Khan Noonien Singh quotes from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

View Quote Khan Noonien Singh: I never forget a face. Mister... Chekov. Isn't it? I never thought to see your face again.

View Quote Chekov: You Lie! On Ceti Alpha V there was life ! A fair chance!
Khan Noonien Singh: [shouts] THIS is Ceti Alpha V! [calmer] Ceti Alpha VI exploded six months after we were left here. The shock shifted the orbit of this planet, and everything was laid waste.

View Quote [Khan, about to put Ceti Eels in Terrell and Chekov's ears]
Khan Noonien Singh: You see, their young enter through the ears and wrap themselves around the cerebral cortex. This has the effect of rendering the victim extremely susceptible to suggestion. Later as they grow follows madness and death.
Chekov: Khan, listen to me...
Khan Noonien Singh: These are pets, of course. Not quite domesticated.

View Quote Khan Noonien Singh: That's better. Now, tell me, why are you here? And tell me where I may find James Kirk.

View Quote [Khan quotes a French proverb]
Khan Noonien Singh: Ah, Kirk, my old friend. Do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? [pause] It is very cold in space.

View Quote Saavik: I don't understand...
James T. Kirk: You must know why things work on a Starship...
Spock: Each ship is programmed with its own prefix code...
James T. Kirk: To prevent an enemy from doing what we are attempting... using our console to order Reliant to lower her shields.
Spock: Assuming he hasn't changed the combination. He's quite intelligent.
Khan Noonien Singh: 15 seconds, Admiral.
James T. Kirk: Khan, how do we know you'll keep your word?
Khan Noonien Singh: Oh, I've given you no word to keep, Admiral. In my judgement, you simply have no alternative.
James T. Kirk: I see your point. Standby to receive our transmission. [sotto voice] Mr. Sulu, lock phasers on target and await my command.
Hikaru Sulu: Phasers locked.
Khan Noonien Singh: Time's up, Admiral.
James T. Kirk: Here it comes, Khan. [To Spock] Now, Mr. Spock.

View Quote James T. Kirk: Khan, you bloodsucker! You're going to have to do your own dirty work now, do you hear me? Do you?!
Khan Noonien Singh: Kirk! Kirk, you're still alive, my old friend.
James T. Kirk: Still! Old! Friend! You've managed to kill just about everybody else, but like a poor marksman you keep missing the target!
Khan Noonien Singh: Perhaps I no longer need to try, Admiral. [Beams up Genesis Device]
Carol Marcus: Oh, no!
David Marcus: They can't take it.
James T. Kirk: Khan. Khan, you've got Genesis. But you don't have me! You're going to kill me, Khan, you're going to have to come down here. You're going to have to come down here.
Khan Noonien Singh: I've done far worse than kill you. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on... hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her. Marooned for all eternity, in the center of a dead planet. Buried alive... buried alive.
James T. Kirk: [shouts] KHHHHAAAAAAAAN! [echoes] KHHHHAAAAAAAAN!

View Quote Khan Noonien Singh: I'll chase him 'round the Outer Nebula and 'round Antares Maelstrom and 'round perdition's flames before I give him up!

View Quote [Khan quotes from 'Moby Dick']
Khan Noonien Singh: [to Kirk in absentia] No. No, you can't get away. From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee. [last words]

View Quote [Commander Chekov and Captain Terrell have been trapped by a group of people inside containers marked as from the long-lost SS Botany Bay. Their leader opens his mask]
Pavel Chekov: Khan!
Khan Noonien Singh: [to Terrell] I don't know you. [to Chekov] But you— I never forget a face. Mister Chekov, isn't it? I never thought to see your face again.
Clark Terrell: Chekov, who is this man?
Chekov: A criminal, Captain. A product of late 20th century genetic engineering.
Terrell: What do you want with us? Sir, I demand to be re—
Khan: You are in a position to demand nothing, sir. I, on the other hand, am in a position to grant nothing. What you see is all that remains of the ship's company and crew of the Botany Bay, marooned here fifteen years ago by Captain James T. Kirk.
Terrell: Listen, you men and women. You have a—
Khan: Captain! Captain. Save your strength, Captain. These people had sworn to live and die at my command two hundred years before you were born! Do you mean he [refers to Chekov] never told you the tale — to amuse your captain, no? — never told you how the Enterprise picked up the Botany Bay, lost in space from the year 1996, myself and the ship's company in cryogenic freeze?
Terrell: I've never even met Admiral Kirk.
Khan: Admiral? Admiral! Admiral. Never told you how "Admiral" Kirk sent 70 of us into exile in this barren sand heap, with only the contents of these cargo bays to sustain us.
Chekov: You lie! On Ceti Alpha V there was life! A fair chance—
Khan: This is Ceti Alpha V! [calms down] Ceti Alpha VI exploded six months after we were left here. The shock shifted the orbit of this planet, and everything was laid waste. "Admiral" Kirk never bothered to check on our progress. It was only the fact of my genetically-engineered intellect that allowed us to survive. On Earth — two hundred years ago — I was a prince with power over millions.
Chekov: Captain Kirk was your host. You repaid his hospitality by trying to steal his ship and murder him!

View Quote James T. Kirk: Khan!
Khan Noonien Singh: You still remember, Admiral. I cannot help but be touched. I, of course, remember you.
Kirk: What is the meaning of this attack? And where's the crew of the Reliant?
Khan: Surely I have made my meaning plain. I mean to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I deprived your ship of power and when I swing around, I mean to deprive you of your life. But I wanted you to know first who it was who had beaten you.

View Quote Joachim: We're all with you, sir, but consider this. We are free. We have a ship and the means to go where we will. We have escaped permanent exile on Ceti Alpha V. You have proved your superior intellect and defeated the plans of Admiral Kirk. You do not need to defeat him again.
Khan Noonien Singh: He tasks me. He tasks me, and I shall have him. I'll chase him round the moons of Nibia and round the Antares maelstrom and round Perdition's flames before I give him up!

View Quote James T. Kirk: This is Admiral Kirk. We tried it once your way, Khan. Are you game for a rematch? Khan, I'm laughing at the superior intellect!
Khan Noonien Singh: Full impulse power.
Joachim: No, sir! You have Genesis! You can have whatever you—
Khan: Full power, damn you!