Quotes by Mister Spock

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

Humans do have an amazing capacity for believing what they choose - and excluding that which is painful.

Insults are effective only where emotion is present.

Madness has no purpose. Or reason. But it may have a goal.

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

Evil does seek to maintain power by suppressing the truth.

I fail to comprehend your indignation, sir. I have simply made the logical deduction that you are a liar.

I have been, and always shall be, your friend. Live long and prosper.

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

Change is the essential process of all existence.

Curious, how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.

Instruments register only through things they're designed to register. Space still contains infinite unknowns.

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

Computer. This is a Class-A compulsory directive. Compute, to the last digit, the value of pi.

After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.

I have never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question.

Insufficient facts always invite danger.

Spock: "Check."
Kirk: "Checkmate."
Spock: "Your illogical approach to chess does have its advantages on occasion, Captain."
Kirk: "I'd prefer to call it inspired."
Spock: "As you wish."

What makes one man an exceptional leader? We see indications that it's his negative side which makes him strong, that his evil side, controlled and disciplined, is vital to his strength. Your negative side removed from you, the power of command begins to elude you.