James T. Kirk Quotes in Star Trek (2009)

Spock Prime: James T. Kirk!

James T. Kirk: Excuse me?

Spock Prime: How did you find me?

James T. Kirk: Whoa... how do you know my name?

Spock Prime: I have been and always shall be your friend.

James T. Kirk: Wha...

[shakes head]

James T. Kirk: Uh... look... I-I don't know you.

Spock Prime: I am Spock.

James T. Kirk: Bullshit.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: I may throw up on ya.

James T. Kirk: I think these things are pretty safe.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Don't pander to me, kid. One tiny crack in the hull and our blood boils in thirteen seconds. Solar flare might crop up, cook us in our seats. And wait'll you're sitting pretty with a case of Andorian shingles, see if you're still so relaxed when your eyeballs are bleeding. Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence.

James T. Kirk: Well, I hate to break this to you, but Starfleet operates in space.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Yeah. Well, I got nowhere else to go. The ex-wife took the whole damn planet in the divorce. All I got left is my bones.

James T. Kirk: [on Spock] Who was that pointy-eared bastard?

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: I don't know, but I like him.

Spock Prime: What if I told you that your transwarp theory was correct, that is is indeed possible to beam onto a ship that is traveling at warp speed?

Scotty: I think if that equation had been discovered, I'd have heard about it.

Spock Prime: The reason you haven't heard of it, Mr. Scott, is because you haven't discovered it yet.

Scotty: I'm s... Wha... It... Are you from the future?

James T. Kirk: Yeah, he is. I'm not.

Scotty: Well, that's brilliant. Do they still have sandwiches there?

Spock Prime: To stop Nero, you alone must take command of your ship.

James T. Kirk: How? Over your dead body?

Spock Prime: Preferably not.

Spock: [standing across Lt. Uhura before he and Kirk are about to be beamed onto the Romulan warship] I will be back.

Lt. Nyota Uhura: [leaning in] You better be! I'll be monitoring your frequency.

Spock: [actually quite emotional] Thank you, Nyota.

James T. Kirk: [after Uhura leaves] So her first name's Nyota?

Spock: I have no comment on the matter.

James T. Kirk: Now, what is it with you, Spock? Hm? Your planet was just destroyed, your mother murdered, and you're not even upset!

Spock: If you are presuming that these experiences in any way impede my ability to command this ship, you are mistaken.

James T. Kirk: And yet you were the one who said fear was necessary for command. I mean, did you see his ship? Did you see what he did?

[pause]

Spock: Yes, of course I did.

James T. Kirk: So are you afraid or aren't you?

Spock: I will not allow you to lecture me about the merits of emotion.

James T. Kirk: Then why don't you stop me?

Spock: Step away from me, Mister Kirk.

James T. Kirk: What is it like not to feel anger... or heartbreak... or the need to stop at nothing to avenge the death of the woman who gave birth to you?

Spock: Back away from me.

James T. Kirk: You feel NOTHING! It must not even COMPUTE for you! You NEVER loved her!

[Spock snaps and attacks Kirk, nearly killing him]

Sarek: SPOCK!

[Spock regains control]

James T. Kirk: [hurling to his death with Sulu] Kirk to Enterprise. We're falling without a chute. Beam us up!

Transport Chief: I'm trying. I can't lock onto your signal.

James T. Kirk: Beam us up!

Transport Chief: You're moving too fast!

James T. Kirk: Beam us up!

Pavel Chekov: I can do zat! I can do zat!

James T. Kirk: So what kind of combat training do you have?

Hikaru Sulu: Fencing.

Christopher Pike: You know, I couldn't believe it when the bartender told me who you are.

James T. Kirk: Who am I, Captain Pike?

Christopher Pike: Your father's son.

James T. Kirk: [Turns toward the bar] Can I get another one?

Christopher Pike: For my dissertation, I was assigned the U.S.S. Kelvin. Something I admired about your Dad: he didn't believe in no-win scenarios

James T. Kirk: Sure learned his lesson!

Christopher Pike: Well, it depends on how you define winning. You're here, aren't you?

James T. Kirk: [as beer is brought to him] Thanks.

Christopher Pike: You know that instinct to leap without looking, that was his nature too. And in my opinion it's something Starfleet's lost.

James T. Kirk: [laughing] Why are you talkin' to me, man?

Christopher Pike: 'Cause I looked up your file while you were drooling on the floor. Your aptitude tests are off the charts, so what is it? You like being the only genius level repeat offender in the Midwest?

James T. Kirk: Maybe I love it.

Christopher Pike: Look, so your Dad dies. You can settle for a less than ordinary life, or do you feel like you were meant for something better? Something special? Enlist in Starfleet.

James T. Kirk: [scoffs] Enlist!

