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Idea:

It's hard to believe that something which is neither seen nor felt can do so much harm. That's true. But an idea can't be seen or felt. And that's what kept the Troglytes in the mines all these centuries. A mistaken idea. - Vanna and Kirk - The Cloudminders (TOS)

Imagination:

The semi-conscious mind is a tricky thing. A man never knows just how much is real or how much is imagination. - McCoy - Obsession (TOS)

Immortality:

Immortality consists largely of boredom. - Zefrem Cochrane - Metamorphosis (TOS)

Impossible:

It seems impossible, but there it is. - Kirk - Miri (TOS)

Impulse:

Your primitive impulses will not alter the circumstances. - Spock - Requiem for Methuselah (TOS)

Individuality:

In this galaxy, there's a mathematical probability of three million Earth-type planets. And in all of the universe three million million galaxies like this one. But in all of that, and perhaps more, only one of each of us. - McCoy - Balance of Terror (TOS)

Well, have we a ram among the sheep? - Kor - Errand of Mercy (TOS)

Inferior:

Captain, we can control the Federation as easily as we can control you. The fate of the inferior in any galaxy. - Rojan - By Any Other Name (TOS)

Innocent:

…weak innocents…always seem to be located on the natural invasion route. - Kirk - Errand of Mercy (TOS)

Evil does seek to maintain power by suppressing the truth. Or by misleading the innocent. - Spock and McCoy - And the Children Shall Lead (TOS)

Instinct:

[War is] instinctive. But the instinct can be fought. We're human beings with the blood of a million savage years on our hands! But we can stop it. We can admit that we're killers…but we're not going to kill today. That's all it takes! Knowing that we're not going to kill today! - Kirk - A Taste of Armageddon (TOS)

Mankind - ready to kill. That's the way it was in 1881. I wonder how humanity managed to survive? We overcame our instinct for violence. - Spock and Kirk - Spectre of the Gun (TOS)

Instruments:

Instruments register only those things they're designed to register. Space still contains infinite unknowns. - Spock - The Naked Time (TOS)

Insults:

I hardly believe that insults are within your prerogative. - Spock - The City on the Edge of Forever (TOS)

 Insults are effective only where emotion is present. - Spock - Who Mourns for Adonais? (TOS)

We're big enough to take a few insults! - Scott - The Trouble with Tribbles (TOS) 

Intelligence:

I have a human half you see as well as an alien half…constantly at war with each other. I survive it because my intelligence wins out, makes them live together. - Spock - The Enemy Within (TOS)

I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose. - Spock - The Squire of Gothos (TOS)

We estimate there are millions of planets with intelligent life. We haven't begun to map them. - Kirk - Metamorphosis (TOS)

…the intellect is not all - but its cultivation must come first, or the individual makes errors - wastes time in unprofitable pursuits. - Flint - Requiem for Methuselah (TOS)

Love and compassion are dead in you. You're nothing but intellect. - Kirk - The Empath (TOS)

Interesting:

Please, Spock, do me a favor...don't say it's `fascinating'... No...but it is...interesting.… - McCoy and Spock - The Ultimate Computer (TOS)

Intuition:

Intuition, however illogical, is recognized as a command prerogative. - Kirk - Obsession (TOS)

Without facts, the decision cannot be made logically. You must rely on your human intuition. - Spock - Assignment: Earth (TOS)

Invasion:

…weak innocents…always seem to be located on the natural invasion route. - Kirk - Errand of Mercy (TOS)

Jealousy:

Jealousy has often been a motive for murder. - Kirk - Wolf in the Fold (TOS)

You thought I was taking your woman away from you. You're jealous. You tried to kill me with your bare hands. Would a Kelvan do that? Would he have to? You're reacting with the emotions of a human. You are human. - Kirk - By Any Other Name (TOS)

Job:

We're all sorry for the other guy when he loses his job to a machine. But when it comes to your job - that's different. And it always will be different. - McCoy - The Ultimate Computer (TOS)

Joy:

Joy can be many things. - Dr. Miranda Jones - Is There in Truth No Beauty? (TOS)

Killing:

[Vaal residents] have taken their first step [toward humanity]. They've learned to kill. - Spock - The Apple (TOS)

