25 great commander riker quotes

William Riker quotes 1987-2002

[@RosygreyglassesS]

You forgot these quotes: "It false.", "No way.", "Not this time.", "We created it.", "No.", "It's totally made up.", "Pure fiction.", "It's a made up tale.", "It's a total fabrication.", "It never happened.", "This one was invented by a writer.", "It's a fake.", "It's an urban legend that never happened.", "We got you.", "Not a chance.", "Wrong.", "You're wrong."

[@humorlessclown]

This deserves all the likes 😂😂

[@kimmyisgreen2929]

Perhaps you should make a follow up video.

[@macklee6837]

You're right, it's fact. Yes. It's true. You were right. Yes. You were correct.

[@Finetales]

"No you CAN'T, don't even TRY!"

[@rgerber]

F I R E !

[@chrisdavis8830]

My favorite was when Geordi and Data were painting together and he calls it historical and says something to the effect of "A blind man teaching a robot to paint should be worth a few pages in somebodies book"

[@HepCatJack]

I'm surprised he survived all those times Picard ordered: "Fire at Will".

[@delluminatis]

+Jacques Gauthier I wonder if someone on bridge took a phaser and aimed it at him in bloopers when picard said that

[@kadindarklord]

No shown bloopers, but there is a fanfic that does it.

[@kapnerad]

Well played...

[@ajeetminhas7969]

That was some of the original fan-fiction. In fact, (according to legend at least) the term 'slash' (meaning gay porn fan-fic) originated with a 1970s Star Trek fan-fiction compilation entitled "Kirk/Spock" (read as 'Kirk slash Spock').

[@TomasWille]

That's because he did not ment Will Riker, But Will Wheaton.

[@llongone2]

"Speak for yourself, sir. I plan to live forever." - That has got to be the most quintessential Riker line.

[@wisemantellsyousomething1134]

I love that line. It gave me so much hope. I find it very strange and sad, that not more people think that way...

[@suezbell1]

They all will "live forever" on film and in memories.

[@DudicalDudeMan]

How can you leave out: Riker: "Shut up!" Fake-Picard: "I beg your pardon." Riker: "I said shut up, as in close your mouth and stop talking."

[@LTDANMAN44]

one of my favorite episodes!!!

[@MrDalek2150]

or though an alternate riker. This one. "You don't know what it's like in our universe! The Federation is gone! The Borg are everywhere! We're one of the last ships left. Please! You've got to help us!"

[@DigsOutdoors]

And where was "I'll snap your back like a first year cadet!"

[@TheScottelias]

‘I don’t need your fantasy women’

[@Noble713]

Another great one from the same scene: "You're incapable of that level of incompetence!"

[@Daedalus-BC308]

Cocrane: "It's so small." Riker: "It's about to get a whole lot bigger." The best out of context quote ever.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

…they knew what people would immediately think about him meaning as he said that

[@Crucifier61]

"You disagree with me fine...You need to take it to the Captain fine, through me..you do an end around me again, I'll snap you back so hard you'll think you were a first year cadet again." Best line ever! " ~The best of both worlds Riker to Lt. Cmdr. Shelby in the turbo lift

[@samsoncrosswood7259]

He was a next gen Kirk, serving under an emotional Spock.

[@HotaruZoku]

"You've got people wound up so tight, there's no joy in anything." That's a remarkably ballsy thing to say to a hard core type A like the captain. Especially coming from the ships resident no-nonsense pragmatist.

[@Locutus]

Maybe, but I think Jericho appreciated the honesty. He may not agree with Riker's opinion, but he respects that he was able to say his mind.

[@karlsmith2570]

Ballsy, yes But, totally accurate, as was everything else that Riker said to Jelico

[@stevencoardvenice]

Not really. He had permission to speak freely

[@bostonrailfan2427]

and he was wrong too, he didn’t get why it was being done a certain way by a veteran officer with war experience and knowledge of what needs doing during a 24 hours a day crisis period

[@humbleevidenceaccepter7712]

"just remember, _Captain_ Riker has never lost."

[@NameCallingIsWeak]

"just remember, Captain Riker has never lost." ...punctuated with a stupendously cocky grin!!

[@jdb2002]

Well, it was the first time he was truly captain of a ship, rather than just "in command because Picard isn't around". So he was telling the truth.

[@KH4444444444N]

Pretty sure he lost a Stardrove section, and a saucer section.

[@notyou2353]

Yeah, but that doesn't count. It only counts when he wins. ;p

[@Justforvisit]

@@KH4444444444N That was way afterwards and only because of a klingon sleeper agent who didn't even know he was one.

[@kuribo1]

Riker has always been one of my favorites of all the characters in trek. A lot to like about him.

[@ChibiabosWolf]

"Mister Worf, fire." For those of us old enough for TNG's first run ... that one took the cake. We hung all summer with bated breath to those words!

[@WhiteLightnin84]

"We're through running from these bastards" has got to be my favorite Riker quote ever

[@SteveJones313]

+WhiteLightnin84 - I have to agree.

