Take good care but, more importantly, take good care of those in your care.

Georgiou

That hardly seems fair. I always wanted to converse with my mushrooms.

Stamets

Burnham: The phaser will only piss him off.
Stamets: Think of it as a placebo for my skepticism.

I do not want the mantle of leadership. Standing behind you, I am free to move. Able to be your enforcer, defender, campaigner.

L'Rell

The frontal lobe is overrated. It only contains memory and emotional expression. It's completely unnecessary.

Stamets

Sir, being chased by a lethal monster in a deathtrap surrounded by Klingon bodies is distracting but, no, I would've noticed an extra supercomputer. That's just me.

Stamets

Lorca isn't interested in what you are. He's interested in what you can do. For him.

Landry

Burnham: You judge the creature by its appearance and by one single incident from its past. Nothing in its biology suggests it would attack except in self-defense. Commander, this creature is an unknown alien. It can only be what it is, not what you want it to be.
Landry: It's amazing how much I hate Vulcan proverbs.

When I was a child, [my mother] gave me a bat'leth and told me to cleave my own heart. To choose one house over the other. Instead, I built a bridge to serve both.

L'Rell

As T'Kuvma perished in my arms, I swore to keep his fire lit. To resist assimilation.

Voq

I study war. This is where I hone my craft. I try to learn from the best.

Lorca

We're the tip of the spear in a science vessel filled with wide-eyed explorers.

Lorca

Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 4 Quotes

Burnham: You can tell your threat ganglia to relax. I'm only here to help.
Saru: My ganglia remain unconvinced.

Burnham: A valuable asset. That's what you called me.
Saru: I was speaking hypothetically. Politely. And as someone who was certain I would never see you again.