Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Quotes

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a television program that debuted in 1970 . Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home completed its run in 1970.

It features Harve Bennett as producer, Leonard Rosenman in charge of musical score, and Donald Peterman as head of cinematography.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is 122 minutes long. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: William Shatner as Kirk.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Quotes

William Shatner as Kirk

• (William Shatner) "You mean the profanity? That's simply the way they talk here. Nobody pays attention to you unless you swear every other word. You'll find it in all the literature of the period."
• (Spock) "For example?"
• (William Shatner) "Oh the collected works of Jacqueline Susann. The novels of Harold Robbins --"
• (Spock) "Ah, the "Giants"."

• (Federation Council president) "The Council is now in session. If you will all take your seats. Bring in the accused."
• (Federation Council president) "Captain Spock, you do not stand accused."
• (Spock) "Mister President, I stand with my shipmates."
• (Federation Council president) "As you wish. The charges and specifications are: conspiracy, assault on Federation Officers, theft of Federation Property namely the Starship Enterprise, sabotage of the U.S.S. Excelsior, wilful destruction of Federation Property specifically the aforementioned U.S.S. Enterprise, and finally disobeying direct orders of the Starfleet Commander. Admiral Kirk, how do you plead?"
• (William Shatner) "On behalf of all of us, Mister President, I am authorised to plead guilty."
• (Federation Council president) "So entered. Because of certain mitigating circumstances, all charges but one are summarily dismissed. The remaining charge, disobeying orders of a superior officer is directed solely at Admiral Kirk. I'm sure the Admiral will recognise the necessity of keeping discipline in any chain of command."
• (William Shatner) "I do, sir."
• (Federation Council president) "James T. Kirk. It is the judgment of this Council that you be reduced in rank to Captain, and that as a consequence of your new rank, you be given the duties for which you have repeatedly demonstrated unswerving ability: the command of a starship."

• (Spock) "Excuse me, Admiral. But weren't those a birthday gift from Dr. McCoy?"
• (William Shatner) "And they will be again, that's the beauty of it."
• (William Shatner) "How much?"
• (Antique Store Owner) "Well, they'd be worth more if the lenses were intact. I'll give you one hundred dollars for them."
• (William Shatner) "Is that a lot?"

• (William Shatner) "May fortune favor the foolish."

• (Sulu) "-- I'm counting on the Excelsior."
• (Scotty) "The Excelsior ? Why in God's name would you want that bucket of bolts?"
• (William Shatner) "A ship is a ship."
• (Scotty) "Whatever you say so."
• (Scotty) "Thy will be done."
• (William Shatner) "My friends."
• (William Shatner) "We've come home."

• (William Shatner) "Mr. Spock, have you accounted for the variable mass of whales and water in your time re-entry program?"
• (Spock) "Mr. Scott cannot give me exact figures, Admiral, so -- I will make a guess."
• (William Shatner) "A guess? You, Spock? That's extraordinary."
• (Spock) "I don't think he understands."
• (McCoy) "No, Spock. He means that he feels safer about your guesses than most other people's facts."
• (Spock) "Then you're saying --"
• (Spock) "It is a compliment?"
• (McCoy) "It is."
• (Spock) "Ah. Then, I will try to make the best guess I can."
• (McCoy) "Please do."

• (William Shatner) "Oh, him? He's harmless. Back in the sixties, he was part of the free speech movement at Berkeley. I think he did a little too much LDS."
• (Dr. Gillian Taylor) "LDS?"

• (William Shatner) "Spock, where the hell's the power you promised?"
• (Spock) "One damn minute, Admiral."

• (William Shatner) "If we play our cards right, we may be able to find out when those whales are being released."
• (Spock) "How will playing cards help?"

• (William Shatner) "You're not exactly catching us at our best."
• (Spock) "That much is certain."

• (William Shatner) "This is an extremely primitive and paranoid culture."

• (Gillian) "You're not from the military are you? Trying to teach whales to retrieve torpedoes or some dips*** stuff like that?"
• (William Shatner) "No, ma'am. No dips***."
• (Gillian) "Well, good. That was one thing, I would have dropped you off right here."
• (Spock) "Gracie is pregnant."
• (Gillian) "All right, who are you? And don't jerk me around anymore, I want to know how you know that."
• (William Shatner) "We can't tell you."
• (Gillian) "But --"
• (William Shatner) "Please, just let me finish. I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales. In fact, we may be able to help; in ways that, frankly, you couldn't possibly imagine."
• (Gillian) "Or believe, I'll bet."
• (William Shatner) "Very likely."

• (William Shatner) "Everybody remember where we parked."

• (Unnamed) "Hey, why don't ya watch where you're going, ya dumb-ass."
• (William Shatner) "Well, uh, double dumb-ass on you."

• (William Shatner) "Pavel, talk to me"
• (William Shatner) "Name. Rank."
• (Chekov) "Chekov, Pavel. Rank"
• (Chekov) "Admiral."

• (Dr. Gillian Taylor) "Where you fellas headed?"
• (William Shatner) "Back to San Francisco."
• (Dr. Gillian Taylor) "Came all the way down here to jump in and swim with the kiddies, huh?"
• (William Shatner) "-- Very little point in my trying to explain."
• (Dr. Gillian Taylor) "Yeah, I'll buy that."

