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Leonard Nimoy Quotes

Total quotes: 26
“I'm frequently appalled by the low regard you Earthmen have for life.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: The Galileo Seven
Tagged: Earthmen, Life is Cheap, appalled
“In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 3: The Tholian Web
Tagged: Wishful Thinking, Confirmation Bias
“If we start buzzing about down there, we're liable to find their mental power is so great they could reach out and swat this ship as though it were a fly.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: The Menagerie
Tagged: Intelligence
“[Spock condemns Trelaine, an alien fop who has captured them] I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: The Squire of Gothos
Tagged: Intellect, Discipline
“Amanda: After all these years with humans, you still haven't learned to smile.

Spock: Humans smile with so little provocation.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 2: Journey to Babel
Tagged: smiling, humans
“Spock: I need your advice.

McCoy: Then I need a drink.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 2: Obsession
Tagged: Advice, Drink
“May I say that I have not thoroughly enjoyed serving with humans? I find their illogic and foolish emotions a constant irritant.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 3: Day of the Dove
Tagged: humans, Logic, emotions, foolish
“I object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without constructive purpose.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: The Squire of Gothos
Tagged: Intellect, Discipline, Power, constructive
“May I point out that I have gotten a chance to examine your counterparts closely. They are brutal, savage, uncivilized and illogical. They are in every way examples of Homo sapiens, the very flower of humanity.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 2: Mirror, Mirror
Tagged: humans, savage, Violence, Uncivilized, Illogical, Homo sapiens, Misanthropy
“You're the captain of this ship. You haven't the right to be vulnerable in the eyes of the crew. You can't afford the luxury of being anything less than perfect. If you do, they lose faith and you lose command.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: The Enemy Within
Tagged: Leadership, Perfection
“Mr. Spock: Has it occurred to you that there is a certain...inefficiency in constantly questioning me on things you've already made up your mind about?

Capt. Kirk: It gives me emotional security.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: The Corbomite Maneuver
Tagged: Logic, Security
“Mr. Spock: I made an error in my computations.

Dr. McCoy: Oh? This could be an historic occasion.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: Tomorrow Is Yesterday
Tagged: Error, Historic
“Spock: Oochy-woochy kootchie-koo, Captain?

Captain James T. Kirk: An obscure Earth dialect, Mr. Spock. Oochy-woochy kootchie-koo. If you're curious, consult linguistics.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 2: Friday's Child
Tagged: animal talk
“I realize that command does have its fascination, even under circumstances such as these, but I neither enjoy the idea of command nor am I frightened of it. It simply exists, and I will do whatever logically needs to be done.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: The Galileo Seven
Tagged: Leadership, Command, Logic
“I'll never understand the medical mind.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: Miri
Tagged: medical mind
“Captain James T. Kirk: I'm sorry about your father.

Spock: Yes, it could adversely affect our mission.

Captain James T. Kirk: Aren't you worried about him?

Spock: Worry is a human emotion, Captain. I accept what has happened.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 2: Journey to Babel
Tagged: worry, Human Emotion
“Superior ability breeds superior ambition.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: Space Seed
Tagged: ability, Ambition, superior
“Time is fluid...like a river with currents, eddies, backwash.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: The City on the Edge of Forever
Tagged: Time, Fluidity
“Live long and prosper.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 2: Amok Time
Tagged: Slogans, Longevity, prosperity
“It is more rational to sacrifice one life than six.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: The Galileo Seven
Tagged: Rational, Sacrifice
“Madness has no purpose. Or reason. But it may have a goal.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: The Alternative Factor
Tagged: Madness, Reason, goal, purpose
“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.”
— Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Tagged: Socialism, common good
“It would be illogical to kill without reason.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 2: Journey to Babel
Tagged: Illogical, Murder, Reason
“Violence in reality is quite different from theory.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 3: The Cloud Minders
Tagged: Violence, Theory, Reality
“Many ‘myths’ are based on truth.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 3: The Way to Eden
Tagged: Myth, Truth, Reality
“Mr. Spock: Interesting. You Earth people glorify organized violence for 40 centuries, but you imprison those who employ it privately.

Dr. McCoy: And, of course, your people found an answer?

Mr. Spock: We disposed of emotion, Doctor. Where there is no emotion, there is no motive for violence.”
— Spock, Star Trek, Season 1: Dagger of the Mind
Tagged: Violence, organized violence, Emotion
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