[@jackssmirkingrevenge9365]

not for me. if we're talking historically then foul language by senior flag officers on the bridge surrounded by the lower ranks could be a court martial offence, if not it was certainly punishable but speaking personally, the swearing in the films by both him and data seemed to me slightly gratuitous - like they just wrote it in because they could. not for me, , no but obviously ymmv

[@americanrebelking8337]

@@jackssmirkingrevenge9365 bastards isn't foul language. I was in the navy. That's soft tv stuff there. And strong language from a officer can be used as motivation as well.

[@LCTesla]

best quote: "My beard is not an affectation." - William T. Riker

[@reptongeek]

"You do remember how to fire phasers". I love this line because of the perfect glare that Worf gives him and Rikers reaction afterwards is just priceless

[@karlsmith2570]

A great example of Riker giving Worf a hard time

[@351cleavland]

"My head still ringing with words like 'doody' and 'honor."

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

the call of dooty happens after taco bell

[@18632ewa8]

He said Dooty heh heh heh

[@blaksu]

Great compilation. Quotes, some humorous, some serious and genuinely important. Combining comedy and serious purpose can touch in a way that neither can by themselves.

[@emckay2350]

When Will says imzadi my heart just melts :)

[@johnbockelie3899]

It was emotional when Riker's beard was shaved off on " Insurrection " That beard went every where. Worf, "Ha!!!, now I am the only crew member with a beard!!!".

[@Justforvisit]

@@johnbockelie3899 Insurrection: "Hold my Beard" Nemesis: "Thank you for holding it, I'll take it back now"

[@oatmealboy6]

Riker was the best XO ever portrayed in Star Trek. And yes, I am including Spock.

[@VulKus117]

oatmealboy6 Fascinating.

[@animateddepression]

You mean you didn’t like Chakotay? Lol I kid I kid....

[@meinerHeld]

"The lollipop. It was a good ship."

[@Justforvisit]

@Jojoforpres Sugar Rays, Photon Gellatine and a Finger Stick Drive that could grip to anyone

[@salnjoffy69]

Man, I remember the first time I saw "Best of Both Worlds". That cliffhanger was intense.

[@ajeetminhas7969]

So do I. I was nine years old.

[@derricklafrance9724]

Was stoned out of my mind. "Mr. Worf, Fire! Then it said .... To be continued. I was like nooooooooo.

[@henvisch]

the only riker-quote I use in everyday life is when I shave: Smooth as an androids bottom

[@josh2112utube]

Should've included the following scene where Data strokes Riker's face, contemplates, then shakes his head disapprovingly.

[@SplendidFellow]

I beg your pardon sir?

[@stephenabbott8039]

Imagine having to explain that one, writing yourself up for insubordination for refusing to obey an order you give yourself.

[@Stephanie-kh6nx]

"You feel you need to disagree with me, fine. You feel you need to go to the Captain, fine. But through me. You go around me again, and I will snap you so hard you will think you are a First Year Cadet again." ❤😂 ("The Best of Both Worlds", Riker confronts Shelby)

[@kapnerad]

I love the opening scene in Star Trek: Generations where the Enterprise crew is on the holodeck on a sailing ship having a celebration to promote Worf and Picard is waxing nostalgic about life on the seas for sailors back in the days and Riker disagrees saying, "Bad food, brutal discipline....no women..." LOL!!

[@SpectreTTM]

"Mr Worf .... Fire" For me that was the best. Totally unexpected. I can recall the exact moment so vividly. Ironically, more vividly than actual events in my life. :-(

[@Ugliduckie]

Riker absolutely roasting Capt. Jelico was one of the best moments for him. Loved every syllable

[@tysontomko]

One or both... .... .... LOL ROFL

[@Grymmorgan]

4:31 "Mr. Worf…EAR SHIELDS… _NOW!!_ O.o"

[@DoomKid]

This cracked me up!

[@twosocks1976]

Sorry for not knowing the names right off, but that one where he tells the captain that he is not a particularly good Captain is one of my all-time favorite Star Trek quotes. Freaking awesome, because he nailed it! And there are many more besides the ones here.

[@paulpeterson4216]

Greatest Riker Quote, used about four times an episode ...."Report."

[@Alexano101]

2:40 This is how a man defends his corner.

[@stephenabbott8039]

Just a thought about these quotes which are all great, but I'm going to mention one of my personal favorites which comes from Best of Both Worlds. This is an interchange between Riker and Locutus (in case someone out there doesn't, Locutus is Picard as a Borg) I forget exactly what is mentioned here but I remember the lines. Locutus: "If you attempt to intervene we will destroy you" Riker: "Well take your best shot because we are about to intervene."

[@CaminoAir]

I hadn't seen Frakes in any TV before 'ST:TNG', but I thought he was likeable from the start as an actor, although the writing of Riker was often hit and miss. It must have been intimidating acting beside Stewart at first. He's a talented director with several stand-out episodes.

[@SpeedyEric1]

Riker: "We're through running from these bastards." Me: "HELL YEAH!!"

[@joshd2528]

Not a single, “Shields up, red alert!”?

