Star Trek: The Future Begins * Quotes

Admiral Richard Barnett: "This is Commander Spock. He is one of our most distinguished graduates. He's programmed the Kobayashi Maru exam for the last four years. Commander?"
Spock: "Cadet Kirk, you somehow managed to install and activate a subroutine in the programming code, thereby changing the conditions of the test."
James T. Kirk: "Your point being?"
Admiral Richard Barnett: "In academic vernacular, you cheated."

"Acting Captain's Log, Stardate 2258.42. We have had no word from Captain Pike. I've therefore classified him a hostage of the war criminal known as Nero. Nero, who has destroyed my home planet and most of its six billion inhabitants. While the essence of our culture has been saved in the elders who now reside upon this ship, I estimate no more than 10,000 have survived. I am now a member of an endangered species."

"Spock, you are fully capable of deciding your own destiny. The question you face is: which path will you choose? This is something only you can decide."

"Dammit, man! I'm a doctor, not a physicist!"

"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

Spock: "You suggest I should become completely Vulcan, and yet you married a human."
Sarek: "As Ambassador to Earth it is my duty to observe and understand human behaviour. Marrying your mother was... logical."

Kirk: "Bones, doesn't it bother you that no one's ever passed the test?"
McCoy: "Jim, it's the Kobayashi Maru. NO one passes the test, and no one goes back for seconds, let alone thirds."
Kirk: [leaving the room] "I gotta study."
McCoy: "Study, my ass."