Leonard Nimoy credited as playing...
- Scott: Mr. Spock, you said a while ago that there were always alternatives.
- Spock: Did I? I may have been mistaken.
- Dr. McCoy: Well, at least I lived long enough to hear that.
- Capt. Kirk: You're not going to admit that for the first time in your life you committed a purely human, emotional act?
- Spock: No, sir.
- Capt. Kirk: Mr. Spock, you're a stubborn man.
- Spock: Yes, sir.
- Dr. McCoy: What do those supersensitive ears make of that, Mr. Spock?
- Spock: Wood... rubbing on some kind of leather.
- Gaetano: I say we hit them dead on.
- Spock: Yes, I know, but fortunately I'm giving the orders.
- Scott: What a mess.
- Spock: Picturesque descriptions will not mend broken circuits, Mr. Scott.
- Dr. McCoy: Mr. Spock, remind me to tell you that I'm sick and tired of your logic.
- Spock: That is a most illogical attitude.
- Dr. McCoy: Well, Mr. Spock, they didn't stay frightened very long, did they?
- Spock: Most illogical reaction. We demonstrated our superior weapons. They should have fled.
- Dr. McCoy: You mean they should have respected us?
- Spock: Of course.
- Dr. McCoy: Mr. Spock, respect is a rational process. Did it ever occur to you they might react emotionally, with anger?
- Spock: Doctor, I'm not responsible for their unpredictability.
- Spock: Strange. Step by step I have made the the correct and logical decisions, and yet two men have died.
- Spock: It is more rational to sacrifice one life than six, Doctor.
- Dr. McCoy: I'm not talking about rationality.
- Spock: You might be wise to start.
- Spock: Consider the alternatives, Mr. Scott.
- Scott: We have no fuel! What alternatives?
- Spock: Mr. Scott, there are always alternatives.
- Scott: [checking the shuttle's damage] Very bad, Mr. Spock.
- Spock: In what way?
- Scott: We've lost a great deal of fuel. We have no chance at all to reach escape velocity. And if we ever hope to make orbit, we'll have to lighten our load by at least 500 pounds.
- Spock: The weight of three grown men.
