Quotes from
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Kirk: How are we doing?McCoy: How are "we" doing? Funny you should put it quite that way, Jim. "We" are doing fine.
Sulu: The word, sir?
Kirk: The word is no. I am therefore going anyway.
[Their first look at the U.S.S. Excelsior]
Uhura: Would you look at that!
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!
Kirk: Come, come, Mr. Scott. Young minds, fresh ideas. Be tolerant!
Scotty: The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.
Kirk: You're suffering from a Vulcan mind-meld, doctor.
McCoy: That green-blooded son of a bitch! It's his revenge for all the arguments he lost.
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.
Kirk: Sorry about your crew, but as we say on Earth, c'est la vie.
Alien: To your planet, welcome.
McCoy: I think that's *my* line, stranger.
Alien: Oh, forgive. I here am new. But you are known, being McCoy from Enterprise.
McCoy: You have me at a disadvantage, sir.
Alien: Oh, I name not important. You seek I. Message received. Available ship stands by.
McCoy: How much and how soon?
Alien: How soon is now. How much is, where?
McCoy: Somewhere in the Mutara sector.
Alien: Oh, Mutara restricted! Take permits many; money more.
McCoy: There aren't gonna be any damned permits! How can you get a permit to do a damned illegal thing? Look, price you name, money I got.
Alien: Place *you* name, money *I* name, otherwise bargain, no.
McCoy: Alright, damn it! It's Genesis! The name of the place we're going is GENESIS!
Alien: Genesis?
McCoy: Yes, Genesis! How can you be deaf with ears like that?
Alien: Genesis allowed is not! Is planet forbidden!
Captain Spock: Jim. Your name... is Jim.
Captain Spock: My father says that you have been my friend. You came back for me.
Kirk: You would have done the same for me.
Captain Spock: Why would you do this?
Kirk: Because the needs of the one... outweigh the needs of the many.
Captain Spock: [pacing] I have been and ever shall be your friend.
Kirk: Yes. Yes, Spock.
Captain Spock: Ship, out of danger?
Kirk: You saved the ship. You saved us all. Don't you remember?
Captain Spock: Jim. Your name is Jim.
Kirk: Yes.
Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu: DON'T call me "Tiny."
[Kirk and party commandeer a Klingon ship]
Kirk: You! Help us or die!
Maltz: I do not deserve to live.
Kirk: Fine. I'll kill you later.
Kirk: You. Help us or die.
Maltz: I do not deserve to live.
Kirk: Fine, I'll kill you later.
[later, once safely in Warp Speed]
Kirk: Take care of the prisoner.
Maltz: Wait! You said you would kill me.
Kirk: I lied.
Elevator voice: Level, please.
Scotty: Transporter room.
Elevator voice: Thank you.
Scotty: [under breath] Up your shaft.
Kirk: Scan for vessels in pursuit.
McCoy: [in Spock's voice and manner] Scanning. Indications negative at this time.
[everyone stares at him]
McCoy: [as himself] Did I get it right?
Security Guard: Make it quick, Admiral. They're moving him to the Federation funny farm.
Kirk: Yes, poor friend. I hear he's fruity as a nutcake.
Kirk: [showing the Vulcan salute] How many fingers do I have up?
McCoy: That's not very damn funny.
[after stealing the Enterprise]
Kirk: Gentlemen, your work today has been outstanding and I intend to recommend you all for promotion... in whatever fleet we end up serving.
Captain Styles: [on the comm speakers] Kirk, you do this, you'll never sit in the Captain's chair again.
Kirk: Warp speed.
[Aboard the Excelsior]
[Kirk finds McCoy in Spock's quarters]
McCoy: Jim... help me. You left me... on Genesis... why did you do that? Help me...
Kirk: Bones? What the hell are you doing? Have you lost your mind?
McCoy: Help me, Jim. Take me home.
Kirk: Home is where we are. We are home.
McCoy: Then perhaps it's not too late. Climb the steps, Jim. Climb the steps of Mt. Seleyah.
Kirk: Mt. Seleyah? Bones, Mt. Seleyah's on Vulcan. We're home. On Earth.
McCoy: Remember...
Ambassador Sarek: You must bring them to Mt. Seleyah, on Vulcan. Only there can both find peace.
Kirk: What you ask... is difficult.
Ambassador Sarek: You will find a way, Kirk. If you honor them both, you must.
Kirk: I will. I swear.
"Mr. Adventure": Look at you. You're a twenty-year space veteran, yet you pick the worst duty station in town. I mean, look at this place. This is the hind end of space.