James T. Kirk: [laughs] You guys must be way down on your recruiting quota for the month!

Christopher Pike: If you're half the man your father was, Jim, Starfleet could use you. You could be an officer in four years. You could have your own ship in eight. You understand what the Federation is, don't you? It's important. It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...

James T. Kirk: Are we done?

Christopher Pike: I'm done.

Christopher Pike: [Gets up] Riverside Shipyard. Shuttle for new recruits leaves tomorrow morning, 0800.

Christopher Pike: [pause] Now, your father was captain of a Starship for 12 minutes. He saved 800 lives, including your mother's and yours. I dare you to do better.

James T. Kirk: Your ship is compromised, too close to the singularity to survive without assistance, which we are willing to provide.

Spock: [speaking privately] Captain, what are you doing?

James T. Kirk: Showing them compassion may be the only way to earn peace with Romulus. It's logic, Spock. I thought you'd like that.

Spock: No, not really. Not this time.

Nero: [replying to the offer of assistance] I would rather suffer the end of Romulus a thousand times. I would rather die in agony than accept assistance from you.

James T. Kirk: You got it! Arm phasers. Fire everything we've got!

James T. Kirk: [still suffering from the vaccine] My mouth is itchy. Is that normal?

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Well, those symptoms won't last long. I'm going to give you a mild sedative.

James T. Kirk: Oh, I wish I didn't know you.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Don't be such an infant.

[He jabs Kirk with a hypodermic needle]

James T. Kirk: OWW! How long's it supposed to...

[he suddenly collapses on the bed]

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: [Shaking his head] Unbelievable.

Spock: [Kirk has been appointed captain, and the Enterprise is preparing to depart. Spock enters the bridge] Permission to come aboard, Captain.

James T. Kirk: Permission granted.

Spock: As you have yet to select a first officer, respectfully, I would like to submit my candidacy. Should you desire, I can provide character references.

James T. Kirk: It would be my honor, Commander.

Lt. Nyota Uhura: [During the Kobayashi Maru test] We are receiving a distress signal from the U.S.S. Kobayashi Maru. The ship has lost power and is stranded. Starfleet Command has ordered us to rescue them.

James T. Kirk: [clearly enjoying himself] "Starfleet Command has ordered us to rescue them... CAPTAIN."

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: [rolls his eyes] Two Klingon vessels have entered the Neutral Zone and are locking weapons on us.

James T. Kirk: [Smugly] That's okay.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: "That's okay?"

James T. Kirk: Yeah, don't worry about it.

Test Administrator: Did he say "Don't worry about it?"

Test Administrator: Is he not taking the simulation seriously?

Spock Prime: You are, in fact, the Mr. Scott who postulated the theory of transwarp beaming?

Scotty: That's what I'm talking about! How do you think I wound up here? Had a little debate with my instructor on relativistic physics and how it pertains to subspace travel. He seemed to think that the range of transporting something like a... like a grapefruit was limited to about 100 miles. I told him that I could not only beam a grapefruit from one planet to the adjacent planet in the same system - which is easy, by the way - I could do it with a life form. So, I tested it out on Admiral Archer's prized beagle.

James T. Kirk: Wait, I know that dog. What happened to it?

Scotty: I'll tell you when it reappears. Ahem. I don't know, I do feel guilty about that.

James T. Kirk: [to Spock] The test itself is a cheat, isn't it? I mean, you programmed it to be unwinnable.

Spock: Your argument precludes the possibility of a no-win scenario.

James T. Kirk: I don't believe in no-win scenarios.

Spock: Then not only did you violate the rules, you also failed to understand the principal lesson.

James T. Kirk: Please enlighten me.

Spock: You of all people should know, Cadet Kirk, a captain cannot cheat death.

James T. Kirk: [reminiscing] I of all people...

Spock: Your father, Lieutenant George Kirk, assumed command of his vessel before being killed in action, did he not?

James T. Kirk: I don't think you like the fact that I beat your test.

Spock: Furthermore, you have failed to divine the purpose of the test.

James T. Kirk: Enlighten me again.

Spock: The purpose is to experience fear, fear in the face of certain death, to accept that fear, and maintain control of oneself and one's crew. This is the quality expected in every Starfleet captain.

[Kirk rushes onto the bridge, urging the ship to stop. Three-way arguing ensues between him, Spock, and Pike]

Spock: I can remove the cadet...

James T. Kirk: Try it!

Christopher Pike: Kirk!

James T. Kirk: This cadet is trying to save the bridge!

Spock: By recommending a full stop, mid-warp, during a rescue mission?

James T. Kirk: It's not a rescue mission. Listen to me, it's an attack!

Spock: Based on what facts?

