fold

Kirk: "Mr. Spock, this bag does not contain platinum, gold nor silver nor is it likely to in the near future."

Kirk: "Let's get the hell out of here."
City on the Edge of Forever

 

[Captrek]

From "The Savage Curtain":

Abraham Lincoln: "What a charming Negress. Oh, forgive me, my dear. I know in my time some used that term as a description of property."
Lt. Uhura: "But why should I object to that term, sir? You see, in our century we've learned not to fear words."

Lt. Uhura: But why should I object to that term, sir? You see, in our century we've learned not to fear words.
King Arthur: Ni!
Lt. Uhura: Except that one.

 

[TeaKirk]

From "The Savage Curtain":

Abraham Lincoln: "What a charming Negress. Oh, forgive me, my dear. I know in my time some used that term as a description of property."
Lt. Uhura: "But why should I object to that term, sir? You see, in our century we've learned not to fear words."

Lt. Uhura: But why should I object to that term, sir? You see, in our century we've learned not to fear words.
King Arthur: Ni!
Lt. Uhura: Except that one.

, Monty Python FTW!

 

[scotpens]

In “Balance of Terror,” when we first see the resemblance between Romulans and Vulcans, and Mr. Stiles suddenly becomes suspicious of Spock:

STILES: I was suggesting that Mister Spock could probably translate it for you, sir.
KIRK: I assume you're complimenting Mister Spock on his ability to decode.
STILES: I'm not sure, sir.
KIRK: Well, here's one thing you can be sure of, mister. Leave any bigotry in your quarters. There's no room for it on the bridge. Do I make myself clear?

 

[ToddPence]

Charlie X:

"He gave me a mean look. I had to freeze him. I like happy looks."

 

[Red Ranger]

So many good ones. My faves usually involve Spock and McCoy arguing. Usually, it's Spock lowering the boom, but there are a few where McCoy gets the best of Spock. Like this exchange from Space Seed, when they're discussing the Eugenics Wars:

SPOCK: Yes, your attempt to improve the race through selective breeding.
MCCOY: Oh, no, not our attempt, Mr. Spock. A group of ambitious scientists. I'm sure you know the type. Devoted to logic, completely unemotional.

And from The Deadly Years, Spock asks McCoy if he has any remedy that will help him deal with cold:

MCCOY: I'm not a magician, Spock, just an old country doctor.
SPOCK: Yes. As I've always suspected.

Here's a fave of mine from The Squire of Gothos:

TRELANE: You will hang by the neck, Captain, until you are dead, dead, DEAD!

 

[Joel_Kirk]

So many good ones. My faves usually involve Spock and McCoy arguing. Usually, it's Spock lowering the boom, but there are a few where McCoy gets the best of Spock. Like this exchange from Space Seed, when they're discussing the Eugenics Wars:

SPOCK: Yes, your attempt to improve the race through selective breeding.
MCCOY: Oh, no, not our attempt, Mr. Spock. A group of ambitious scientists. I'm sure you know the type. Devoted to logic, completely unemotional.

And Spock is somewhat musing at McCoy's last comments; he begins to give a retort before Kirk stops them both....

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A few from Amok Time that just paints T'Pring as 'hot' and mysterious...and devious:

T'Pring: As it was in the dawn of our days. As it is today. As it will be for all tomorrows....I make my choice. (points to Kirk) This one!

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T'Pau: Are thee prepared to become the property of the victor?

T'Pring (breathlessly): I am prepared...

And, of course, there is her 'logical' monologue, which I don't know off the top of my head...of why she chose Stonn over Spock.

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From Space Seed, during the Kirk and Khan brawl:

Khan: I have five times your strength! You cannot defeat me.

Then Kirk beats him down with an Engineering rod...