Quotes
Kirk: Damn it, Bones, you're a doctor. You know that pain and guilt can't be taken away with a wave of a magic wand. They're the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain taken away! I need my pain!
Kirk: What does God need with a starship?
McCoy: Jim, what are you doing?
Kirk: I'm asking a question.
"God": Who is this creature?
Kirk: Who am I? Don't you know? Aren't you God?
Sybok: He has his doubts.
"God": You doubt me?
Kirk: I seek proof.
McCoy: Jim! You don't ask the Almighty for his ID!
"God": Then here is the proof you seek.
[Shoots Kirk with lightning]
Kirk: Why is God angry?
Sybok: Why? Why have you done this to my friend?
"God": He doubts me.
Spock: You have not answered his question. What does God need with a starship?
"God": [shoots Spock with lightning; then addresses McCoy] Do you doubt me?
McCoy: I doubt any God who inflicts pain for his own pleasure.
Sybok: Stop! The God of Sha Ka Ree would not do this!
"God": Sha Ka Ree? A vision you created. An eternity I've been imprisoned in this place! The ship! I must have the ship! Now... give me what I want!
Spock: Sybok, this is not the God of Sha Ka Ree... or any other God!
Sybok: I don't understand... Reveal yourself to me!
[an image of Sybok strides out of one of God's eyes, laughing maniacally]
"God": What's wrong? Don't you like this face? I have so many but this one suits you best.
Sybok: No! No... it's not possible.
"God": Bring me the ship or I will destroy you!
Sybok: The ship?
"God": Bring it closer so that I might join with it. Do it or watch these puny beings... die horribly.
Sybok: What have I done?
Kirk: Damn it Spock! God damn it!
Spock: Captain, what have I done?
Kirk: What you've done is betray every man on this ship!
Spock: Worse I've betrayed you. I do not expect you to forgive me.
Kirk: Forgive you? I oughta knock you on your goddamned ass!
Spock: If you think it would help.
McCoy: Do you want me to hold him, Jim?
Kirk: You stay out of this! Why, Spock, why? All you had to do is pull the trigger!
Spock: If I had done that Sybok would be dead.
Kirk: I ordered you to defend your ship!
Spock: You ordered me to kill my brother.
Kirk: But the man may be a fellow Vulcan but he...
Spock: No, no you do not understand. Sybok also is a son of Sarek.
Kirk: You mean he's your "brother" brother?
[Spock nods]
Kirk: You made that up.
Spock: I did not.
Kirk: You did too! Sybok couldn't possibly be your brother because I happen to know for a fact that you don't have a brother.
Spock: Technically you are right I do not have a brother.
Kirk: There! You see?
Spock: I have a half-brother.
Kirk: I gotta sit down.
[Around a campfire singing "Row Row Row Your Boat"]
Kirk: Come on. Spock... Why didn't you jump in?
Spock: I was trying to comprehend the meaning of the words.
McCoy: It's a song, you green-blooded... Vulcan. You sing it. The words aren't important. What's important is that you have a good time singing it.
Spock: Oh, I am sorry, Doctor. Were we having a good time?
McCoy: God, I liked him better before he died.
Kirk: [to "God"] Excuse me... Excuse me... I just wanted to ask a question. What does God need with a starship?
J'Onn: Where did you get this power?
Sybok: The power was within you.
J'Onn: I feel... as if a weight has been lifted from my heart. How can I repay you for this miracle?
Sybok: Join my quest.
J'Onn: What is it you seek?
Sybok: What you seek. What all men have sought since time began. The ultimate knowledge.
Sybok: Your pain runs deep.
J'Onn: What do you know of my pain?
Sybok: Let us explore it... together. Each man hides a secret pain. It must be exposed and reckoned with. It must be dragged from the darkness and forced into the light. Share your pain. Share your pain with me... and gain strength from the sharing.
Uhura: [Chekov and Sulu are lost in the woods of Yellowstone] Is there a problem, gentlemen?
Sulu: Uh, yes. We've been caught in a... we've been caught in a blizzard.
[Chekov blows on the communicator, simulating wind noises]
Chekov: And we can't see a thing. Request you direct us to the coordinates.
Uhura: My visual says sunny skies and seventy degrees.
Chekov: [stops blowing] Sulu, look. The sun's come out. It's a miracle.