James T. Kirk: That same anomaly, a "lightning storm in space" that we saw today, also occurred on the day of my birth, shortly before a Romulan ship attacked the U.S.S. Kelvin. You know that, sir, I read your dissertation. That ship, which had formidable and advanced weaponry, was never seen or heard from again. The Kelvin attack took place at the edge of Klingon space, and at 2300 hours last night, there was an attack: forty-seven Klingon warbirds destroyed by Romulans, sir, and it was reported that the Romulans were in one ship, one massive ship.

Christopher Pike: And you know of this Klingon attack how?

[Kirk glances at Uhura]

Lt. Nyota Uhura: Sir, I intercepted and translated the message myself. Kirk's report is accurate.

James T. Kirk: We're warping into a trap, sir. The Romulans are waiting for us, I promise you that.

[Unsettled, Pike looks at Spock]

Spock: The cadet's logic is sound. And Lt. Uhura is unmatched in xenolinguistics, we would be wise to accept her conclusion.

Lt. Nyota Uhura: I'm impressed. For a moment there, I thought you were just a dumb hick who only has sex with farm animals.

James T. Kirk: Well, not only.

Burly Cadet #1: This townie isn't bothering you, right?

Lt. Nyota Uhura: Oh, beyond belief, but it's nothing I can't handle.

James T. Kirk: You could handle me, if that's an invitation.

Burly Cadet #1: Hey, you better mind your manners.

James T. Kirk: Oh relax, cupcake, it was a joke.

Burly Cadet #1: Hey, farm-boy, maybe you can't count, but there are four of us and one of you.

James T. Kirk: So go get some more guys and then it'll be an even fight.

Spock: [volunteering for what could be a suicide mission] Romulans and Vulcans share a common ancestor. Our cultural similarities will make it easier for me to access the ship's computer to locate the device. Also, my mother was human, which makes Earth the only home I have left.

James T. Kirk: I'm coming with you.

Spock: I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

James T. Kirk: See? We are getting to know each other.

James T. Kirk: You know, coming back in time, changing history... that's cheating.

Spock Prime: A trick I learned from an old friend.

[With an uncharacteristic smile, he gives the Vulcan salute to Kirk]

Spock Prime: Live long and prosper.

[the U.S.S. Enterprise is being sucked into a black hole, seconds away from doom]

Scotty: I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!

[the bridge ceiling begins to crack as the ship's drawn closer]

James T. Kirk: All she's got isn't good enough! What else ya got?

Scotty: Um... Okay, if we eject the core and detonate, the blast could be enough to push us away! I cannae promise anything, though!

[the viewing window starts to rupture]

James T. Kirk: DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!

Spock: We are traveling at warp speed. How did you manage to beam aboard this ship?

James T. Kirk: Hey, you're the genius. You figure it out.

Spock: As acting captain of this vessel, I order you to answer the question.

James T. Kirk: Well, I'm not telling, "Acting Captain." What, did...?

[Kirk smiles]

James T. Kirk: What, now, that doesn't frustrate you, does it? My lack of cooperation? That-that doesn't make you angry...

Spock: [Spock turns to Scotty] Are you a member of Starfleet?

Scotty: I, um, yes. Can I get a towel, please?

Spock: Under penalty of court martial, I order you to explain to me how you were able to beam aboard this ship while moving at warp.

Scotty: Well...

James T. Kirk: Don't answer him.

Spock: You will answer me.

Scotty: [pause] I'd rather not take sides.

Lt. Nyota Uhura: Gaila, who is he?

Gaila: Who's who?

Lt. Nyota Uhura: The mouth-breather hiding under your bed?

James T. Kirk: [comes out from under Gaila's bed] You can hear me breathing?

James T. Kirk: I relieve you, sir.

Christopher Pike: I am relieved.

Admiral Richard Barnett: This is Commander Spock. He is one of our most distinguished graduates. He's programmed the Kobayashi Maru exam for the last four years. Commander?

Spock: Cadet Kirk, you somehow managed to install and activate a subroutine in the programming code, thereby changing the conditions of the test.

James T. Kirk: Your point being?

Admiral Richard Barnett: In academic vernacular, you cheated.

James T. Kirk: [Stepping aboard the bridge as its official captain] Bones! Buckle up!

James T. Kirk: What are you doing?

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: I'm doing you a favor. I couldn't just leave you there looking all pathetic. Take a seat. I'm gonna give you a vaccine against viral infection from Melvaren mud fleas.

James T. Kirk: OW! What for?

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: To give you the symptoms.

James T. Kirk: What are you talking about?

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: You're gonna start to lose vision in your left eye.

James T. Kirk: Yeah, I already have.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Oh, and you're gonna get a really bad headache and a flop sweat.

James T. Kirk: You call this a favor?

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Yeah. You owe me one.

[Pike previously told Kirk he would be an officer in four years]

James T. Kirk: Four years? I'll do it in three.

