“- Aladar: He's my grandfather - couple of generations removed.
- Zini: Try a couple of species removed.”

D.B. Sweeney - Aladar
Max Casella - Zini

“You know plants have the ability to target specific threats. Tobacco plants when attacked by heliothis caterpillars will send out a chemical attracting wasps to kill just those caterpillars. We don't know how plants obtain these abilities, they just evolve very rapidly.”
Frank Collison - Nursery Owner

“- Ms. Martin: Generic alteration?
- Dr. Glen Thompson: Genetic.
- Ms. Martin: Whatever.”

Meg Foster - Ms. Martin
Richard Crenna - Dr. Glen Thompson

- Spock: V'Ger must evolve. Its knowledge has reached the limits of this universe and it must evolve. What it requires of its god, doctor, is the answer to its question, "Is there nothing more?".
- Dr. McCoy: What more is there than the universe, Spock?
- Decker: Other dimensions. Higher levels of being.
Leonard Nimoy - Spock
DeForest Kelley - Dr. McCoy

“In a way, from the moment of birth, we all begin to die. Call it divinely planned obsolence. Soon or late, beggar or king, death is the end of all things.”
Ben Whishaw - Doctor