Star Trek (TV Series)

Whom Gods Destroy (1969)

William Shatner: Captain James Tiberius 'Jim' Kirk

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• Capt. Kirk : They were humanitarians and statesmen, and they had a dream, a dream that became a reality and spread throughout the stars, a dream that made Mr. Spock and me brothers.

  Garth : Mr. Spock, do you consider Capt. Kirk and yourself brothers?

  Mr. Spock : Capt. Kirk speaks somewhat figuratively and with undue emotion; however, what he says is logical, and I do, in fact, agree with it.

• Garth : [as Marta dances]  Marvelous, isn't she, Captain?

  Capt. Kirk : Yes, uh... incredible.

  Garth : What is your reaction, Mr. Spock?

  Mr. Spock : Well, I find it, um... mildly interesting and somewhat nostalgic, if I understand the use of that word.

  Garth : Nostalgic?

  Mr. Spock : Yes, it is somewhat reminiscent of the dances that Vulcan children do in nursery school.

• Garth : Marta, my dear, won't you dance for our guests.

  Captain James T. Kirk : That's very magnanimous of you.

  Garth : Well, you'll find that I am magnanimous to friends and merciless to enemies. And, I want you, both of you, to be my friends.

  Mr. Spock : On what precisely is our friendship to be based?

  Garth : Well, upon the firmest of foundations, Mr. Spock: enlightened self interest.

• Garth : [after fumbling around with a high explosive]  How are your nerves, Kirk?

  Captain James T. Kirk : All I can say, Garth: if it happens to me, it happens to you.

• Captain James T. Kirk : Mr. Spock, erm, letting yourself be hit on the head - and I presume you LET yourself be hit on the head - is not exactly a method King Solomon would have approved.

  Captain James T. Kirk : [flips open his communicator before Spock can answer]  Mr. Scott, ready to beam up.

• Garth : You do refuse to enter into the spirit of the thing, don't you, Captain? Perhaps you'd like a larger role in the ceremony. You could serve as human sacrifice, for example.

  Capt. Kirk : No, I wouldn't enjoy that at all.