James T. Kirk: Stardate: 2258.42... or, uh, 4... Whatever. Acting Captain Spock has marooned me on Delta Vega, in what I believe to be a violation of Security Protocol 49.09 governing the treatment of prisoners aboard a star...

[Kirk breaks off abruptly before completing the word starship as the howl of a predatory animal is heard, possibly heading his way]

[Kirk rescues Pike]

Christopher Pike: What're you doing here?

James T. Kirk: Just following orders.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Three more Klingon warbirds decloaking and targeting our ship. I don't suppose this is a problem either.

Simulator Tactical Officer: They're firing, Captain.

James T. Kirk: Alert Medical Bay to prepare to receive ALL crew members from the damaged ship.

Lt. Nyota Uhura: And how do you expect us to rescue them when we're surrounded by Klingons, Captain?

James T. Kirk: [not taking anything or anyone seriously] Alert Medical

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Our ship's being hit. Shields at sixty percent.

James T. Kirk: [nonchalantly] I understand.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: [exasperated] Well, should we - I dunno - fire back?

James T. Kirk: [pulls an apple out of nowhere and starts munching] No.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Of COURSE not.

[the entire simulation suddenly shuts down, then starts back up]

Test Administrator: What is this? What's going on?

James T. Kirk: Hm. Arm photons. Prepare to fire on the Klingon warbirds.

Simulator Tactical Officer: Yessir.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Jim, their shields are still up!

James T. Kirk: Are they?

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: [checks again] No... They're not.

James T. Kirk: Fire on all enemy ships. One photon each should do. Let's not waste ammunition.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Target locked and acquired on all warbirds. Firing.

[the simulation shows the birds being destroyed one by one]

Simulator Tactical Officer: All ships destroyed, Captain.

James T. Kirk: Begin rescue of the stranded crew.

James T. Kirk: [grandstanding his victory] So! We've managed to eliminate all enemy ships, no one on board was injured AND the successful rescue of the Kobayashi Maru crew is... underway.

[takes a large bite out of his apple]

James T. Kirk: [upon taking command of the Enterprise] Attention crew of the Enterprise, this is James Kirk. Mr. Spock has resigned commission and advanced me to acting captain. I know you are all expecting to regroup with the fleet, but I'm ordering a pursuit course of the enemy ship to Earth. I want all departments at battle stations and ready in ten minutes. Either we're going down... or they are. Kirk out.

Christopher Pike: Mr. Spock, I'm leaving you in command of the Enterprise. Once we have transport capability and communications back up, you'll contact Starfleet and report what the hell's going on here. And if all else fails, fall back, rendezvous with the fleet in the Laurentian system. Kirk, I'm promoting you to First Officer.

James T. Kirk: What?

Spock: Captain? Please, I apologize. The complexities of human pranks escape me.

Christopher Pike: It's not a prank, Spock. And I'm not the captain. You are.

Christopher Pike: [to Kirk] Let's go.

James T. Kirk: Sir, after we knock out that drill, what happens to you?

Christopher Pike: Ah, I guess you'll have to come and get me.

Christopher Pike: [last word to Spock] Careful with the ship, Spock. She's brand new.

[Spock Prime and Kirk arrive at a derelict Starfleet outpost, and discover... ]

Scotty: You realize how unacceptable this is?

Spock Prime: Fascinating!

Scotty: Okay, I'm sure you're just doing your job, but could you not have come a wee bit sooner? Six months I've been here, living off Starfleet protein nibs and the promise of a good meal! And I know exactly what's going on here, okay? Punishment, isn't it? Ongoing! For something that was clearly an accident!

Spock Prime: [pleased] You are Montgomery Scott.

James T. Kirk: You know him?

Scotty: Aye, that's me. You're in the right place. Unless there's another hardworking, equally starved Starfleet officer around.

Keenser: Me.

Scotty: Get aff! Shut up! You don't eat anything! You can eat, like, a bean, and you're done. I'm talking about food. REAL food!

Gaila: Jim, I think I love you.

James T. Kirk: That is so weird.

Gaila: Lights.

Computer: Lights on.

Gaila: Did you just say, "That is so weird"?

James T. Kirk: Yeah, I did, but...

Spock: [finding himself aboard the ship of his future self] It appears that you have been keeping important information from me.

James T. Kirk: You'll be able to fly this thing, right?

Spock: Something tells me I already have.

James T. Kirk: Good luck.

Spock: Jim... the statistical likelihood that our plan will succeed is less than 4.3%.

James T. Kirk: It'll work.

Spock: In the event that I do not return, please tell Lieutenant Uhura...

James T. Kirk: Spock. IT'LL WORK.

James T. Kirk: Bones, doesn't it bother you that no one's ever passed the test?

