Tuvok quotes from Star Trek: Voyager

Tuvok

On the contrary, the demands on a Vulcan's character are extraordinarily difficult. Do not mistake composure for ease.

Tuvok

Without the darkness, how would we recognize the light?

Tuvok

[to the Doctor] You are not invulnerable, hologram.

Tuvok

[to Quinn, after the latter has entered Tuvok's quarters unannounced] I am curious: have the Q always had an absence of manners, or is it the result of some natural evolutionary process that comes with omnipotence?

Tuvok

We often fear what we do not understand. Our best defense... is knowledge.

Tuvok

Structure, logic, function, control. A structure cannot stand without a foundation. Logic is the foundation of function. Function is the essence of control. I-am-in-control. I am in control.

Tuvok

[after Janeway has been impatient with the crew] Shall I flog them as well?

Tuvok

In accepting the inevitable, one finds peace.

Tuvok

You must be asking yourself, "What if this doesn't work? What do we do then?" I have an idea. I'll just stay in my quarters for the rest of the trip! I'll just relax and read! Eat the ship's food, use the ship's energy, all in the comforts of my own room. Why, even Mr. Suder and I could get together for a few hands of Cardassian pinochle once or twice a week. That is how we treat violent offenders on this ship, isn't it?

Janeway

You are not a violent offender, Tuvok.

Tuvok

I could be.

She has reached the end of her life.

Tuvok

She has only just begun it.

She is ninety-six years old.

You'll find that more happens on the bridge of a starship than just carrying out orders and observing regulations. There's a sense of loyalty to the men and women you serve with. A sense of family. Those two men on trial, I served with them a long time. I owe them my life a dozen times over. And right now, they're in trouble and I'm going to help them. Let the regulations be damned.

Tuvok

Sir, that is a most illogical line of reasoning.

You better believe it. Helm, engage!

Tuvok

Would it affect your decision if I pointed out that encroaching on a territory of an alien species is prohibited by Starfleet regulations?

Kathryn Janeway

No, it wouldn't.

Tuvok

Captain, you have managed to surprise me.

Kathryn Janeway

We're a long way from Starfleet, Lieutenant. I'm not about to waste 15 months because we've been run into a bunch of bullies.

Chakotay

There's got to be some way to get back to the Continuum besides snapping your fingers.

Female Q

Hm. Well, there is one possibility, but somehow I don't think this rickety barge or your half-witted crew members are up to the challenge.

Tuvok

May I remind you, madam, that this "rickety barge" and its "half-witted" crew is your only hope at the moment.

Tuvok

That is doubtful.

Neelix

We'll see.

Tuvok

Your attempts have yet to succeed.

Neelix

You always have to get in that last word, don't you?

Tuvok

I am simply responding to your erroneous statement.

Neelix

[Teasing] Something tells me you just hate to lose an argument.

Tuvok

[Rising in tone slightly] Losing is irrelevant.

Neelix

See what I mean?

Tuvok

[Tone rising more] No, I do not!

Harry Kim

It just seems familiar.

Tuvok

Perhaps you are experiencing a paradoxical, state dependent, associative phenomenon.

Kathryn Janeway

Déjà vu.