We must question the story logic of having an all-powerful God, who creates faulty humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.
“
| — | Gene Roddenberry |
The more difficult the task, the sweeter the victory.
“
| — | Cmdr. William T. Riker, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Captain’s Holiday) |
…sometimes you have to push people out of your way to get things done.
“
| — | Cmdr. Chakotay, Star Trek: Voyager (Parallax) |
Children have to grow up. Most… overcome all kinds of adversity, without a caretaker. It’s the challenge of surviving on their own that helps them to evolve.
“
| — | Capt. Katherine Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager (Caretaker) |
There comes a time when a man finds that he can’t fall in love again, he knows that it’s time to stop.
“
| — | Capt. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Relics) |
Imprisonment is an injury, regardless of how you justify it.
“
| — | Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Allegiance) |
A Klingon’s honor means more to him than his life.
“
| — | Kurn, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Sins of the Father) |
If being human is not simply a matter of being born flesh and blood, if it is instead a way of thinking, acting and feeling, then I am hopeful that one day I will discover my own humanity. Until then… I will continue learning, changing, growing, and trying to become more than what I am.
“
| — | Lt. Cmdr. Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Data’s Day) |