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Jim, it's the Kobayashi Maru. NO one passes the test, and no one goes back for seconds, let alone thirds.

James T. Kirk: [leaving] I gotta study.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Study, my ass.

James T. Kirk: Where you came from... did I know my father?

Spock Prime: Yes... you often spoke of him as being your inspiration for joining Starfleet. He proudly lived to see you become captain of the Enterprise.

James T. Kirk: CAPTAIN?

Spock Prime: A ship we must return you to as soon as possible.

Ayel: Your species is even weaker than I expected.

[chokes Kirk]

James T. Kirk: I can't...

Ayel: You can't even speak!

[Kirk garbles]

Ayel: What?

James T. Kirk: I got your gun!

[shoots Ayel]

James T. Kirk: I don't feel right. I feel like I'm leaking!

James T. Kirk: Scotty, how we doin'?

Scotty: Dilithium chamber at maximum, Captain.

Scotty: [noticing Keenser straddling a console] GET DOWN!

James T. Kirk: Where are we?

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Medical Bay.

James T. Kirk: This isn't worth it.

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: A little suffering's good for the soul.

James T. Kirk: Sulu, let's go home.

Spock: We must gather with the rest of Starfleet... to balance the terms of the next engagement!

James T. Kirk: There won't BE a next engagement! By the time we've "gathered," it'll be too late! But you say he's from the future - knows what's gonna happen? - then the logical thing is to be unpredictable!

Spock: You're assuming that Nero knows how events are predicted to unfold. The contrary, Nero's very presence has altered the flow of history, beginning with the attack on the U.S.S. Kelvin, culminating in the events of today, thereby creating an entire new chain of incidents that cannot be anticipated by either party.

Lt. Nyota Uhura: An alternate reality.

Spock: Precisely. Whatever our lives might have been, if the time continuum was disrupted, our destinies have changed.

Lt. Nyota Uhura: [catches Kirk hiding under her roommate's bed] You!

James T. Kirk: [scheduled to take the Kobayashi Maru test the next day] Big day tomorrow.

Lt. Nyota Uhura: [throws his clothes at him] You're gonna fail.

James T. Kirk: Gaila, see you around.

Lt. Nyota Uhura: [hustling him to the door] Get out!

James T. Kirk: If I pass, will you tell me your first name?

Lt. Nyota Uhura: NO! Good night!

James T. Kirk: I think the fact that you picked up a transmission is *very* interesting...

[She shuts the door in his face]

[from trailer]

[the Enterprise crew steer a ship towards a closing portal]

Spock: Captain, this ship will not fit.

James T. Kirk: IT WILL FIT, WILL FIT, WILL FIT!

[the ship scrapes through]

James T. Kirk: See, I told you it would fit!

Spock: I am not sure that qualifies.

James T. Kirk: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Spock: An Arabic proverb attributed to a prince who was betrayed and decapitated by his own subjects.

James T. Kirk: Well, still, it's a hell of a quote.

James T. Kirk: If Spock were here, and I were there, what would he do?

Bones: He'd let you die.

James T. Kirk: I'm scared, Spock... help me not to be... how do you choose not to feel?

Spock: I do not know. Right now, I am failing.

James T. Kirk: I wanted you to know why I couldn't let you die... why I went back for you...

Spock: Because you are my friend.

James T. Kirk: Wait, are you guys... are you guys fighting?

Nyota Uhura: I'd rather not talk about it, sir...

James T. Kirk: Oh my GOD, what is that even like?

Nyota Uhura: At that volcano, you didn't give a thought to us. What it would do to me if you died, Spock. You didn't feel anything. You didn't care. And I'm not the only one who's upset with you. The Captain is, too.

James T. Kirk: No, no, no. Don't drag me into this. She is right.

Spock: Your suggestion that I do not care about dying is incorrect. A sentient being's optimal chance at maximizing their utility is a long and prosperous life.

Nyota Uhura: Great.

James T. Kirk: Not exactly a love song, Spock.

Spock: You misunderstand. It is true I chose not to feel anything upon realizing my own life was ending. As Admiral Pike was dying, I joined with his consciousness and experienced what he felt at the moment of his passing. Anger. Confusion. Loneliness. Fear. I had experiences those feelings before, multiplied exponentially on the day my planet was destroyed. Such a feeling is something I choose never to experience again. Nyota, you mistake my choice not to feel as a reflection of my not caring. Well, I assure you, the truth is precisely the opposite.

Spock: I will go with you, Captain.

James T. Kirk: No, I need you on the bridge.

Spock: I can not allow you to do this. It is my function aboard the ship to advise you in making the wisest decisions possible, something I firmly believe you are incapable of doing in this moment.

