Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected.
-- Spock, "The Squire of Gothos", stardate 2124.5
Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected.
-- Spock, "The Squire of Gothos", stardate 2124.5
Humans do claim a great deal for that particular emotion (love).
-- Spock, "The Lights of Zetar", stardate 5725.6
The joys of love made her human and the agonies of love destroyed her.
-- Spock, "Requiem for Methuselah", stardate 5842.8
There is a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder.
-- Spock, "A Taste of Armageddon", stardate 3193.9
Time is fluid ... like a river with currents, eddies, backwash.
-- Spock, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0
Pain is a thing of the mind. The mind can be controlled.
-- Spock, "Operation -- Annihilate!" stardate 3287.2
Mind your own business, Spock. I'm sick of your halfbreed interference.
Humans do claim a great deal for that particular emotion (love).
-- Spock, "The Lights of Zetar", stardate 5725.6
Like my parents, I have never been a regular church member or churchgoer.
It doesn't seem plausible to me that there is the kind of God who watches
over human affairs, listens to prayers, and tries to guide people to follow
His precepts -- there is just too much misery and cruelty for that. On the
other hand, I respect and envy the people who get inspiration from their
religions.
-- Benjamin Spock
Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to
serve under them. Captain, a starship also runs on loyalty to one
man. And nothing can replace it or him.
-- Spock, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4729.4
Emotions are alien to me. I'm a scientist.
-- Spock, "This Side of Paradise", stardate 3417.3
I object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without
constructive purpose.
-- Spock, "The Squire of Gothos", stardate 2124.5
Fascinating, a totally parochial attitude.
-- Spock, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3219.8
Where there's no emotion, there's no motive for violence.
-- Spock, "Dagger of the Mind", stardate 2715.1
Pardon me, but there is a multi-legged creature on your shoulder.
-- Spock
Extreme feminine beauty is always disturbing.
-- Spock, "The Cloud Minders", stardate 5818.4
On my planet, to rest is to rest -- to cease using energy. To me, it
is quite illogical to run up and down on green grass, using energy,
instead of saving it.
-- Spock, "Shore Leave", stardate 3025.2
“Life and death are seldom logical.”
"But attaining a desired goal always is."
-- McCoy and Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2821.7
It is undignified for a woman to play servant to a man who is not hers.
-- Spock, "Amok Time", stardate 3372.7
Like my parents, I have never been a regular church member or churchgoer.
It doesn't seem plausible to me that there is the kind of God who watches
over human affairs, listens to prayers, and tries to guide people to follow
His precepts -- there is just too much misery and cruelty for that. On the
other hand, I respect and envy the people who get inspiration from their
religions.
-- Benjamin Spock
Mind your own business, Spock. I'm sick of your halfbreed interference.
“That unit is a woman.”
"A mass of conflicting impulses."
-- Spock and Nomad, "The Changeling", stardate 3541.9
There are only two things a child will share
willingly--communicable diseases and his mother's age.
-- Benjamin Spock
Mind your own business, Mr. Spock. I'm sick of your halfbreed interference.
There are always alternatives.
-- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3
There are always alternatives.
-- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3
It [being a Vulcan] means to adopt a philosophy, a way of life which is
logical and beneficial. We cannot disregard that philosophy merely for
personal gain, no matter how important that gain might be.
-- Spock, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.4
“The release of emotion is what keeps us health. Emotionally healthy.”
"That may be, Doctor. However, I have noted that the healthy release
of emotion is frequently unhealthy for those closest to you."
-- McCoy and Spock, "Plato's Stepchildren", stardate 5784.3
There is a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder.
-- Spock, "A Taste of Armageddon", stardate 3193.9
You humans have that emotional need to express gratitude. "You're
welcome," I believe, is the correct response.
-- Spock, "Bread and Circuses", stardate 4041.2