Uhura: [over communicator] Don't worry, fellas. Your secret's safe with me. I'll sent a shutlecraft to pick you up.
Sulu: Uhura, I owe you one! Sulu out.
Kirk: [responds to a tapping within the wall] What's that noise?
Spock: [tapping continues] I believe it is a primitive form of communication known as morse Code.
Kirk: You're right. I'm out of practice.
[tapping]
Kirk: That's an "S".
Spock: "T".
Kirk: "A"... "N"... "D", end of word.
McCoy: "Stand".
Kirk: New word... "B"... "A"...
Spock: "C"... "K".
McCoy: "Back". "Stand back".
Kirk, Spock, McCoy: "Stand back"?
[the wall explodes]
Scotty: [on the other side of the wall] What are you standing around for? Do you not know a jailbreak when you see one?
[hiking in the woods of Yellowstone]
Chekov: Admit it, we're lost.
Sulu: All right, we're lost. But we're making good time!
Uhura: [over communicator] Commander Sulu, come in please.
Sulu: I don't believe this! Commander Sulu here.
Uhura: Bad news, gentlemen. Shore leave's been canceled.
Chekov: [relieved] Rescued at last!
Uhura: Return to the pre-arranged coordinates for pickup.
Chekov: Don't tell them we're lost. We'll never live it down here.
Kirk: What are you doing?
Spock: I am preparing to toast a marsh melon.
McCoy: Well, I'll be damned. A marsh melon. Where'd you learn to do that?
Spock: Before leaving the ship, I consulted the computer library to familiarize myself with the customs associated with "camping out".
McCoy: Well, tell me, Spock. What do you do after we toast the marsh - er, marsh melons?
Spock: We consume them.
McCoy: I know we consume them. I mean after that.
Spock: Oh. I believe we are required to engage in a ritual known as the sing-a-long.
Kirk: Understand your situation, are unable to return to planet. Stand by to execute emergency landing plan... "B."
[Everyone in the shuttle stares at Kirk in confusion, and Spock mouths, "B?" Aboard the Enterprise:]
Chekov: What's emergency landing plan "B?"
Scotty: I don't have a clue.
Kirk: [over comm] "B" as in "barricade".
Scotty: He can't be serious!
[Chief Engineer Scott making a log entry]
Scotty: USS Enterprise, shakedown crew's report. I think this new ship was put together by monkeys. Oh, she's got a fine engine, but half the doors won't open, and guess whose job it is to make it right.
Sybok: Spock. It's me. It's Sybok. After all these years, you've finally caught up with me. Don't you have anything to say to me?
Spock: You are... under arrest. For seventeen violations of the Neutral Zone Treaty.
Sybok: [laughing] Spock, you've developed a sense of humor after all.
Spock: It was not my intention to amuse you. These are serious charges. However, if you surrender now...
Sybok: I'm sorry, Spock. I can't surrender now. I'm not through violating Neutral Zone Treaty. In fact, I'm just getting started. And for my next violation, I intend to steal something. Something very big.
Spock: This is a new brig, Captain. It is escape-proof.
Kirk: How do you know?
Spock: The designers tested it, using the most intelligent and resourceful person they could find. He failed to escape.
Kirk: This person... he didn't by any chance have pointed ears, and an unerring capacity for getting his shipmates into trouble, did he?
Spock: He did have pointed ears.
Scotty: [cursing, on his back trying to fix a computer console] "Let's see what she's got," said the captain. And then we found out, didn't we?
Uhura: [walking in] I know you'll whip her into shape, Scotty, you always do.
Scotty: [getting up] Uhura, I thought you were on leave.
Uhura: And I thought we were supposed to be going together.
Scotty: Oh, I can't leave her now when she needs me the most.
Uhura: [stroking Scotty's cheek] I had a feeling you would say something like that, so I brought us...
[whipping up two packages]
Uhura: dinner.
Scotty: [grabbing a package] Oh, lassie. You're the most understanding woman I know.
Starfleet Officer: [transmission on a malfunctioning computer] Red-Red-Red Alert. Red Alert. Red-Red-Red Alert.
Scotty: I just fixed that damn thing! Turn it off, will you?
[eating a campfire dinner]
Spock: Bipodal seeds, Doctor?
McCoy: Beans, Spock. But no ordinary beans. These are from a special Southern recipe handed down by my father. And if you stick your Vulcan nose up at these, you're not only insulting me, but generations of McCoys.
