David A. Goodman > Quotes

“It is your decision what kind of person you will be, how you will respond to the challenges you face. Keep your promises, forgo your grudges, apologize when necessary, speak your love, and speak it again.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“Friendship is a classification humans use to define emotional relationships,” Spock said. “It is not logical.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“we so often hold up as heroes men who achieve great things, ignoring the sacrifices they force others to make in order to succeed. David”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“better to rule in hell than serve in heaven.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“I’M A DOCTOR, NOT A BABYSITTER,”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“I pursued Gary into the wilderness of Delta Vega. I didn’t stand a chance against him. Either I got lucky or he was just too overconfident. He slipped, and I phasered a giant bolder that crushed him. It was the first person I’d killed face-to-face. I never saw the faces of the beings who lost their lives battling me ship-to-ship. This face, Gary’s face, is one I still see every day. He had been looking after me for almost ten years, and in a few short days he was turned into some kind of monster. Yet in my nightmares”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“Is that a small moon?” I said. “Negative,” Data said. “It is an artificial construct, perhaps a space station.” “It’s larger than any space station I’ve ever seen,”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard

“nightmares about that day I still see the face of the man who was my friend.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“For the most part, Jim Kirk said everything that needed to be said about himself. But he left out one important detail, for the obvious reason that he was too modest to think it, let alone say it, so I will: He was the greatest hero who ever lived. Now, before you assume I’m exaggerating, and before I tell you to go to hell, let’s look at his life objectively.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“Rand be transferred to his ship, the Lexington, to fill an opening in his communications department.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“This was the first time I’d met a Tellarite, and to this day I’m still impressed by the ease with which they can slide into argument.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“It’s what they called surgeons in the Old West,” I said. “Often men of your profession only had one option to cure their patients. Cutting off limbs to prevent the spread of infection.” “I knew about the practice; never heard that nickname,” McCoy said. “Gruesome. Please don’t use it again.” He probably regretted saying that.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“I don’t want you transferred, lad. I’m thinking what’s best for you. You do your work, sure,” he said. “But an engineer doesn’t stop there. He’s always fixing, building … you’re on a warp-driven starship, one o’ the best workshops you could ever ask for. And now I hear you’re sittin’ around worrying about what people are saying about you.” I looked at the man in awe.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“I was 27, and I was now a captain. And I hadn’t seen my child in two years.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“somewhere, I can leave the Exeter without burning any bridges.” I was surprised and touched. Gary was putting his career on hold on the off chance we could continue to work together. “Don’t you want a ship of your own?” “Me with absolute power?” he said, with a smirk. “Don’t you think that’d be a little dangerous?”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“Couldn’t you build some form of computer aid here?” I said. “In this zinc-plated, vacuum-tubed culture?” Sometimes Spock spoke to me as though I was an idiot, and I knew most captains wouldn’t put up with that from their first officers. But I accepted it as part of the package. And I had my own ways of torturing him.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“Ensign Chekov, reporting for duty, Keptin,”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“We passed the dry dock and then it and the ship were gone. It would be a number of years before I got a better look at it.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“Gorn.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“Because of her, I would literally save history. And I would also regret it for the rest of my life.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“Do you know Ron Tracy?” Gary said to me one day over breakfast. “Met him for five seconds when he took over the Republic,” I said. “He’s taking command of the Exeter. Offered me helmsman.” “I thought Mendez offered you exec on the Astral Queen.” “So?” Gary said. “So the word is he’s going to make commodore soon. You’d be in position to get command.” “No guarantee of that,” Gary said, “and if you offer me exec somewhere,”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“He made an impassioned speech about man fading in the shadow of the machine, losing our individual rights as our computer technology takes over our way of life.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“I would soon discover his annoyed expression was his resting state.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“As I walked the corridors, I was reminded that McCoy was an exception; most of the crew went out of their way to show me deference and respect.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“Those first few weeks I became acquainted with one of the truths of space travel: it can be very dull.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“I was 36, I was an admiral, and this lovely office would also turn out to be a prison cell. I”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“There is only one military institution left in the Federation: Starfleet.”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“And yet you’re still a rude son of a bitch,” McCoy said. “If I am, Doctor,” Spock said, “it is a trait I share with billions of human beings.” I”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

“I’m visiting relatives on the North American continent, in a small town on the eastern coast called Grover’s Mill,”
― David A. Goodman, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk