Star Trek (2009) · 16 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Star Trek (2009): in 8 of its 16 quotes
Most scenes with: Kirk (4), Spock (4), Scotty (3)
[[parting lines Thrusters on full.
Spock Prime Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life-forms and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone... before.
The test itself is a cheat, isn't it? I mean you program it to be unwinnable.
Your argument precludes the possibility of a no-win scenario.
I don't believe in no-win scenarios.
Then not only did you violate the rules, you also failed to understand the principal lesson.
Please, enlighten me.
You of all people should know, Cadet Kirk. A captain cannot cheat death.
I of all people?
Your father, Lieutenant George Kirk, assumed command of his vessel before being killed in action, did he not?
Furthermore, you have failed to divine the purpose of the test.
The purpose is to experience fear. Fear in the face of certain death. To accept that fear, and maintain control of oneself and one's crew. This is a quality expected in every Starfleet captain.
Spock Prime You are, in fact, the Mr. Scott who postulated the theory of transwarp beaming?
That's what I'm talking about! How do you think I wound up here? Had a little debate with my instructor on relativistic physics and how it pertains to subspace travel. He seemed to think that the range of transporting something like a, like a grapefruit was limited to about a hundred miles. I told him that I could not only beam a grapefruit from one planet to the adjacent planet in the same system - which is easy, by the way - I could do it with a life form. So, I tested it out on Admiral Archer's prized beagle.
Wait, I know that dog. What happened to it?
...I'll tell you when it reappears. [clears throat] I don't know. I do feel guilty about that.
The notion of transwarp beaming is like trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet whilst wearing a blindfold, riding a horse.
Spock Prime Your equation for achieving transwarp beaming.
Get out of it... [reads the equation and gapes] Imagine that! It never occurred to me to think of space as the thing that was moving!
What's it like? Not to feel anger or heartbreak, or the need to stop at nothing to avenge the death of the woman who gave birth to you?
Back away from me-
You feel nothing! It must not even compute for you! You never loved her! [Spock attacks Kirk in anger]
Sarek Spock!
Doctor, I am no longer fit for duty. I hereby relinquish my command on the grounds that I have been emotionally compromised. Please note the time and date in the ship's log.
McCoy Well congratulations, Jim, now we've got no captain and no goddamn first officer to replace him.
Yeah, we do. [Kirk sits in the Captain's chair]
Sulu Pike made him first officer.
McCoy You've gotta be kidding me!
Thanks for the support.
Spock, showing them compassion might go a long way to promoting peace between us and the Romulans. It's logic, I thought you'd like that.
No, not really. Not this time.
I would rather suffer the end of Romulus a thousand times. I would rather die in agony, than accept assistance from you!
You got it. Arm phasers, fire everything we've got.
Spock Prime I am not our father. There are so few Vulcans left. We cannot afford to ignore each other.
Then why did you send Kirk aboard, when you alone could have explained the truth?
Spock Prime Because you needed each other. I could not deprive you of the revelation of all that you could accomplish together, of a friendship that will define you both in ways you cannot yet realize.
How did you persuade him to keep your secret?
Spock Prime He inferred that universe-ending paradoxes would ensue should he break his promise...
You lied?
Spock Prime Ah... I - I implied.
A gamble.
Spock Prime An act of faith. One I hope that you will repeat in your future in Starfleet.
In the face of extinction, it is only logical that I resign my Starfleet commission and help rebuild our race...
Spock Prime And yet, you can be in two places at once. I urge you to remain in Starfleet. I have already located a suitable planet in which to establish a Vulcan colony. Spock, in this case, do yourself a favor: Put aside logic. Do what feels right. [turns to leave] Since my customary farewell would appear oddly self-serving, I shall simply say... [shows Vulcan hand salute] Good luck.