Spock: In that case, I have little choice but to sample your beans.
McCoy: [McCoy is watching Kirk climb a mountain] "You'll have a great time, Bones. You'll enjoy your shore leave. You'll relax." You call this relaxing? I'm a nervous wreck. I'm not careful, I'll end up talking to myself.
Korrd: [to Kirk] Kirk, my *junior* officer has something he wishes to say to you.
[growls an order in Klingon]
Capt. Klaa: I... apologize.
Korrd: [growls another order in Klingon]
Capt. Klaa: [sheepishly] The attack on your vessel was not authorized by my government.
Kirk: I've always known I'll die alone.
Scotty: [to Kirk about ship status] Ah. All I can say is they don't make them like they used to.
Kirk: You told me you could get this ship operational in two weeks, I gave you three, what happened?
Scotty: I think you gave me too much time, Captain.
Kirk: Very well, Mr Scott. Carry on.
Scotty: Aye, sir.
[Spots a junior engineer nearby]
Scotty: How many times do I have to tell you, the right tool for the right job!
McCoy: [laughs] I don't think I've ever seen him happier.
[They enter the turbolift]
Computer: Le-le-level?
Kirk: Bridge... I hope. I could use a shower.
Spock: [looks at Kirk] Yes.
Kirk: Spock, my only concern is getting the ship back. When that's done and Sybok is in here, then you can debate Sha-Ka-Ree until you're green in the face.
McCoy: [in response to Spock carrying Kirk while wearing jet-boots] You two go on ahead, I'll wait for the next car.
Sybok: The people of your world once believed the world was flat. Columbus proved it was round. They said the sound barrier could never be broken!... It was broken. They said warp-speed could not be achieved.
McCoy: Jim... if you ask me, and you haven't, I think this is a terrible idea. We're bound to bump into the Klingons, and they don't exactly like you.
Kirk: The feeling's mutual. Engine room.
Scotty: [over the intercom] Scotty here.
Kirk: We'll need all the power you can muster, mister.
Scotty: Don't you worry, Captain. We'll beat those Klingon devils, even if I have to get out and push.
Kirk: I hope it won't come to that, Mr. Scott.
[after Sybok relinquishes command of the Enterprise, Kirk decides to take Sybok, Spock and McCoy to the planet]
Kirk: Well, don't just stand there. God's a busy man!
Caithlin Dar: Gentlemen, I'm Caithlin Dar.
St. John Talbot: Ah, yes. Our new Romulan representative. Welcome to Paradise City, my dear, capital of this so-called 'Planet of Galactic Peace'. I'm St. John Talbot, the Federation representative here on Nimbus III. My charming companion here in the Klingon consul Korrd.
Korrd: [belches loudly]
Caithlin Dar: I expect that's Klingon for 'hello'.
St. John Talbot: Won't you come in, my dear.
Spock: [sampling McCoy's baked beans] Mmm... surprisingly good. It does have a flavoring I'm not familiar with.
McCoy: Ah-ha, that's the secret ingredient.
Kirk: Got any more of that secret ingredient, Bones?
McCoy: [hands Kirk a bottle] Help yourself.
Spock: Am I to understand, Doctor, that your secret ingredient is alcohol?
McCoy: Whiskey, Tennessee whiskey, Spock. Care for a little snort?
Kirk: [after Spock recognizes Sybok] Who is it he reminds you of?
Spock: There was a young student, exceptionally gifted, possessing a great intelligence. It was assumed that one day he would take his place amongst the great scholars of Vulcan. But he was a revolutionary.
Kirk: What do you mean?
Spock: The knowledge and experience he sought were forbidden by Vulcan belief.
Kirk: Forbidden?
Spock: He rejected his logical upbringing and embraced the animal passions of our ancestors.
Kirk: Why?
Spock: He believed the key to self-knowledge was emotion, not logic.
McCoy: Imagine that. A passionate Vulcan.
Spock: When he encouraged others to follow him, he was banished from Vulcan, never to return.
Kirk: [to Spock, while being strangled by Sybok] PICK IT UP!
[last lines]
[around a campfire]
Kirk: [to Spock] Are you just gonna sit there and pluck that thing? Or are you gonna play something?
Spock: [starts playing]
Kirk, McCoy, Spock: [singing in canon] Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream...
Starfleet Chief of Staff: Now, I know the Enterprise isn't exactly up to specs...
