Spock Quotes

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.

Insufficient facts always invite danger.

It is curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.

Without followers, evil cannot spread.

Change is the essential process of all existence.

The logical approach is usually the most reliable.

Without context, words and actions have no meaning.

Sometimes, having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting.

There is a difference between understanding the path and walking the path.

Live long and prosper.

Infinite diversity in infinite combinations.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.

Emotions are alien to me. I’m a scientist.

I find that insulting, and I’m a Vulcan.

Can an android write a symphony? Can a Vulcan pray?

I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose.

The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many.

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

The appearance of a flaw is the beginning of wisdom.

One can begin to reshape the landscape with a single flower.

In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.

Captain, necessity is the mother of invention.

I’m not so much interested in the metaphysical.

Bluffing is a primary skill of diplomacy.

It is curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.

Compassion: that’s the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it’s the one thing that keeps men ahead of them.

An ancestor of mine maintained that if you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

May I say that I have not thoroughly enjoyed serving with humans? I find their illogic and foolish emotions a constant irritant.

May I point out that I had an opportunity to observe your counterparts here quite closely. They were brutal, savage, unprincipled, uncivilized, treacherous—in every way, splendid examples of homo sapiens, the very flower of humanity. I found them quite refreshing.

Evil does seek to maintain power by suppressing the truth.

Without followers, evil cannot spread.

That’s true. It’s definitely easier to have faith in one’s beliefs than to be in the uncertain position of not knowing.

Without those hours of patient, silent study, no one can become a scientist.

Our ancestors cast out their animal passions on this world.

When one is unsure of one’s own position, one becomes argumentative.

Evil does seek to maintain power by suppressing the truth.

If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

The complex systems of life depend upon each other. We would not exist without the microbes.

Emotion is the enemy of logic.

The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other.

Insufficient facts always invite danger.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

It’s fascinating how much more work I can get done when someone else does it.

Sometimes, having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.

Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them.

Instruments register only what is measurable. Quantum physics research deals with one reality of possibilities.

Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made. We are what we repeatedly do.