It would be illogical to kill without reason. - Spock - Journey to Babel (TOS)

I thought my people would grow tired of killing. But you were right, they see it is easier than trading. And it has its pleasures. I feel it myself. Like the hunt, but with richer awards. - Apella - A Private Little War (TOS)

If it is the only survivor of a dead race, to kill it would be a crime against science. - Spock - The Devil in the Dark (TOS)

Killing is stupid; useless! - McCoy - A Private Little War (TOS)

To kill is a breaking of civil and moral laws we've lived by for thousands of years. - Dr. Robert Daystrom - The Ultimate Computer (TOS)

If a man had a child who'd gone anti-social, killed perhaps, he'd still tend to protect that child. - McCoy - The Ultimate Computer (TOS)

No one may kill a man. Not for any purpose. It cannot be condoned. - Kirk - Spock's Brain (TOS)

Mankind - ready to kill. That's the way it was in 1881. I wonder how humanity managed to survive? We overcame our instinct for violence. - Spock and Kirk - Spectre of the Gun (TOS)

Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man. - Klingon soldier - Day of the Dove (TOS)

To us, killing is murder, even for revenge. - Kirk - Plato's Stepchildren (TOS)

We have the right to survive. Not by killing others. - Deela and Kirk - Wink of an Eye (TOS)

Stop trying to kill each other, then worry about being friendly. - Kirk - Elaan of Troyius (TOS)

We are not killers. - Chekov - Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (TOS)

Killing is wrong. - Losira - That Which Survives (TOS) 

She'll kill you if you love her. - Marvick - Is There in Truth No Beauty? (TOS)

Kiss:

Each kiss is as the first. - Miramanee - The Paradise Syndrome (TOS)

Klingons:

With the Federation, you have a choice. You have none with the Klingons. The Klingons are a military dictatorship. War is their way of life. Life under the Klingon rule would be very unpleasant. - Kirk - Errand of Mercy (TOS)

I have seen what the Klingons do to planets like yours. They are organized into vast slave labor camps. No freedoms whatsoever. Your goods will be confiscated. Hostages taken and killed. Your leaders confined. You'd be far better on a penal planet, infinitely better off. - Kirk - Errand of Mercy (TOS)

[The Klingon] empire is made up of conquered worlds. They take what they want by arms and force. - Kirk - Friday's Child (TOS)

We Klingons believe as you do; the sick should die. Only the strong should live. - Kras - Friday's Child (TOS)

We have always fought. We must; we are hunters…tracking and taking what we need. There are poor planets in the Klingon systems…we must push outward if we are to survive. - Mara - Day of the Dove (TOS)

Knowledge:

Knowledge, sir, should be free to all! - Mudd - I, Mudd (TOS)

Dr. McCoy is right in pointing out the enormous danger potential in any contact with life and intelligence as fantastically advanced as this. But I must point out that the possibilities - the potential for knowledge and advancement is equally great. Risk - risk is our business. - Kirk - Return to Tomorrow (TOS)

Language:

This thing you call language, though; most remarkable. You depend on it for so very much. But is any one of you really its master? - Kolios - Is There in Truth No Beauty? (TOS)

The only tool diplomacy has is language. - Hodin - The Mark of Gideon (TOS)

Law:

Sailor's luck…. Or as one of Finagle's Laws puts it: 'Any home port the ship makes will be somebody else's, not mine!' - Kirk - Amok Time (TOS)

The highest of all our laws states your world is yours and will always remain yours. - Kirk - Friday's Child (TOS)

It is one of our most important laws that none of us may interfere with the affairs of others. - Kirk - Bread and Circuses (TOS)

Physical laws simply cannot be ignored. Existence cannot be without them. - Spock - Spectre of the Gun (TOS)

Leadership:

And what is it that makes one man an exceptional leader? We see here indications that it is his negative side which makes him strong; that his evil side…properly controlled and disciplined, is vital to his strength. Your negative side removed from you, the power of command begins to elude you. - Spock - The Enemy Within (TOS)

One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it. -Kirk - Dagger of the Mind (TOS)

The man on top walks a lonely street; the 'chain' of command is often a noose. - McCoy - The Conscience of the King (TOS)

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 - The Galileo Seven (TOS)

