| Quote |
Episode |
| Pike : | "Communications? Ah, yes. The prodigy. Cadet… Uhura? On communications rotation. Very happy to have you aboard." |
| Uhura : | "Thank you, sir. Glad to be here. Enterprise is cleared for launch." |
| SNW : Strange New Worlds |
| Pike : | "Take me to your leader." | | to Kiley security; after he and Spock are captured on Kiley 279 |
| SNW : Strange New Worlds |
| Ortegas : | "Course, captain? What's the mission?" |
| Pike : | "Our mission? We explore. We seek out new life and new civilizations. We boldly go where no one has gone before." |
| Uhura : | "Cool... sir." |
| Pike : | "Let's take her out, Lieutenant Ortegas. Warp factor two. Hit it." |
| SNW : Strange New Worlds |
| Pike : | "Sometimes, Mr Spock, things go so badly you just have to laugh." | | to Spock |
| SNW : Children of the Comet |
| Christopher Pike : | "Argh, me mateys. If we ever catch Angel, we should make them walk the plank. Argh." | | to Number One; imitating an old human ship pirate. |
| SNW : The Serene Squall |
| Pike : | "It'll be fine, Number One. You get the supplies to K-7. I'll pile the kids in the station wagon, take a road trip." |
| Spock : | "Sir? The station wagon?" |
| Pike : | "Anybody has to go, now's the time." |
| | in a stern, parental tone |
| Pike : | "Do not make me turn this car around." |
| | discussing an away mission in a shuttle |
| SNW : All Those Who Wander |
| Sam Kirk : | "Am I off the record here, sir? Jim was always at the top of his class. Smart and highly skilled, obviously. But he's not above relying on charm, or even luck." |
| Pike : | "Sounds like a wild card." |
| Sam Kirk : | "A whole deck of 'em. He doesn't like taking the path everyone else does, and he doesn't like to lose." |
| Pike : | "Should we be worried that he's gonna start a war?" |
| Sam Kirk : | "Look, I'm not gonna say Jim isn't a pain in the ass. He is. He is huge pain in the ass. But the truth is, he's as fine a captain as Starfleet has." |
| Pike : | "Okay, good to know." |
| Sam Kirk : | "Like I said, he does like to bend the rules sometimes. No, more like all the time." |
| | discussing James T. Kirk |
| SNW : A Quality of Mercy |
| Pike : | "I'm tired of being responsible for 203 lives, and I'm tired of deciding which mission is too risky and which isn't, and who's going on the landing party and who doesn't... and who lives, and who dies." | | to Boyce |
| TOS : The Cage |
| Pike : | "Engage." | | to Number one; the first time the word was ever used in Trek |
| TOS : The Cage |
| Pike : | "They couldn't repair the machines left by their ancestors. Is that why they want us, to build a colony of slaves?" | | to Vina |
| TOS : The Cage |
| Pike : | "I'll break out of this zoo somehow and get to you. Is your blood red like ours? I'm gonna find out!" | | to the Talosian |
| TOS : The Cage |
| Pike : | "I'm going to gamble you're too intelligent to kill for no reason at all. On the other hand, I've got a reason. I'm willing to bet you've created an illusion this laser is empty. I think it just blasted a hole in that window and you're keeping us from seeing it." |
| | Places the laser against the Talosian's skull. |
| Pike : | "You want me to test my theory out on your head?" |
| | talking to the Talosian |
| TOS : The Cage |
| Pike : | "You want me to test out my theory on your head?" | | to a Talosian; wondering if his weapon is actually working |
| TOS : The Menagerie, Part 2 |
