Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Quotes

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is a television show that first aired in 1970 . Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ended its run in 1970.

It features Harve Bennett as producer, James Horner in charge of musical score, and Charles Correll (director) as head of cinematography.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is 105 minutes long. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Quotes

• (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) "I have been and ever shall be your friend."
• (Kirk) "Yes. Yes, Spock."
• (Captain Spock) "The 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."

• (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."

• (Kirk) "Scotty, you're as good as your word."
• (Scotty) "Aye, sir. The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."
• (Scotty) "Here, Doctor, souvenirs from one surgeon to another. I took them out of her main transwarp computer drive."
• (McCoy) "Nice of you to tell me in advance."
• (Kirk) "That's what you get for missing staff meetings, Doctor. Gentlemen, your work today has been outstanding and I intend to recommend you all for promotion -- in whatever fleet we end up serving."

• (Kruge) "Take every last man, form a boarding party armed heavily."
• (Torg) "They outnumber us, my lord."
• (Kruge) "We are Klingons. Once you control the ship, we'll transfer our flag there and take Genesis from their own memory banks."

• (Sarek) "Forgive me, it is not here. I had assumed he mind-melded with you. It is the Vulcan way, when the body's end is near."
• (Kirk) "We were separated -- He couldn't touch me."
• (Sarek) "I see. Then, everything he was -- everything he knew -- is lost."
• (Kirk) "Please wait. He would have found a way. If there were that much at stake, Spock would have found a way."
• (Sarek) "Yes. But how?"
• (Kirk) "What if he joined with someone else?"

• (Captain Styles) "If he thinks he can get away with warp drive -- he's really in for a shock."
• (Captain Styles) "Prepare for warp speed. Stand by transwarp drive."

• (Elevator voice) "Level please."
• (Scotty) "Transporter room."
• (Elevator voice) "Thank you."
• (Scotty) "Up your shaft."

• (Kirk) "You should take the Vulcan too."
• (Kruge) "No."
• (Kirk) "But why?"
• (Kruge) "Because you wish it."

• (Scotty) "Where's the damn antimatter inducer?"
• (Chekov) "This? -- no, this."
• (Scotty) "That or nothing."
• (Sulu) "If I read this right, sir, we have full power."
• (Kirk) "Go, Sulu."

• (Sarek) "Kirk, I thank you. What you have done is --"
• (Kirk) "What I have done, I had to do."
• (Sarek) "But at what cost? Your ship. Your son."
• (Kirk) "If I hadn't tried, the cost would have been my soul."

• (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."

• (McCoy) "I'm gonna tell you something that I -- never thought I'd ever hear myself say. But it seems I've -- missed you. And I don't know if I could stand to lose you again."

• (Kirk) "Unit two, this is unit one. The Kobayashi Maru has set sail for the promised land. Acknowledge."
• (Chekov) "Message acknowledged. All units will be informed."
• (McCoy) "You're taking me to the promised land?"
• (Kirk) "What are friends for?"

• (McCoy) "Rapid aging. All genetic functions highly accelerated."
• (Kirk) "What about his mind?"
• (McCoy) "His mind is a void. It seems, Admiral, that I've got all his marbles."
• (Kirk) "Is there anything we can do?"
• (Saavik) "Only one thing, sir. Get him off this planet. His aging is part of what's going on around us."

• (Kirk) "If my guess is right, she'll have to decloak before she can fire."
• (McCoy) "May all your guesses be right."

• (Sulu) "One minute to space doors."
• (McCoy) "Are you just gonna walk through them?"
• (Kirk) "Calm yourself, Doctor."

• (Kirk) "How many fingers do I have up?"
• (McCoy) "That's not very damn funny."
• (Kirk) "You're sense of humor's returned."
• (McCoy) "The hell it has."

• (Kirk) "David, what went wrong?"
• (David Marcus) "I went wrong."
• (Kirk) "I don't understand."
• (David Marcus) "I'm sorry, sir. Just don't surrender. Genesis doesn't work. I can't believe they'd kill us for it."
• (Kruge) "Admiral, your young friend is mistaken. I meant what I said. And now to show that my intentions are sincere, I shall kill one of the prisoners."
• (Kirk) "Wait a minute. Give me a chance to talk."
• (Kruge) "Kill one of them. I don't care which."

• (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?"

• (Captain Styles) "Ah, Mr. Scott. Calling it a night?"
• (Scotty) "Uh, yes sir."
• (Captain Styles) "Turning in myself, looking forward to breaking some of the Enterprise's speed records tomorrow."
• (Scotty) "Ah, yes sir."
• (Scotty) "Good night."
• (Elevator voice) "Level, please."
• (Scotty) "Transporter room."
• (Elevator voice) "Thank you."
• (Scotty) "Up your shaft."

• (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."

• (Unnamed) "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."

• (Vulcan High Priestess) "Sarek. Child of S'kon, child of So'kar. The body of your son breathes still. What is your wish?"
• (Sarek) "I ask for fal tor pan: the refusion."
• (Vulcan High Priestess) "What you seek has not been done in ages past and then, only in legend. Your request is not logical."
• (Sarek) "Forgive me, T'layr. My logic is uncertain where my son is concerned."
• (Vulcan High Priestess) "Who is the keeper of the katra?"
• (McCoy) "I am. McCoy, Leonard H, son of David."
• (Vulcan High Priestess) "McCoy, son of David, since thou art human, we cannot expect thee to fully comprehend what Sarek has requested. Spock's body lives: with your approval, we shall use all our powers to return to his body that which you possess."
• (Vulcan High Priestess) "But McCoy, you must now be warned. The danger to thyself is as grave as the danger to Spock. You must make the choice."
• (McCoy) "I choose the danger. Hell of a time to ask."

