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]