Kirk: With all due respect, the Enterprise is a disaster! There must be other ships in the quadrant.
Starfleet Chief of Staff: Other ships, yes. But no experienced commanders. Captain... I need Jim Kirk.
Kirk: [under his breath] Oh, please.
Starfleet Chief of Staff: Your orders are to proceed to Nimbus III, assess the situation, and avoid a confrontation if possible. But above all, however, get those hostages back safely.
Kirk: Have the Klingons responded?
Starfleet Chief of Staff: No, but you can bet they will.
Caithlin Dar: Twenty years ago, our three governments agreed to develop this planet together. A new age was born.
St. John Talbot: Our new age died a quick death. The settlers we conned into coming here, they were the dregs of the galaxy. They immediately took to fighting amongst themselves. We forbade them weapons, and they soon began to fashion their own.
Caithlin Dar: Well, then it appears I have arrived just in time.
Kirk: [finding the hostages on Nimbus III] Thank God.
Caithlin Dar: [aiming a disruptor at him and Spock] Please cooperate.
St. John Talbot: Would you mind handing over your weapons?
Vixis: [conversing in Klingonese] The starship Enterprise has been dispatched to Nimbus III.
Capt. Klaa: Enterprise? That's Kirk's ship! If I could defeat Kirk...
Vixis: You would be the greatest warrior in the galaxy.
Capt. Klaa: Maximum speed. Success!
Starfleet Officer: This is a red alert. Enterprise, please acknowledge.
Uhura: This is Enterprise. Identify yourself.
Starfleet Officer: Enterprise, this is Starfleet. We have a priority seven situation in the Neutral Zone.
Uhura: Stand by, Starfleet. Scotty, this is for real.
Scotty: They can't be serious. The ship's in pieces and we've got less than a skeleton crew aboard.
Uhura: Starfleet, are you aware of our current status?
Starfleet Officer: Current status understood. Stand by to copy operational orders and recall key personnel.
Uhura: Captain, we're receiving the hostage information you requested.
Kirk: Put it on screen.
[seeing the profile of General Korrd]
Kirk: Not General Korrd!
Spock: The same. He's apparently fallen out of favor with the Klingon High Command.
Kirk: General Korrd's military strategies were required learning when I was a cadet at the Academy. When they put me out to pasture, I hope I fare better than Korrd.
Vixis: [conversing in Klingonese] Captain Klaa, we have a target in sight. A probe of ancient origin.
Capt. Klaa: Difficult to hit?
Vixis: Most difficult.
Capt. Klaa: Good. All weapons to my control.
[sitting in his command chair]
Capt. Klaa: Scope!
[a periscope is lowered, and he takes aim, destroying the probe with ease]
Capt. Klaa: Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle. I need a target that fights back.
Vixis: [a console beeps] Captain, new data; hostages on Nimbus III. One of the hostages is a Klingon.
Capt. Klaa: And the others?
Vixis: A Terran and a Romulan.
Capt. Klaa: That means the Federation will be sending a rescue ship of its own. Plot course for Nimbus III. I've always wanted to engage a Federation ship.
Sybok: Romulan. Terran. Klingon. Consider yourselves my prisoners.
St. John Talbot: Prisoners? We're already prisoners here on this worthless lump of rock. What possible value could we be to you?
Sybok: Nimbus III may be a worthless lump of rock, but it does have one unique treasure. It's the only place in the entire galaxy that has the three of you.
Caithlin Dar: I don't know who you are or what you want, but I can tell you this. Our governments will stop at nothing to ensure our safety.
Sybok: That's exactly what I'm counting on.
Sybok: Sha-Ka-Ree... the source... Heaven... Eden... call it what you will. The Klingons call it "Qui-Tu". For the Romulans it's "Vorta Vor". The Andorian word is... is unpronouncable. Still, every culture in this galaxy shares this common dream of a place from which creation sprang. For us, that place will soon be reality.
Kirk: The only reality I see is that I'm a prisoner on my own ship. What is this power you have to control the minds of my crew?
Sybok: I don't control minds. I free them.
High Priestess: Sarek, your son.
Young Sarek: ...So human.
Sybok: [On the distorted Enterprise view screen] I deeply regret this desperate act, but these are desperate times. I have no desire to harm these innocents. But, do not put me to the test. I implore you to respond within 24 hours.
[Transmission ends]
