Quote of the Day


McCoy: The odds are not good.

Spock: No. I would say approximately four hundred…

McCoy: Don’t quote odds and don’t give me any more dispassionate logic, Mister Spock. Just keep looking for them. 

Spock: I would welcome a suggestion, Doctor, even an emotional one, as to where to look. 

McCoy: First time you’ve ever asked me for anything, and it has to be an occasion like this.

Star Trek — Season 2: Episode 17 — “The Gamesters of Triskelion”

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McCoy: A negative attitude is no good to us. We can’t just leave them out there, wherever they are. 

Spock: We shall continue sensor scans, Doctor. At the moment, that is all we can do, except hope for a rational explanation. 

McCoy: Hope? I always thought that was a human failing, Mister Spock. 

Spock: True, Doctor. Constant exposure does result in a certain degree of contamination.

Star Trek — Season 2: Episode 17 — “The Gamesters of Triskelion”

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Spock: Doctor, if I were able to show emotion, your new infatuation with that term would begin to annoy me. 

McCoy: What term? Logic? Medical men are trained in logic, Mister Spock. 

Spock: Really, Doctor, I had no idea they were trained. Watching you, I assumed it was trial and error. 

Star Trek — Season 2: Episode 14 — “Bread and Circuses”

Quote of the Day


McCoy: What’s the matter, Spock? 

Spock: There’s something disquieting about these creatures. 

McCoy: Don’t tell me you’ve got a feeling. 

Spock: Don’t be insulting, Doctor. They remind me of the lilies of the field. They toil not, neither do they spin. But they seem to eat a great deal. I see no practical use for them. 

McCoy: Does everything have to have a practical use for you? They’re nice, soft, and furry, and they make a pleasant sound. 

Spock: So would an ermine violin, but I see no advantage in having one. 

McCoy: It’s a human characteristic to love little animals, especially if they’re attractive in some way. 

Spock: Doctor, I am well aware of human characteristics. I am frequently inundated by them, but I’ve trained myself to put up with practically anything. 

McCoy: Spock, I don’t know too much about these little tribbles yet, but there’s one thing that I have discovered. 

Spock: What is that, Doctor? 

McCoy: I like them… better than I like you. 

Spock: Doctor? 

McCoy: Yes? 

Spock: They do have one redeeming characteristic. 

McCoy: What’s that? 

Spock: They do not talk too much. If you’ll excuse me, sir.

Star Trek — Season 2: Episode 13 — “The Trouble with Tribbles”

Quote of the Day


Kirk: Scotty, can you do it? 

Scotty: Not by myself. I’ll need help. And you’d be too conspicuous. 

McCoy: I’m a doctor, not an engineer. 

Scotty: Now you’re an engineer.

Star Trek — Season 2: Episode 10 — “Mirror, Mirror”

Quote of the Day


Kirk: Bones, did you ever hear of a doomsday machine? 

McCoy: No. I’m a doctor, not a mechanic. 

Star Trek — Season 2: Episode 6 — “The Doomsday Machine”

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Spock: The child was named Leonard James Akaar? 

McCoy: Has a kind of a ring to it, don’t you think, James? 

Kirk: Yes. I think it’s a name destined to go down in galactic history, Leonard. What do you think, Spock? 

Spock: I think you’re both going to be insufferably pleased with yourselves for at least a month… sir.

Star Trek — Season 2: Episode 3 — “Friday’s Child”

Quote of the Day


McCoy:Look, I’m a doctor, not an escalator!

Star Trek — Season 2: Episode 3 — “Friday’s Child”

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Spock: Curious. What Chief Vanderberg said about the Horta is exactly what the Mother Horta said to me. She found humanoid appearance revolting, but she thought she could get used to it. 

McCoy: Oh, she did, did she? Now tell me, did she happen to make any comment about those ears? 

Spock: Not specifically, but I did get the distinct impression she found them the most attractive human characteristic of all. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that only I have…

Kirk: She really liked those ears? 

Spock: Captain, the Horta is a remarkably intelligent and sensitive creature, with impeccable taste. 

Kirk: Because she approved of you? 

Spock: Really, Captain, my modesty…

Kirk: Does not bear close examination, Mister Spock. I suspect you’re becoming more and more human all the time. 

Spock: Captain, I see no reason to stand here and be insulted. 

Star Trek — Season 1: Episode 26 — “The Devil in the Dark”

Quote of the Day

 

McCoy: It won’t die. By golly, Jim, I’m beginning to think I can cure a rainy day.

Kirk: Can you help it? 

McCoy: Help it? I cured it.

Star Trek — Season 1: Episode 26 — “The Devil in the Dark”