Episode Quotes

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Spock : "Captain, you are an excellent Starship commander. But as a taxi 
driver, you leave much to be desired."
   

Kirk: "All right, boys, the Federation's movin' in, we're takin' over. 
You play ball, we'll cut you in for a piece of the pie. If ya 
don't, you're out - all the way out, y'know what I mean?"

   
Spock: "Captain, you are an excellent Starship commander. But as a taxi 
driver, you leave much to be desired."
   
Spock: Logic and practical information do not seem to apply here.
McCoy: "You admit that?"
Spock: "To deny the facts would be illogical, Doctor."
   

Oxmyx: "The most cooperative man in this world is a dead man."

   
Tough Kid: "I'll cut off your head and throw it in your face!"
   
Krako: "I want to know what happened."
Scotty: "Looks like we put the "bag" on you."
Krako: "I got rights."
Scotty: "You've got nothing. You mind your place, mister, or you'll 
be wearing concrete galoshes."
Krako: "You mean cement overshoes?"
Scotty: "Um ... aye."
   
Spock: "Must we?"
Kirk: "It's faster than walking. Are you afraid of cars?"
Spock: "Not at all. It's your driving that alarms me."
   
Kirk: "But what you're after is a royal fizzbin, but the odds in 
getting a royal fizzbin are astron -- Spock, what are the odds in 
getting a royal fizzbin?"
Spock: (deadpan) "I've never computed them."
Kirk: "Well, they're astronomical, believe me."
   
Kirk: "Gentlemen, you two have been brooding ever since we returned 
to the ship."
Spock: "Brooding, Captain?"
Kirk: "Brooding, Mr. Spock - a somber emotional state. Do you wish 
to continue it or discuss it?"
Spock: "Captain, I'm neither brooding nor somber."
   

Kirk: "Let's not argue about it, let's go study it. Energize."  (music)
(honk honk honk)

   
Kid: "Where'd you get them ears?"