William Shatner movie quotes

“- Mayor Phlegming: Son, do me a favor and read what it says on your arm.
- Drix: 'For the temporary relief of symptoms associated with... '
- Mayor Phlegming: Exactly! Temporary. You're nothing but a wannabe, a placebo, a generic brand. Marked-down, over-the-counter, useless Tic-Tac!”
William Shatner - Mayor Phlegmming
David Hyde Pierce - Drix

“- McCoy: We were speculating. Is God really out there?
- Kirk: Maybe he's not out there, Bones. Maybe he's right here. Human heart.”
DeForest Kelley - McCoy
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

- James T. Kirk: Bones, there's a... thing... out there.
- Dr. McCoy: Why is any object we don't understand always called "a thing"?
William Shatner - James T. Kirk
DeForest Kelley - Dr. McCoy

“- 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

“- James T. Kirk: It's a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done before. A far better resting place that I go to than I have ever known.
- Carol: Is that a poem?
- James T. Kirk: No. Something Spock was trying to tell me. On my birthday.”
William Shatner - James T. Kirk
Bibi Besch - Carol

“- McCoy: Admiral, wouldn't it be easier to put an experienced crew back on the ship?
- James T. Kirk: Galloping around the cosmos is a game for the young, Doctor.”
DeForest Kelley - McCoy
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“- James T. Kirk: I take it the odds are against us and the situation is grim?
- Picard: You could say that.
- James T. Kirk: You know if Spock were here, he'd say I was an irrational, illogical human being for going on a mission like that. Sounds like fun!”
William Shatner - James T. Kirk
Sir Patrick Stewart - Jean-Luc Picard

“USS Enterprise Captain's Personal Log: With most of our battle damage repaired we're almost home. Yet I feel uneasy and I wonder why? Perhaps it is the emptiness of this vessel. Most of our training crew have been reassigned. Lt. Saavik and my son David are exploring the Genesis planet which he helped create and Enterprise feels like a house...” (continue)(continue reading)
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“- James T. Kirk: My friends, the great experiment: The Excelsior. Ready for trial runs.
- Sulu: She's supposed to have transwarp drive.
- Scotty: Aye. And if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon.
- James T. Kirk: Come, come, Mr. Scott. Young minds, fresh ideas. Be tolerant.”

William Shatner - James T. Kirk
George Takei - Sulu
James Doohan - Scotty

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

“- Martia: You're Kirk and McCoy, I presume.
- Captain James T. Kirk: How did you know that?
- Martia: We don't get many presidential assassins.”
Iman - Martia
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“I'm so not ready to die. It petrifies me. I go alone. I go to a place I don't know. It might be painful. It might be the end. My thought is that it is the end. I become nameless, and I spent a lifetime being known.”
William Shatner

“- 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

“Our mission? Spock, you're talking about the end of every life on Earth! You're half human. Haven't you got any goddamn feelings about that?”
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet it should be noted that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not...” (continue)(continue reading)
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

- Young Robert: What about "Arena", when Kirk fought the Gorn? That giant lizard monster was three times as big as him!
- Imaginary William Shatner: My boy, that was a TV show. I used a stunt double. I always use a stunt double. Except in love scenes. I insist on doing those myself.

Spencer Klein - Young Robert
William Shatner - Bill

- James T. Kirk: Well, for a man who swore he'd never return to the Starfleet...
- Dr. McCoy: Just a moment, Captain, sir. I'll explain what happened. Your revered Admiral Nogura invoked a little-known, seldom-used "reserve activation clause". In simpler language, Captain, they drafted me!
William Shatner - James T. Kirk
DeForest Kelley - Dr. McCoy

“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!”
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“You keep those ideas inside that mushy little head of yours, or you'll find yourself in our next nosebleed?”
William Shatner - Mayor Phlegmming

“Damn it, Bones, I need you. Badly!”
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“You're a great one for logic. I'm a great one for rushing in where angels fear to tread. We are both extremists. Reality has brought us somewhere in-between.”

William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“- McCoy: This woman has immediate postprandial, upper-abdominal distention. Now, out of the way! Get out of the way!
- Kirk: What did you say she has?
- McCoy: Cramps.”
DeForest Kelley - McCoy
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“- McCoy: All that time in space, getting on each other's nerves. And what do we do when shore leave comes along? We spend it together. Other people have families.
- Kirk: Other people, Bones. Not us.”
DeForest Kelley - McCoy
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“- Dr. Gillian Taylor: Don't tell me! You're from outer space.
- Kirk: No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space.”
Catherine Hicks - Gillian
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“- James T. Kirk: My God, Bones... what have I done?
- McCoy: What you had to do, what you always do. Turn death into a fighting chance to live.”

William Shatner - James T. Kirk
DeForest Kelley - McCoy