Star Trek (TV Series)

Friday's Child (1967)

James Doohan: Scott

Quotes 

• Scott : There's an old, old saying on earth, Mr. Sulu: "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."

  Chekov : I know this saying. It was invented in Russia.

  [smiles devilishly] 

• Scotty : On Earth, we have a saying: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

  Chekov : I know this saying. It was invented in Russia.

• Scott : [as acting commander of the "Enterprise," attempting to hail a Klingon vessel that has been menacing them]  This is the commander of the USS "Enterprise." Identify yourself and your intention. Acknowledge!

  Scott : [after no reply is received]  Close out the frequency, Lieutenant.

  Sulu : Phaser banks are ready, sir.

  Scott : And we'll go right down their throat if necessary. Let's see if they have the belly for it.

• Chekov : Mr. Scott. Picking up something on the sensors, sir. Seems to be another ship.

  Scott : Well, let's put it on the screen.

  [screen reveals nothing] 

  Chekov : It's just at the edge of our sensor range, sir. Hard to get an exact reading.

  Sulu : You think it's a Klingon ship?

  Scott : Who else would be playing cat and mouse with a starship?

• Spock : Well, at any rate, this should prove interesting.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Interesting?

  Spock : When the woman starts explaining how the new high teer is actually Dr. McCoy's child.

  Scott : What's that again, Mr. Spock?

  Captain James T. Kirk : We don't actually understand it ourselves, Mr. Scott.

  Spock : Nor does Dr. McCoy.

• Chekov : It should be on our screens by now.

  Sulu : At best a freighter might travel... Warp 2.

  Scott : [a bit testily]  I'm well aware of a freighter's maximum speed, Mr. Sulu.