Star Trek (TV Series)

Is There in Truth No Beauty? (1968)

William Shatner: Captain James Tiberius 'Jim' Kirk

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• Dr. McCoy : [toasting]  How can one so beautiful condemn herself to look upon ugliness the rest of her life? Will we allow it, gentlemen?

  Captain James T. Kirk : Certainly not.

  Mr. Spock : Negative.

  Scott , Larry Marvick : No-no.

  Dr. Miranda Jones : [counter-toast to McCoy]  How can one so full of joy and the love of life as you, Doctor, condemn yourself to look upon disease and suffering for the rest of YOUR life? Can we allow THAT, gentlemen?

• Dr. McCoy : Isn't it suicidal to deal with something ugly enough to drive men mad? Why do you do it?

  Mr. Spock : I see, Doctor McCoy, that you still subscribe to the outmoded notion, promulgated by your ancient Greeks, that what is good must also be beautiful.

  Larry Marvick : And the reverse, of course, that what is beautiful is automatically expected to be good.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Yes, I think most of us are attracted by beauty and repelled by ugliness - one of the last of our prejudices. At the risk of sounding prejudiced, gentlemen, here's to beauty.

• Captain James T. Kirk : Tell me, Doctor Jones, why isn't it dangerous for you to be with Kollos? Spock I can understand. Nothing makes an impression on him.

  Mr. Spock : Why, thank you, Captain.

• [Kirk is accusing Miranda of trying to get Spock killed] 

  Captain James T. Kirk : Yes, you know your rival, don't you? You couldn't keep him from making a mind-link with Kollos - something that you couldn't do yourself! With my words, I'll make you hear such ugliness, as Spock saw when he looked at Kollos with his naked eyes. The ugliness is within you!

  Dr. Miranda Jones : That's a LIE! LIAR!

  Captain James T. Kirk : Your passion to see Kollos is madness. You can NEVER see! NEVER! But Spock saw Kollos. And for that he must die.

  Dr. Miranda Jones : Sadistic, filthy liar!

  Captain James T. Kirk : The smell of hatred, the stench of jealousy permeates you! Why don't you strangle him while he lies there?

  Dr. Miranda Jones : Don't say any more, please!

  Captain James T. Kirk : Kollos knows what's in your heart! You can lie to yourself, but you can't lie to Kollos.

• Captain James T. Kirk : Vulcan mind techniques, they seem so untrustworthy now that Spock's life is at stake.

• Captain James T. Kirk : I have something for you.

  Dr. Miranda Jones : [accepting his flower]  I suppose it has thorns.

  Captain James T. Kirk : I never met a rose that didn't.

• Mr. Spock : I fail to understand why you apparently try to conceal your blindness, Doctor Jones.

  Captain James T. Kirk : I think I understand. You said it. Pity is the worst of all.

  Dr. Miranda Jones : Pity... Which I hate. Do you think you can gather more information with your eyes than I can with my sensors? I could play tennis with you, Captain Kirk. I might even beat you. I am standing exactly one meter, four centimeters from the door. Can you judge distance that accurately? I can even tell you how fast your heart is beating.

  Captain James T. Kirk : No, that won't be necessary.

• [first lines] 

  Captain James T. Kirk : Captain's log, stardate 5630.7. We have been assigned to convey the Medusans' ambassador to the Federation back to their home planet. While the thoughts of the Medusans are the most sublime in the galaxy, their physical appearance is exactly the opposite. They have evolved into a race of beings who are formless, so utterly hideous that the sight of a Medusan brings total madness to any human who sees one.

• Dr. Miranda Jones : On Vulcan, I learned to do things impossible to learn anywhere else.

  Captain James T. Kirk : To read minds?

  Dr. Miranda Jones : How not to read them, Captain.

• Captain James T. Kirk : Captain's log, stardate 5630.8. As a result of Larry Marvick's insane fears, the Enterprise lies derelict in uncharted space. We have no way to determine our position in relation to the galaxy. We are in a completely unknown void.