• (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."
• (Uhura) "Peace and quiet appeals to me, Lieutenant."
• (Mr. Adventure) "Well, maybe that's okay for someone like you, whose career is winding down. But me, I need some excitement, some adventure -- maybe even just a surprise or two."
• (Uhura) "Well, you know what they say, Lieutenant. Be careful what you wish for. You might get it."
• (Kirk) "Uhura, is everything ready?"
• (Uhura) "Step into my parlor, gentlemen."
• (Mr. Adventure) "That's Admiral Kirk, my God."
• (Uhura) "Very good for you, Lieutenant."
• (Mr. Adventure) "But it's damned irregular. No destination points, no encoded ID's."
• (Uhura) "All true."
• (Mr. Adventure) "So what are we gonna do about it?"
• (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?"
• (Uhura) "This isn't reality."
• (Uhura) "This is fantasy. You wanted adventure, how's this? The old adrenaline going, huh? Good boy. Now get in the closet."
• (Mr. Adventure) "All right --"
• (Uhura) "Go on."
• (Mr. Adventure) "I'll just get in the closet. All right. Damn."
• (McCoy) "I'm glad you're on our side."
• (Kirk) "Are you sure you can handle?"
• (Uhura) "Oh, I'll have "Mr. Adventure" eating out of my hand, sir. And I'll see all of you at the rendezvous."

• (Kirk) "I have had -- enough -- of YOU."

• (Kirk) "You. Help us or die."
• (Maltz) "I do not deserve to live."
• (Kirk) "Fine, I'll kill you later."
• (Kirk) "Take care of the prisoner."
• (Maltz) "Wait. You said you would kill me."
• (Kirk) "I lied."

• (Captain Spock) "Don't grieve, Admiral. It is logical. The needs of the many outweigh --"
• (Kirk) "-- the needs of the few."
• (Captain Spock) "Or the one. I have been and always shall be your friend. Live long and prosper."

• (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."

• (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 Mount Seleyah."
• (Kirk) "Mount Seleyah? Bones, Mount Seleyah's on Vulcan. We're home. On Earth."
• (McCoy) "Remember --"

• (Sarek) "You must bring them to Mount Seleyah, on Vulcan. Only there can both find peace."
• (Kirk) "What you ask -- is difficult."
• (Sarek) "You will find a way, Kirk. If you honor them both, you must."
• (Kirk) "I will. I swear."

• (Kirk) "Mr. Sulu, what is the crew compliment of a Bird-of-Prey?"
• (Sulu) "About a dozen officers and men."
• (Kirk) "With some of them on the planet -- I swear to you, we're not finished yet. Bones, you and Sulu to the transporter room. The rest of you with me, we have a job to do."

• (Kirk) "Klingon Commander, this is Admiral James T. Kirk. I'm alive and well on the planet's surface. I know that this will come as a pleasant surprise to you, but our ship was a victim of an "unfortunate accident". Sorry about your crew, but as we say on Earth, c'est la vie."

• (Captain Styles) "Kirk, you do this, you'll never sit in the Captain's chair again."
• (Kirk) "Warp speed."

• (Kirk) "Scan for vessels in pursuit."
• (McCoy) "Scanning. Indications negative at this time."
• (McCoy) "Did I get it right?"
• (Kirk) "Great, Bones. Just great."

• (Kirk) "And -- now, Mr. Scott."
• (Scotty) "Sir?"
• (Kirk) "The doors, Mr. Scott."
• (Scotty) "Aye, sir, I'm working on it."

• (Kirk) "How much refit time before we can take her out again?"
• (Scotty) "Eight weeks, sir. But ye don't have eight weeks, so I'll do it for ye in two."
• (Kirk) "Mr. Scott. Have you always multiplied your repair estimates by a factor of four?"
• (Scotty) "Certainly, sir. How else can I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?"
• (Kirk) "Your reputation is secure, Scotty."

• (Kirk) "Ambassador. I would had come to Vulcan to express my deepest sympathies."
• (Sarek) "Spare me your human platitutes, Kirk. I have been to your government and I've seen the Genesis information and your report."
• (Kirk) "Then you know how bravely your son met his death."
• (Sarek) "Why did you leave him on Genesis? Spock trusted you. and you denied him his future."
• (Kirk) "I saw no future."
• (Sarek) "Only his body was in death, Kirk. and you were the last one to be with him."
• (Kirk) "Yes. I was."
• (Sarek) "And you must know that you should had to come with him to Vulcan."
• (Kirk) "But; why?"
• (Sarek) "Because he asked you too. He entrusted you. With his very esscence. With everything that was not of the body. He asked you to bring him to us and to bring that which he gave you. His Katra. His living spirit."
• (Kirk) "Sir. Your son meant to me more than you could know. I would had given my life if I could save his. Believe me when I tell you, he made no request of me."
• (Sarek) "He would not had spoken of it openly."

• (Torg) "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) "9-8-7-6-5 --"
• (Kruge) "Get out. Get out of there. Get out."
• (Enterprise computer) "2-1 --"

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