Mirror Spock quotes from Star Trek: The Original Series

Kirk

What's the matter with them out there? They must know we mean them no harm.

Spock

They're certainly aware by now that we're totally incapable of it.

Kirk

There must be something to do, something I've overlooked.

Spock

In chess, when one is outmatched, the game is over: checkmate.

Kirk

Is that your best recommendation?

Spock

I'm s... [straightening himself] I regret that I can find no other logical alternative.

Spock

I regret not having learned more about this Balok. He was reminiscent of my father.

Scotty

Then may heaven have helped your mother.

Spock

Quite the contrary. She considered herself a very fortunate Earth woman.

Kirk

Mr. Spock, when you're finished, I want to talk to you. This regrettable tendency you've been showing lately towards flagrant emotionalism --

Spock

I see no reason to insult me, sir.

McCoy

This is the first time in a week I've had time for a drop. Would you care for a drink, Mr. Spock?

Spock

My father's race was spared the dubious benefits of alcohol.

McCoy

Oh. Now I know why they were conquered. What are you worried about? Jim generally knows what he's doing.

Spock

It was illogical for him to bring those players aboard.

McCoy

Illogical? Did you get a look at that Juliet? That's a pretty exciting creature. Of course your, uh, personal chemistry would prevent you from seeing that. Did it ever occur to you that he might like the girl?

Spock

It occurred. I dismissed it.

McCoy

You would.

Spock

If Romulans are an offshoot of my Vulcan blood, then attack becomes even more imperative.

McCoy

War is never imperative.

Spock

It is for them, Doctor. Vulcan, like Earth, had its aggressive colonizing period, savage even by Earth standards. If Romulans retain this martial philosophy, then weakness is something we dare not show.

Spock

I picked this up from Dr. McCoy's log. We have a crew member on board who is showing signs of stress and fatigue. Reaction time down 9 to 12 percent. Associational reading Norm minus 3.

Kirk

That's much too low a rating.

Spock

He's becoming irritable and quarrelsome, yet he refuses to take rest and rehabilitation. Now he has that right, but...we found -

Kirk

A crewman's rights end where the safety of the ship begins. Now that man will go ashore on my orders. What's his name?

Spock

James Kirk.

Spock

[continuing] Enjoy yourself, Captain. It's an interesting planet. I believe you'll find it quite pleasant, very much like your Earth. Scouts have detected no animals, artifacts, or forcefields of any kind. Only peace, sunshine, and good air. You'll have no problems.

McCoy

Mr. Spock, remind me to tell you that I'm sick and tired of your logic.

Spock

That is a most illogical attitude.

Spock

It is more rational to sacrifice one life than six.

McCoy

I'm not talking about rationality.

Spock

You might be wise to start.

Tapping our boosters ended our last chance for a soft landing.

You mean a burn-up?

Spock

It is the usual end of a decaying orbit.

I don't want to die up here.

Spock

Infinitely preferable to the kind of death we'd be granted on the planet's surface, I should think.

I admire your ability to make so measured a choice.

McCoy

Respect is a rational process. Didn't it ever occur to you that they might react emotionally...with anger?

Spock

Doctor, I am not responsible for their unpredictability.

McCoy

They were perfectly predictable, to anyone with feeling.

Scotty

Mr. Spock, you said a while ago that there were always alternatives.

Spock

Did I? I may have been mistaken.

McCoy

Well, at least I lived long enough to hear that.

Kirk

Uh, Mr. Spock, there's really something I don't understand about all of this. And maybe you can explain it to me. Logically, of course. When you jettisoned the fuel and ignited it, you knew there was virtually no chance of it being seen, yet you did it anyhow. That would seem to be an act of desperation.

Spock

Quite correct.

Kirk

We all know, and I'm sure the doctor agrees, that desperation is a highly emotional state of mind. How does your well-known logic explain that?

Spock

Quite simply, Captain. I examined the problem from all angles, and it was plainly hopeless. Logic informed me that, under the circumstances, the only possible action would have to be one of desperation. Logical decision, logically arrived at.

Kirk

Aha, ha ha. I see. You mean you reasoned that it was time for an emotional outburst.

Spock

Well, I... wouldn't put it in exactly those terms, Captain, but... those are essentially the facts.

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.

Kirk

Mr. Spock, you're a stubborn man.

Spock

Yes, sir.

McCoy

Does your logic find this fascinating, Mr. Spock?

Spock

No. "Fascinating" is a word I use for the unexpected. In this case, I should think "interesting" would suffice.

Trelane

You do realize that it's in deference to the Captain that I brought you here.

Spock

Affirmative.

Trelane

Well, I don't know if I like your tone. It's most challenging. That's what you're doing, challenging me?

Spock

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

Trelane

Oh, Mr. Spock, you do have one saving grace after all - you're ill mannered. The human half of you, no doubt.

Kirk

We're a most promising species, Mr. Spock, as predators go. Did you know that?

Spock

I frequently have my doubts.

Kirk

I don't, not anymore. And maybe in a thousand years or so we'll be able to prove it. Never mind, Mr. Spock, it doesn't make much sense to me either.

Spock

A thousand years, Captain?

Kirk

Well that gives us a little time.