Commander Nyota Uhura: Peace and quiet appeals to me, Lieutenant.
"Mr. Adventure": Well, maybe that's OK for someone like you, whose career is winding down. But me, I need some excitement, some adventure... maybe even just a surprise or two.
Commander Nyota Uhura: Well, you know what they say, Lieutenant. Be careful what you wish for. You might get it.
[Kirk, McCoy and Sulu enter the transporter room]
Kirk: Uhura, is everything ready?
Commander Nyota Uhura: Step into my parlor, gentlemen.
"Mr. Adventure": That's Admiral Kirk, my God!
Commander Nyota Uhura: Very good for you, Lieutenant.
"Mr. Adventure": But it's damned irregular. No destination points, no encoded ID's.
Commander Nyota Uhura: All true.
"Mr. Adventure": So what are we gonna do about it?
Commander Nyota Uhura: I'm not gonna do anything about it. You're gonna sit in the closet.
"Mr. Adventure": The *closet*? Have you lost your sense of reality?
Commander Nyota Uhura: This isn't reality.
[Turns a phaser on him]
Commander Nyota Uhura: This is fantasy. You wanted adventure, how's this? The old adrenaline going, huh? Good boy. Now get in the closet.
"Mr. Adventure": OK...
Commander Nyota Uhura: Go on.
"Mr. Adventure": I'll just get in the closet. All right! Damn!
[Falls into the closet and shuts the door]
McCoy: I'm glad you're on *our* side!
Lieutenant Saavik: How many have paid the price for your impatience? How many have died? How much damage have you done, and what is yet to come?
Kruge: I've come a long way for the power of Genesis, and what do I find? A weakling human, a Vulcan boy, and a woman!
Lieutenant Saavik: My lord, we are survivors of a doomed expedition. This planet will destroy itself in hours. The Genesis experiment is a failure.
Kruge: A failure? The most destructive force ever created? You will tell me the secret of the Genesis torpedo.
Lieutenant Saavik: I have no knowledge.
Kruge: Then I hope pain's something you enjoy.
[Witnessing the destruction of the Enterprise]
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.
Scotty: All systems automated and ready. A chimpanzee and two trainees could run her.
Kirk: Thank you, Mr. Scott. I'll try not to take that personally.
Excelsior First Officer: [on communicator] Yellow alert! Captain to the bridge! Yellow alert!
Captain Styles: Bridge, this is the Captain. How can you have yellow alert in spacedock?
Excelsior First Officer: [on communicator] Sir, someone is stealing the Enterprise!
Kirk: Klingon bastard! You killed my son!
Kirk: David, what went wrong?
David Marcus: I went wrong.
David Marcus: Genesis doesn't work. I can't believe they'd kill us for it.
Kruge: Commander, your young friend is wrong. And to prove my sincerity, I will now kill one of the prisoners.
Kirk: No, wait...
Kruge: [in Klingon] Kill one of the prisoners. I don't care which.
Maltz: Wait! You said you would kill me.
Kirk: I lied.
[the ENTERPRISE faces off against a cloaked Klingon Bird of Prey]
Kirk: If my guess is right, she'll have to de-cloak before she can fire.
McCoy: May all your guesses be right.
Kirk: The needs of the one outweighed the needs of the many.
McCoy: Rapid aging. All genetic metabolism accelerated.
Kirk: What about his mind?
McCoy: His mind is a void. It seems, Admiral, that I've got all his marbles.
Adm. James T. Kirk: If we don't help each other, we'll die here.
Kruge: Perfect. Then that's the way it shall be.
Kruge: I come all-l the way across the universe... and what do I find?
Kirk: [stomping on Kruge the Klingon] I have had... enough... of YOU!
[Kruge falls into the abyss]
[McCoy is informed of the danger of the transfusion]
McCoy: I choose the danger!
[to Kirk]
McCoy: hell of a time to ask...
Scotty: [studying the Klingon bird-of-prey's helm] Where's the damn anti-matter inducer?
Cmdr. Pavel Chekov: That?... no, *that*!
Scotty: That or nothing.
Torg: [the Klingons have boarded the Enterprise only to find it is deserted] My Lord, the ship appears to be deserted.
Kruge: How can that be? They're hiding.
Torg: Yes, sir. The ship appears to be run by computer. It is the only thing that is speaking.
Kruge: Speaking? Let me hear it.
Enterprise Computer: [Torg walks over to a console, placing his communicator towards it] 9-8-7-6-5...
Kruge: GET OUT! GET OUT OF THERE! GET OUT!
Enterprise Computer: 2-1...
[the Enterprise bridge explodes]
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