James T. Kirk: You're right! What I am about to do, it doesn't make sense, it's not logical, it is a gut feeling! I have no idea what I'm supposed to do. I only know what I can do. The Enterprise and her crew needs someone on that chair who knows what he's doing. That's not me. It's you, Spock.

James T. Kirk: When were you going to tell me that?

Spock: When it became relevant, as it just did.

James T. Kirk: I watched you open fire in a room full of unarmed Starfleet officers. You killed them in cold blood.

Khan: Marcus took my crew from me!

James T. Kirk: You are a murderer!

Khan: He used my friends to control me. I tried to smuggle them to safety by concealing them in the very weapons I have designed. But I was discovered. I had no choice but to escape alone. And when I did, I had every reason to suspect that Marcus had killed every single one of the people I hold most dear. So I responded in kind. My crew is my family, Kirk. Is there anything you would not do for your family?

Khan: I'm going to make this very simple for you.

Spock: Captain!

Khan: Your crew for my crew.

Spock: You betrayed us.

Khan: Oh, you are smart, Mr. Spock.

James T. Kirk: Spock, don't...

[Khan knocks him down]

Khan: Mr. Spock, give me my crew.

Spock: What will you do when you get them?

Khan: Continue the work we were doing before we were banished.

Spock: Which as I understand it involves the mass-genocide of any being you find to be less than superior.

Khan: Shall I destroy you, Mr. Spock? Or will you give me what I want?

Spock: We have no transporter capabilities.

Khan: Fortunately, mine are perfectly functioning. Drop your shields.

Spock: If I do so I have no guarantee that you will not destroy the Enterprise.

Khan: Well, let's play this out logically then, Mr. Spock. Firstly, I will kill your captain to demonstrate my resolve, then if yours holds I will have no choice but to kill you and your entire crew.

Spock: If you destroy our ship, you will also destroy your own people.

Khan: Your crew requires oxygen to survive, mine does not. I will target your life support systems located behind the aft nacelle. And after every single person aboard your ship suffocates, I will walk over your cold corpses to recover my people. Now, shall we begin?

Spock: ...Lower shields.

Khan: A wise choice, Mr. Spock. I see all 72 torpedoes are still in their tubes. If they're not mine, Commander, I will know it.

Spock: Vulcans do not lie. The torpedoes are yours.

Khan: Thank you, Mr. Spock.

Spock: I have fulfilled your terms. Now fulfill mine.

Khan: Well Kirk, it seems apt to return you to your crew. After all, no ship should go down without her captain.

James T. Kirk: [Kirk's HUD breaks midway through his space-jump] Spock my display is down, I'm flying blind.

Spock: Captain, without your display compass hitting your target destination is mathematically impossible.

James T. Kirk: Spock, if I get back, we really need to talk about your bedside manner.

Bones: You were barely dead, it was the transfusion that really took its toll. You were in a coma for two weeks.

James T. Kirk: Transfusion?

Bones: Your cells were heavily irradiated. We had no choice.

James T. Kirk: Khan?

Bones: We synthesized a serum from his... super blood. Tell me, are you feeling homicidal, power-mad, despotic?

James T. Kirk: No more than usual.

James T. Kirk: Why would a Starfleet admiral ask a three-hundred-year-old frozen man for help?

Khan: Because I am better.

James T. Kirk: At what?

Khan: Everything. Alexander Marcus needed to respond to an uncivilized threat in a civilized time, and for that, he needed a warrior's mind - my mind - to design weapons and warships.

Spock: You are suggesting the Admiral violated every regulation he vowed to uphold, simply because he wanted to exploit your intellect...

Khan: He wanted to exploit my savagery! Intellect alone is useless in a fight, Mr. Spock. You, you can't even break a rule - how can you be expected to break bone? Marcus used me to design weapons. I helped him realize his vision of a militarized Starfleet. He sent you to use those weapons, to fire my torpedoes on an unsuspecting planet, and then he purposely crippled your ship in enemy space, leading to one inevitable outcome: the Klingons would come searching for whoever was responsible, and you would have no chance of escape. Marcus would finally have the war he talked about, the war he always wanted.

James T. Kirk: Why is there a man in that torpedo?

Khan: There are men and women in all those torpedoes, Captain. I put them there.

James T. Kirk: Who the hell are you?

Khan: A remnant of a time long past. Genetically engineered to be superior so as to lead others to peace in a world at war. But we were condemned as criminals, forced into exile. For centuries we slept, hoping when we awoke things would be different. But as a result of the destruction of Vulcan your Starfleet begun to aggressively search distant quadrants of space. My ship was found adrift. I alone was revived.

James T. Kirk: I looked up John Harrison. Until a year ago he didn't exist.

Khan: John Harrison was a fiction created the moment I was awoken by your Admiral Marcus to help him advance his cause, a smokescreen to conceal my true identity. My name is... KHAN.