You are an excellent tactician, Captain. You let your second-in-command attack while you sit and watch for weakness. - Khan - Space Seed (TOS)

We don't have anybody in authority. But I am the chairman of the Council of Elders, perhaps I will do. - Ayleborne - Errand of Mercy (TOS)

Sir, you are a superb starship captain. But as a taxi driver, you leave much to be desired. - Spock - A Piece of the Action (TOS)

It isn't a bad life to have everyone in the universe at your beck and call, and you win all the arguments. - Kirk - Man Trap (TOS)

The problem with the Nazis wasn't simply that their leaders were evil, psychotic men. They were. But the main problem, I think, was the leader principle. A man who holds that much power, even with the best intentions, just can't resist the urge to play god. - Kirk and McCoy- Patterns of Force (TOS)

This troubled planet is a place of most violent contrasts. Those who receive the rewards are totally separated for those who shoulder the burdens. It is not wise leadership. - Spock - The Cloudminders (TOS)

You don't run a starship with your hands, you run it with your head. - Kirk - The Deadly Years (TOS)

Learning:

All your people must learn before you can reach for the stars. - Kirk - The Gamesters of Triskelion (TOS)

You'll learn to build houses to keep warm. You'll work…. Humans have survived under worse conditions. It's a matter of evolution. Give it time. - Kirk - Spock's Brain (TOS)

Is not that the nature of man and woman? That the pleasure is in the learning of each other? - Natira - For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (TOS)

Legends:

Most legends have their basis in facts. - Kirk - And the Children Shall Lead (TOS)

Liberty:

Liberty and freedom have to be more than just words. - Kirk - The Omega Glory (TOS)

Library:

A library serves no purpose unless someone is using it. - Atoz - All Our Yesterdays (TOS)

Lie:

You say you are lying. But if everything you say is a lie, then you are telling the truth. You cannot tell the truth, because everything you say is a lie. You lie, you tell the truth…but you cannot, for you lie. - Norman - I, Mudd (TOS)

A lie is a very poor way to say hello. - Edith Keeler - The City on the Edge of Forever (TOS)

It is not a lie to keep the truth to oneself. - Spock - The Enterprise Incident (TOS)

Life:

A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away. - Dr. Phillip Boyce - The Cage (TOS)

Can you imagine how life could be improved if we could do away with jealousy, greed, hate…. It can also be improved by eliminating love, tenderness, sentiment - the other side of the coin. - Dr. Roger Corby and Kirk - What are Little Girls Made Of? (TOS)

Life and death are seldom logical. But attaining a desired goal always is. - McCoy and Spock - The Galileo Seven (TOS)

I'm frequently appalled by the low regard you Earthmen have for life. - Spock - The Galileo Seven (TOS)

Live long and prosper. - Spock - Amok Time (TOS)

We estimate there are millions of planets with intelligent life. We haven't begun to map them. - Kirk - Metamorphosis (TOS)

To live is always desirable. - Eleen - Friday's Child (TOS)

If I live long enough, I'm going to run out of samples. - Chekov - The Deadly Years (TOS)

I'll live. But I won't enjoy it. - Chekov - The Deadly Years (TOS)

I will not destroy life. Not even to save my own. - McCoy - The Empath (TOS)

The people of Gideon have always believed that life is sacred. That the love of life is the greatest gift…we are incapable of destroying or interfering with the creation of that which we love so deeply - life in every form from fetus to developed being. - Hodin - The Mark of Gideon (TOS)

All the little things you and I understand and expect from life, such as: equality; kindness; justice…. - Spock - The Cloudminders (TOS)

Life Forms:

What are the odds in such absolute duplication of life forms in another galaxy? The chances are very much against. - Kirk and Spock - By Any Other Name (TOS)

There's nothing disgusting about [the companion]. It's just another life form, that's all. You get used to those things. - McCoy - Metamorphosis (TOS)

We have found all life forms in the galaxy are capable of superior development. - Kirk - The Gamesters of Triskelion (TOS)

Light:

Light and warmth! That's necessary to all humanoids. - Kirk - The Cloudminders (TOS)

Logic:

Life and death are seldom logical. But attaining a desired goal always is. - McCoy and Spock - The Galileo Seven (TOS)

