Elementary, Dear Data Quotes

Elementary, Dear Data is a television show that debuted in 1970 . Elementary, Dear Data completed its run in 1970.

It features Dennis McCarthy (composer) in charge of musical score.

Elementary, Dear Data Quotes

• (Unnamed) "A great monstrous shape, on which I am like a fly stuck on a turtle's back, adrift in a great emptiness."

• (Unnamed) "Whatever I was when this began -- I have grown. I am understanding more and more; and I am able to use the power at my fingertips."

• (Unnamed) "To feel the thrill of victory, there has to be the possibility of failure."

• (Unnamed) "Mr. Computer; the arch, please."

• (Unnamed) "The Doctor was right. Finally, we have a game worth playing."
• (Unnamed) "The time for games is over."
• (Unnamed) "Professor Moriarty, I presume?"

• (Unnamed) "Perhaps we'll meet again, madam."
• (Unnamed) "It could be a long time. Time won't pass for you, but I may be an old woman."
• (Unnamed) "But I'll still fill you with crumpets, madam."

• (Unnamed) "I can't help thinking how -- or what else might have happened, all because I misspoke a single word."
• (Unnamed) "I'll assume she'll be shipshape and Bristol fashion."
• (Unnamed) ""Bristol fashion", sir?"
• (Unnamed) "It's an old navy phrase, meaning everything in perfect order."
• (Unnamed) "Hm -- Yes, sir."
• (Unnamed) "As are we, Mr. La Forge."
• (Unnamed) "Yes, sir."

• (Unnamed) "My mind is crowded with images, thoughts I do not understand, yet cannot purge; they plague me. You and your associate look and act so oddly. Yet though I have never met nor seen the like of either of you, I am familiar with you both; it's very confusing. I have felt new realities at the edge of my consciousness readying to break through. Surely, Holmes, if that's who you truly are, you of all people can appreciate what I mean."

• (Unnamed) "You all right?"
• (Unnamed) "Yes, except for being crammed full of crumpets."

• (Unnamed) "Is the definition of life "Cogito ergo sum"; I think, therefore I am?"
• (Unnamed) "Yes, that is one possible definition."
• (Unnamed) "It is the most important one; and for me, the only one that matters."

• (Unnamed) "I have no idea what you're talking about."
• (Unnamed) "Of course you do, madam. The more you proclaim your ignorance, the more you try to mislead me, the more I'm on to you. Your every silence speaks volumes."
• (Unnamed) "Good. Then if you know what I'm saying when I'm not saying anything, what do you need me for?"
• (Unnamed) "Thank you for the tea and crumpets. I guess I'll be going."

• (Unnamed) "Clancy, I'll be gone for a while. See that no one touches this."
• (Unnamed) "Aye, sir. And where can I reach you?"
• (Unnamed) "He can be reached at 221B Baker Street."
• (Unnamed) "Sir?"

• (Unnamed) "What I have seen -- what I have learned -- fascinates me. I do not want to die."

• (Unnamed) "It's elementary, dear Data."

• (Unnamed) "It's human nature to love what we don't have."

• (Unnamed) "In programming Moriarty to defeat me; not Holmes; he had to be able to acquire something which I possess."
• (Unnamed) "What exactly?"
• (Unnamed) "Consciousness, sir. Without it, he could not defeat me."

• (Unnamed) "If I destroy these surroundings, this vessel, can you say that it doesn't matter to you? Interesting pun, don't you think? For matter is what I am not."

• (Unnamed) "I'm a civilized abductor, Captain Picard; civilized, but still dangerous."

• (Unnamed) "Data; I mean, Holmes, old boy; what are we looking for?"
• (Unnamed) "For whatever finds us, my dear Watson."

• (Unnamed) "Finally; there can be no argument; the game is afoot. Come, Watson."

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