Scotty: If it isn't Captain James Tiberius Perfect-Hair!

[to Keenser]

Scotty: Did you hear that? I called him "Perfect-Hair".

James T. Kirk: Where are you?

Scotty: Where are you?

James T. Kirk: Are you drunk?

Scotty: What I do on my private time is my business, Jim.

Spock: The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

James T. Kirk: Spock, we're talking about your life!

[last lines]

James T. Kirk: There will always be those who mean to do us harm. To stop them, we risk awakening the same evil within ourselves. Our first instinct is to seek revenge when those we love are taken from us. But that's not who we are... When Christopher Pike first gave me his ship, he had me recite the Captain's Oath. Words I didn't appreciate at the time. But now I see them as a call for us to remember who we once were and who we must be again. And those words: Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.

Scotty: Wait. Jim, if we go in there, we'll die! Do you hear me? The radiation will kill us! Will you listen to me? Look, what the hell are you doing?

James T. Kirk: I'm opening the door. I'm going in.

Scotty: The door's there to stop us from getting irradiated! We'd be dead before making the climb!

James T. Kirk: [quietly] You're not making the climb.

[Kirk knocks out Scotty and enters the chamber]

[first lines]

Bones: Damn it, man! That was our ride! You just stunned our ride!

James T. Kirk: Oh, great.

James T. Kirk: You filed a report? Why didn't you tell me?

Spock: I incorrectly assumed that you would be truthful in your captain's log.

James T. Kirk: Yeah, I would have been if I didn't have to save your life.

Spock: A fact for which I am grateful immeasurably grateful and the very reason to take responsibility for the actions...

James T. Kirk: Take responsibility, yeah. That'd be so noble, pointy, if you were also throwing me under the bus.

Spock: "Pointy"? Is that a derogatory reference to me?

Bones: Jim, you just sat that man down at a high-stakes poker game with no cards and told him to bluff. Now, Sulu's a good man, but he's no captain.

James T. Kirk: For the next two hours, he is. And enough with the metaphors, all right? That's an order.

James T. Kirk: Dr. Marcus, I'm glad you could be part of the family.

Carol: It's nice to have a family.

[last lines]

James T. Kirk: Where should we go?

Spock: As a mission of this duration has never been attempted, I defer to your good judgment Captain.

James T. Kirk: Mr. Sulu, take us out!

Sulu: Aye, Captain.

James T. Kirk: How did you find me?

Christopher Pike: I know you better than you think you do. The first time I found you was in a dive like this. Remember that? You got your ass handed to you.

James T. Kirk: No, I didn't.

Christopher Pike: You don't.

James T. Kirk: No, that's not what happened.

Christopher Pike: That was an epic beating.

James T. Kirk: No, it wasn't.

Christopher Pike: You had napkins hanging out of your nose. Did you not?

James T. Kirk: Yeah, that was a good fight.

James T. Kirk: [asking Scotty to investigate the coordinates Khan gave him] I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for, but I have a feeling you'll know it when you see it. You may have been right about those torpedoes.

Scotty: [surprised at Jim's admission] I will consider that an apology. And I will consider that apology.

[from trailer]

[the Enterprise comes face to face with the Vengeance]

James T. Kirk: [to his crew] I am sorry.

Scotty: Welcome aboard.

James T. Kirk: It's good to see you too, Scotty.

Scotty: [to Khan] Are you crazy? Whoever you are.

James T. Kirk: Just listen to him, Scotty. It's gonna be alright.

Bones: Why the hell did he surrender?

James T. Kirk: I don't know. But he just took out a squad of Klingons single-handedly. I want to know how.

Bones: Sounds like we have a superman on board.

James T. Kirk: You tell me.

[from trailer]

James T. Kirk: Let's go get this son of a bitch!

[warps off]

[from trailer]

Spock: [stuck in a volcano] We must maintain the Prime Directive...

James T. Kirk: Nobody knows the rules better than you, Spock, but sometimes exceptions have to be made!

[from trailer]

Scotty: The ship's dead, sir! She's gone!

James T. Kirk: No, she's not...

[from trailer]

Nyota Uhura: We're outnumbered, outgunned...

James T. Kirk: So we come out shooting!

James T. Kirk: [going out to face the Klingons] Don't set your phasers on stun; theirs certainly won't be.

James T. Kirk: Tell me everything you know about that ship.

Khan: Dreadnought class. Two times the size, three times the speed. Advanced weaponry. Modified for a minimal crew. Unlike most Federation vessels, it's built solely for combat.

James T. Kirk: I will do everything I can to make you answer for what you did. But right now I need your help.

[from trailer]

Spock: Captain, I cannot allow you to do this!

Bones: Jim, you're not actually going after this guy, are you?