You can't evaluate a man by logic alone. - McCoy - I, Mudd (TOS)

One does not thank logic. - Sarek - Journey to Babel (TOS)

Logic and practical information do not seem to apply here….To deny the facts would be illogical…. - Spock - A Piece of the Action (TOS)

…I am entirely motivated by logic. - Spock - Bread and Circuses (TOS)

Without facts, the decision cannot be made logically. You must rely on your human intuition. - Spock - Assignment: Earth (TOS)

It would be illogical to assume that all conditions remain stable. - Spock - The Enterprise Incident (TOS)

It may not be scientific, but if Mr. Spock thinks it happens, then it must be logical. - Spock - Turnabout Intruder (TOS)

It seemed like the logical thing to do. - Sarek - Journey to Babel (TOS)

Loneliness:

This is loneliness. What a bitter thing…it's so sad. How do you bear it, this loneliness? - Companion - Metamorphosis (TOS)

…aloneness. You are so alone. You live out your lives in this shell of flesh, self-contained, separate. How lonely you are; how terribly lonely. - Kolios - Is There in Truth No Beauty? (TOS)

Most people are afraid of being alone. - Kirk - The Mark of Gideon (TOS)

[Loneliness] is thirst…it is a flower, dying in a desert…. - Flint - Requiem for Methuselah (TOS)

Do you know what it's like to be alone, really alone…? …if that is not death, what is? - Zarabeth - All Our Yesterdays (TOS)

It's hard to believe a man could die of loneliness. - McCoy - Dagger of the Mind (TOS)

Love:

To all mankind - may we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that we cannot fill them with love and warmth. - Dagger of the Mind (TOS)

I can love you. - Spock - This Side of Paradise (TOS)

Love you? Illogical! I'm not some kind of shepherdess you can awe. - Palamas - Who Mourns for Adonais? (TOS)

You'll learn something about men and women - the way they're supposed to be. Caring for each other, being happy with each other, being good to each other. That's what we call love. - Kirk - The Apple (TOS)

Love sometimes expresses itself in sacrifice. - Kirk - Metamorphosis (TOS)

Do you love the man? …is he important to you? More important than anything? Is he - as though he were a part of you? - Kirk - Metamorphosis (TOS) 

What kind of life is that? Not to be loved; never to have shown love. - Commissioner Nancy Hedford - Metamorphosis (TOS)

They're offering you a chance for combat. They consider it more pleasurable than love. - McCoy - Friday's Child (TOS)

Too much of anything, even love, isn't necessarily a good thing. - Kirk - The Trouble with Tribbles (TOS)

It is a human characteristic to love little animals, especially if they're attractive in some way. - McCoy - The Trouble with Tribbles (TOS)

Love is the most important thing on Earth - especially to a man and a woman. - Kirk - The Gamesters of Triskelion (TOS)

Too much love is dangerous. Cupid's arrow kills Vulcans. - Dionyd and Eraclitus - Plato's Stepchildren (TOS)

Humans do claim a great deal for that particular emotion (love). - Spock - The Lights of Zetar (TOS)

…the things love can drive a man to - the ecstasies, the miseries, the broken rules, the desperate chances, the glorious failures, and the glorious victories. - McCoy - Requiem for Methuselah (TOS)

The joys of love made her human, and the agonies of love destroyed her. - Spock - Requiem for Methuselah (TOS)

You'll never understand the things that love can drive someone to. - McCoy - Requiem for Methuselah (TOS)

Love and compassion are dead in you. You're nothing but intellect. - Kirk - The Empath (TOS)

Loyalty:

A Vulcan can no sooner be disloyal than he can exist without breathing. - Kirk - The Menagerie (TOS)

…a starship…runs on loyalty to one man. And nothing can replace it or him. - Spock - The Ultimate Computer (TOS)

Luck:

Sailor's luck…. Or as one of Finagle's Laws puts it: 'Any home port the ship makes will be somebody else's, not mine!' - Kirk - Amok Time (TOS)

Random chance seems to have operated in our favor. In plain, non-Vulcan English, we've been lucky. - Spock and McCoy - The Doomsday Machine (TOS)

Tell McCoy he should have wished me luck. - Spock - The Immunity Syndrome (TOS)