Top 10 Captain Kirk Quotes

You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, an irrational fear of the unknown. But there’s no such thing as the unknown – only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.

– Capt. James T. Kirk

Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Corbomite Manauver’.

Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on.

– Capt. James T. Kirk

Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘A Taste of Armageddon’.

Hang on tight and survive. Everybody does.

– Capt. James T. Kirk

Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘Charlie X’.

Without freedom of choice there is no creativity.

– Capt. James T. Kirk

Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Return of the Achrons’.

The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other.

– Capt. James T. Kirk

Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘Elaan of Troyius’.

Beauty…survives.

– Capt. James T. Kirk

Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘That Which Survives’.

How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life.

– Admiral James T. Kirk

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982 Film).

A little suffering is good for the soul.

– Capt. James T. Kirk

Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Corbomite Maneuver’.

There are certain things men must do to remain men.

– Capt. James T. Kirk

Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Ultimate Computer’.

All your people must learn before you can reach for the stars.

– Capt. James T. Kirk

Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Trickstes of Triskelion’.