James T. Kirk: I have no idea what I'm supposed to do! I only know what I *can* do!

Christopher Pike: Tell me more about this volcano. The data says it was highly volatile and if it were to erupt, it would wipe out the planet.

James T. Kirk: Let's hope it doesn't, sir.

Christopher Pike: Something tells me it won't.

James T. Kirk: [over the comm] Bones, thanks for helping out. Dr. Marcus asked for the steadiest hands on the ship.

Bones: [disgruntled with his dangerous mission and aware of Kirk's attraction to Dr. Marcus] You know, when I dreamed about being stuck on a deserted planet with a gorgeous woman, there was no torpedo!

James T. Kirk: Dr. McCoy, may I remind you that you're not there to flirt.

Bones: So how can these legendary hands help you, Dr. Marcus?

James T. Kirk: Bones...

Scotty: [gesturing to the warp core] Do you know what this is, Captain?

James T. Kirk: I don't have time for a lecture, Scotty!

Scotty: [more forcefully] Do you know what this is?

James T. Kirk: [sighs] It's a warp core.

Scotty: It's a radioactive catastrophe waiting to happen. A subtle shift in magnetic output from, say, firing one or more of six dozen torpedoes with an unknown payload could set of a chain reaction which would kill every living thing on this ship, letting these torpedoes on the Enterprise is the last straw!

James T. Kirk: What was the first straw?

Scotty: What was the...

[scoffs]

Scotty: -there are plenty of straws, how about Starfleet confiscating my transwarp equation, and now some madman is using it to hop across the galaxy! Where'd you think he got it from!

James T. Kirk: We have our orders, Scotty.

Scotty: That's what scares me... this is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Cause I thought we were explorers. I thought we...

James T. Kirk: Sign for the torpedoes. That's an order.

Scotty: Right. Well you leave me no choice but to resign my duties.

James T. Kirk: Oh come on, Scotty.

Scotty: You're giving me no choice, sir!

James T. Kirk: You're not giving me much of a choice!

Scotty: I will not stand by and...

James T. Kirk: You're just making exceptions, sign for the...

Scotty: [forcefully] Do you accept my resignation or not?

James T. Kirk: I DO!... I do. You are relieved Mr. Scott.

Scotty: [after a long pause] Jim... for the love of God, do not use those torpedoes.

[hands Kirk his PADD and walks away, Keenser does the same]

Scotty: No! I'm not signing anything! Now get these bloody things off my ship!

[sees Kirk]

Scotty: Captain!

James T. Kirk: Is there a problem, Mr. Scott?

Scotty: Aye, sir! I was just explaining to this gentlemen that I cannae authorize any weapons on board this ship without knowing what's inside them!

Spock: Mr. Scott raises yet another point that le...

James T. Kirk: Report to the bridge.

Spock: Captain.

[leaves the engineering room]

James T. Kirk: Mr. Scott, I understand your concerns but we need these torpedoes on board!

Scotty: Due respect, sir, but photo torpedoes run on fuel, now I cannae detect the type of fuel that's in the compartments on these torpedoes because it's shielded. Now I asked for the specifications but he says...

[gestures to Torpedo Security]

Torpedo Security: It's classified.

Scotty: [repeating exasperatedly] It's classified. So I said; no specs, no signature!

Sulu: [from deck above] Captain, flight checks complete, we're good to go, sir.

James T. Kirk: Thank you, Mr. Sulu.

Sulu: Yes, sir.

Scotty: Now if you'll excuse me, sir, I have a warp core to prime.

[walks away]

Scotty: [to Keenser] Get down!

Bones: Jim, your vitals are way off...

James T. Kirk: Report to the medbay.

[follows Scotty to the warp core]

James T. Kirk: Scotty! I need you to approve those weapons.

Marcus: [from trailer]

[In response to the enterprise pursuing Khan]

Marcus: Star Fleet Isn't About Vendetta... KIRK!

James T. Kirk: [glowers] Well... Maybe It SHOULD... Sir!

James T. Kirk: Let me explain what's happening here: you are a criminal! I watched you murder innocent men and women! I was authorized to *end* you! And the only reason why you are still alive is because I am allowing it. So *shut your mouth*!

Khan: Captain, are you going to punch me again, over and over, until your arm weakens... clearly you want to. So tell me, why did you allow me to live?

James T. Kirk: We all make mistakes.

Khan: I surrendered to you because, despite your attempt to convince me otherwise, you seem to have a conscience, Mr. Kirk. If you did not, then it would be impossible for me to convince you of the truth. 23174611. Coordinates not far from Earth. If you want to know why I did what I did, go and take a look.

James T. Kirk: Give me one reason why I should listen to you.

Khan: I can give you 72. And they're on board your ship, Captain. They have been, all along.