Spock: Live long and prosper.
Amanda: And you, Sarek, would you also say thank you to your son?
Sarek: I don't understand.
Amanda: Well, for saving your life.
Sarek: Spock acted in the only logical manner open to him. One does not thank logic, Amanda.
Amanda: Logic, logic - I'm sick to death of logic! Do you want to know how I feel about your logic?
Spock: Emotional, isn't she?
Sarek: She has always been that way.
Spock: Indeed? Why did you marry her?
Sarek: At the time, it seemed the logical thing to do.
Capt. Kirk: Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Dr. McCoy: I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer.
[In sickbay]
Spock: Doctor, I think I'll return to my station now.
Dr. McCoy: You ARE at your station, Mr. Spock!
Capt. Kirk: Dr. McCoy, I believe you're enjoying all this.
Spock: Indeed, Captain. I've never seen him look so happy.
Dr. McCoy: [To Spock] Shut up!
[Kirk opens his mouth to comment, but McCoy interrupts.]
Dr. McCoy: Shh! Shh!
[Dejected, Kirk lies back.]
Dr. McCoy: [Grinning] Well, what do you know? I finally got the last word.
The Trouble With Tribbles - S2-E15
Capt. Kirk: I want to know what killed these tribbles.
Dr. McCoy: I haven't figured out what keeps them alive yet.
Dr. McCoy: He's dead, Jim.
Scott: Doctor, I've seen the captain feverish, sick, drunk, delirious, terrified, overjoyed, boiling mad... But up to now, I have never seen him red-faced with hysteria.
The Trouble With Tribbles - S2-E15
Dr. McCoy: It is 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.
Dr. McCoy: Spock, I do not know too much about these little Tribbles yet, but there is one thing that I have discovered.
Spock: What is that, Doctor?
Dr. McCoy: I like them... Better than I like you.
The Man Trap - S1-E2
Yeoman Janice Rand: Hello Beauregard. How are you today, darling?
Sulu: Her name's Gertrude.
Yeoman Janice Rand: No, it's a he-plant. A girl can tell.
Sulu: Why do people have to call inanimate objects, she? Like um, she's a fast ship.
Yeoman Janice Rand: He is not an inanimate object. He's so animate he makes me nervous. (00:23:21)
The Man Trap - S1-E2
Dr. McCoy: I thought it was, Sir... Another error on my part.
Capt. Kirk: I'm not counting them, Bones. (00:15:22)
The Man Trap - S1-E2
Uhura: Message, Captain. Starship based on Current Four requesting explanation of our delay here, sir. Space Commander Dominguez says we have supplies he urgently needs.
Capt. Kirk: Tell Jose he'll get his chili peppers when we get there. Tell him the're prime Mexican reds, I hand-picked them myself. But he won't die if he goes a few more days without them. Got it?
Uhura: Got it, Captain. (00:14:00)
Dr. McCoy: I'm a doctor, not an engineer.
Operation -- Annihilate! - S1-E30
Dr. McCoy: [In an aside to Kirk] Please don't tell Spock I said he was the best first officer in the fleet.
Spock: Why, thank you, Doctor McCoy.
Capt. Kirk: You were so concerned about his Vulcan eyes, Doctor, you forgot about his Vulcan ears.
Dr. McCoy: Spock, I've always suspected that you were a little more human than you let on. Mrs. Sarek, I know about the rigorous training of the Vulcan youth, but tell me, did he ever run and play like the human children, even in secret?
Amanda: Well, he, uh...he did have a pet Sehlat he was very fond of.
Dr. McCoy: Sehlat?
Amanda: It's sort of a...a fat Teddy bear.
Dr. McCoy: [Amused] A Teddy bear? [Sarek comes and takes Amanda away.] A Teddy bear [to Kirk].
Spock: Not precisely, Doctor. On Vulcan, the Teddy bears are alive...and have six inch fangs.
The Trouble With Tribbles - S2-E15
Trader: Four credits.
Cyrano Jones: Is that an offer or a joke?
Trader: That's my offer.
Cyrano Jones: That's a joke.
Kang: Kirk, my ship is disabled. I claim yours. You are now prisoners of the Klingon empire against which you have committed a wanton act of war!
A Piece of the Action - S2-E17
Spock:Young man, this is likely to be quite hazardous. If I were you...
Kirk: Hold on, Spock. Out of the mouths of babes...
Kid: Who ya callin' a babe?
Kirk: I'm callin' you a babe.
Kid: You callin' me a babe?
Kirk: Yeah, I'm callin'... [Kid brandishes a knife, Kirk continues.] I'm callin' you a babe, but there's nothing personal. Sit down.
Chosen answer: If they're in orbit, they're being pulled along by the planet's gravity well, therefore, impulse engines would only be used for minor corrections and would be "on standby" while in orbit, but not active. (Like keeping your car idling without revving the engine and creating plumes of exhaust).
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