• (Spock) "Admiral, may I ask you a question?"
• (William Shatner) "Spock, don't call me "Admiral". You used to call me Jim. Don't you remember, "Jim"?"
• (William Shatner) "What's your question?"

• (McCoy) "You sure this is such a bright idea?"
• (William Shatner) "What do you mean?"
• (McCoy) "I mean him. Back at his post like nothing happened. I don't know if you got the whole picture or not, but he's not quite operating on all thrusters."
• (William Shatner) "It'll come back to him."
• (McCoy) "Are you sure?"
• (McCoy) "That's what I thought."

• (Chekov) "Cloaking device now available on all flight modes."
• (William Shatner) "I'm impressed; That's a lot of work for a short voyage."
• (Chekov) "We are in an enemy wessel, sir. I did not wish to be shot down on our way to our own funeral."
• (William Shatner) "Good thinking."

• (Chekov) "Admiral. We have found the nuclear wessel."
• (William Shatner) "Well done, Team two."
• (Chekov) "And Admiral -- it is the Enterprise."
• (William Shatner) "Understood."

• (William Shatner) "They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all."
• (Gillian) ""Whales Weep Not"; D. H. Lawrence."

• (Sulu) "Helm ready, Captain."
• (William Shatner) "All right, Mr. Sulu. Let's see what she's got."

• (Spock) "Your use of language has altered since our arrival. It is currently laced with, shall we say, more colorful metaphors, "double dumb-ass on you" and so forth."
• (William Shatner) "Oh, you mean the profanity?"
• (Spock) "Yes."
• (William Shatner) "Well that's simply the way they talk here. Nobody pays any attention to you unless you swear every other word."

• (William Shatner) "Excuse me."
• (William Shatner) "Excuse me. Would you mind stopping that noise?"
• (William Shatner) "Excuse me. Would you mind stopping that damn noise?"

• (William Shatner) "Out of the way --"
• (Shore Patrolman) "Sorry, Doctor, I have strict orders --"
• (McCoy) "My God, man. Do you want an acute case on your hands? This woman has immediate postprandial, upper-abdominal distention. Now, out of the way. Get out of the way."
• (William Shatner) "What did you say she has?"
• (McCoy) "Cramps."

• (William Shatner) "May fortune favor the foolish --"
• (William Shatner) "Warp speed, Mister Sulu."
• (Sulu) "Aye, sir. Warp speed."
• (Sulu) "Warp two -- warp three."
• (William Shatner) "Steady as she goes --"
• (Sulu) "Warp four --"
• (Sulu) "Warp five --"
• (Sulu) "Warp six --"
• (Sulu) "Warp seven -- warp eight --"
• (Chekov) "Sir -- heat shield's at maximum."
• (Sulu) "warp NINE. Time warp two, Time warp three --"
• (William Shatner) "We need to break away the speed."
• (Sulu) "Time warp five, Time warp six, Time warp seven, Time warp eight --"
• (Cmdr. Uhura) "I'm fine -- I'm all right."
• (William Shatner) "NOW MISTER SULU."

• (Spock) "Ready to engage computer, Admiral."
• (William Shatner) "What's our target in time?"
• (Spock) "Late twentieth century."
• (William Shatner) "Can you be more specific?"
• (Spock) "Not with this equipment. I've had to program some of the variables from memory."
• (William Shatner) "What are some of the variables?"
• (Spock) "The availability of fuel components, mass of the vessel through a time continuum, and probable location of humpback whales; in this case, the Pacific Basin."
• (William Shatner) "And you programmed all that from memory?"
• (Spock) "I have."
• (McCoy) "Angels and ministers of grace, defend us."
• (Spock) "Hamlet, Act One, Scene Four."
• (William Shatner) "No doubt about your memory, Spock. Engage computers. Prepare for warp speed."

• (Dr. Gillian Taylor) "Don't tell me. You're from outer space."
• (William Shatner) "No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space."

• (William Shatner) "Our mission? Spock, you're talking about the end of every life on Earth. You're half human."
• (William Shatner) "Haven't you got any god**** feelings about THAT?"

• (William Shatner) "Hello, Alice. Welcome to "Wonderland"."

• (McCoy) "You're going to try time traveling in this rustbucket?"
• (William Shatner) "Well, we've done it before."
• (McCoy) "Sure, you slingshot around the Sun, pick up enough speed; You're in time warp. If you don't, you're fried."
• (William Shatner) "I prefer it to nothing."
• (McCoy) "I prefer a dose of common sense. You're proposing that we go backwards in time, find humpback whales, then bring them foward in time, drop 'em off, and hope to Hell they tell this probe what to do with itself."
• (William Shatner) "That's the general idea."
• (McCoy) "Well, that's crazy."
• (William Shatner) "You've got a better idea?"
• (William Shatner) "Now's the time."

• (Dr. Gillian Taylor) "Don't tell me you don't use money in the 23rd Century."
• (William Shatner) "Well, we don't."

• (William Shatner) "This is good-bye?"
• (Dr. Gillian Taylor) "Why does it have to be good-bye?"
• (William Shatner) "Well, like they say in your century, I don't even have your telephone number."

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