Leonard Nimoy movie quotes

“We came here from a dying world. We drift through the universe, from planet to planet, pushed on by the solar winds. We adapt and we survive. The function of life is survival.”
Leonard Nimoy - Dr. David Kibner

“- Little boy in the group of children visiting Mel's Holocaust survivor art display: Why did the Nazi's do all of this, Mr. Mermelstein?
- Mel Mermelstein: That's a good question. You see, this is an old political trick. If you can find a scapegoat, somebody you can blame for all of the problems, and if you can get people to believe that their...” (continue)(continue reading)
Leonard Nimoy - Mel Mermelstein

“- Dr. Gillian Taylor: Sure you won't change your mind?
- Spock: Is there something wrong with the one I have?”
Catherine Hicks - Gillian
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- 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.”
William Shatner - James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- Ambassador Sarek: Do you have a message for your mother?
- Spock: Yes. Tell her I feel fine.”
Mark Lenard - Sarek
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- Vulcan Computer: What was Kiri-Kin-Tha's first law of metaphysics?
- Spock: Nothing unreal exists.”
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- Spock: To hunt a species to extinction is not logical.
- Dr. Gillian Taylor: Whoever said the human race was logical?”
Leonard Nimoy - Spock
Catherine Hicks - Gillian

“- James T. Kirk: Evaluation, Mr. Spock.
- Spock: Fascinating.”
William Shatner - James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“For everything; there is a first time.”
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: A Bird-of-Prey cannot open fire when she's cloaked!
- Captain Spock: All things being equal, Mr. Scott, I would agree with you. However, all things are not equal. This one can.”
James Doohan - Scotty
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- James T. Kirk: I suppose you're about to remind me that logic alone dictates your actions?
- Spock: I would not remind you of that which you know so well.”
William Shatner - James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- McCoy: I'll tell you one thing, Spock: You never cease to amaze me.
- Spock: Nor I, myself.”
DeForest Kelley - McCoy
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“According to our ship's databanks, this ship fired those torpedoes. If we did, the killers are here. If we did not, whoever altered the databanks is here. In either case, what we are looking for, is here.”

Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: We have lost all contact with the Captain and Dr. McCoy.
- Captain Spock: Yes, at the moment, they are surrounded by a magnetic shield. However, if I know the Captain, by this time, he is deep into planning his escape.”
Nichelle Nichols - Uhura
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- Spock: He reminds me of someone I knew in my youth.
- McCoy: Why, Spock, I didn't know you had one.
- Spock: I do not often think of the past.”

Leonard Nimoy - Spock
DeForest Kelley - McCoy

“- Amanda: Spock, does the good of the many outweigh the good of the one?
- Spock: I would accept that as an axiom.
- Amanda: Then you stand here alive because of a mistake made by your flawed, feeling, human friends. They have sacrificed their futures because they believed that the good of the one - you - was more important to them.
- Spock:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jane Wyatt - Amanda
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- Spock: 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 on which to establish a Vulcan colony. Spock, in this case, do yourself a favor: put aside...” (continue)(continue reading)
Zachary Quinto - Spock
Leonard Nimoy - Spock Prime

- Dr. McCoy: Spock, this "child" is about to wipe out every living thing on Earth. Now, what do you suggest we do? Spank it?
- Spock: It knows only that it needs, Commander. But, like so many of us... it does not know what.

DeForest Kelley - Dr. McCoy
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end.”
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“You must learn to govern your passions; they will be your undoing.”

Leonard Nimoy - Spock

- Dr. McCoy: You were undergoing the "Kolanear" discipline.
- Spock: If you are referring to the Kolinahr, Doctor, you are correct.

DeForest Kelley - Dr. McCoy
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- Saavik: He's never what I expect, sir.
- Spock: What surprises you, Lieutenant?
- Saavik: He's so - human.
- Spock: Nobody's perfect, Saavik.”
Kirstie Alley - Saavik
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- Dr. David Kibner: Face it, Bellicec, you got some friends who enjoy playing practical jokes.
- Jack Bellicec: I don't have any friends, Dr. Kibner.
- Dr. David Kibner: Then, some enemies.”
Leonard Nimoy - Dr. David Kibner
Jeff Goldblum - Jack Bellicec

“- Dr. McCoy: Spock, you haven't changed a bit. You're just as warm and sociable as ever.
- Spock: Nor have you, doctor, as your continued predilection for irrelevancy demonstrates.”
DeForest Kelley - Dr. McCoy
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

- Spock: Your use of language has altered since our arrival. It is currently laced with, shall we say, more colorful metaphors, "double dumb-ass on you" and so forth.
- Kirk: Oh, you mean the profanity?
- Spock: Yes.
- Kirk: Well that's simply the way they talk here. Nobody pays any attention to you unless you swear every other word.
Leonard Nimoy - Spock
William Shatner - James T. Kirk