[@patrickcarey2715]

"Yes. Absolutely. I do agree. Wholeheartedly. "

[@joegrace5419]

So after Next Gen I totally lost interest in Star Trek. I just didn't care for the other spinoffs that fallowed. But I just never understood why William Riker wasn't the character they fallowed for a Spinoff? all of Next Gen seemed to center around it being Riker's coming of age to be the Captain... and it just didn't happen the way we had hoped.

[@PonAdidas]

Joe Grace I couldn't agree more. Captain Riker of the Enterprise F would have been a great show.

[@Wyrmshadow]

Joe Grace My guess is that William Frakes was far more interested in being a director.

[@2ndltalfredludlow]

Joe Grace I don't really mind. If he was promoted to captain then there would be no room for Picard, and that would have been a shame. They have a great chemistry together. And besides: captain Riker sounds less awesome than Number 1 or Commander Riker :D

[@joegrace5419]

2ndltalfredludlow I think it would of been great, seeing whom from the old crew stuck it out with Riker, who the new number one will be, and honestly with the legacy of Picard, it would of been cool to see his closure as a character. His promotion to admiral like what had happened originally to Kirk. So yeah, the spin off could of been great and getting to see the progressions of various characters like Data, Warf, Dianna and so on under the rule of Captain Riker, possibly having to question 'is this how Picard would of done it?' and go from telling the story of Riker, number one... to Riker the captain. Ah well, this is all speculation anyways

[@jasonb.6623]

+Joe Grace You must give DS9 another chance. It is truly the best Star Trek series.

[@randombrokeperson]

this guy has the nicest smile!

[@xyph3r]

1:52 - Klingon hug dungeons confirmed.

[@MrBrunoUSA]

My favourite is when he said "SHUT UP; AS IN CLOSE YOUR MOUTH AND STOP TALKING!" I used it one day when I was working in a call center environment and i was the only one on the phone. Everyone else was yacking away and I was having trouble hearing the caller. I tried lesser requests to get people to be quiet but finally used that line loudly and clearly. there was dead glorious silence from my coworkers for 5 minutes!

[@billyman623]

Your incapable of that level of incompetence

[@DelDuio]

Before watching this I hope "As in SHUT UP and STOP TALKING!!" is on here (to the fake Picard). Hahahaha, that was a good one.

[@johns1307]

He looks a lot like Shatner when he's shaved

[@ThatZommy]

Jake Martin He sort of does...

[@GrandSupremeDaddyo]

I think that was deliberate. They wanted to keep some of that spirit of Kirk in the show. Making him first officer meant he still got to go with the away teams.

[@ThatZommy]

GrandSupremeDaddyo I've always called Kirk TOS's Riker, because they were both "Ladies men" and had similar personalities.

[@noahfessenden6478]

But the beard's such an improvement.

[@Dan.IdahoNorthernRy]

my all time fav line is"Shields up Red Alert!"

[@brettd530]

Who's cooler than Commander Riker? Answer, no one.

[@andar1355]

"No you CANT don't even TRY!" How can you leave that out?

[@teto85]

"It's better than music, it's Jazz" I can't remember the episode but Tasha Yar was alive and some of the crew were going off to play some game called Paresi Squares.

[@robertschmitt8252]

Thats the episode with the Binars, titled "11001001"

[@NameCallingIsWeak]

"Sometimes it's hard to keep track of S1/2, since no one watches them anymore" Why is that? Are they awful?

[@alienrefugee51]

His character and acting wasn't always the greatest, but Riker did have some fine moments. I think he made a fine first officer.

[@bluescoins1199]

Tks for uploading the sound from level 2 to level 10 ,,,

[@justindrawdy7443]

That last scene when Picard and Riker say their farewells... When TNG really ended.

[@MrGeek2112]

"Then take your best shot Locutus, because we are about to intervene. Reset subspace communications, scrambler code Riker 1."

[@ODST_Parker]

Best one is the first one: "One? Or both?"

[@andya5597]

"Take your best shot Locutus, because we are about to intervene" ;)

[@Blondesax]

1:41 ... "Is this how you handle all your personnel problems?" "Sure. You'd be surprised how far a hug goes with Geordi... or Worf!"

[@Justforvisit]

That line had me imaging Worf lying in Rikers arms, crying his eyes out....

[@DelDuio]

The Pegasus is such a great episode, one of TNG's best.

[@DefLeppardVanHalen]

Instead of Discovery (ten years before TOS), they should've had the Titan and show how Riker can do as a Captain.

[@jamaral81]

I loved Riker because he had a lot of Kirk in him, took risks and was never by the book

[@Ostman100]

His sassy little "Fire" to Worf in Generations, to blow up the Klingon ship, would be a good addition to this list.

[@sarahberkner]

These weren't my favorite tbh. A few of mine that come to mind are, "Swell", "I HATE poker", and "Lollipop. It's a good ship" because of how seriously he says them. And of course, "No you can't don't even try!"

[@emdee7744]

Great collection. Thanks for posting.

[@benlaskowski357]

Some are funny, some are thoughtful, some are truthful. Some are words worth remembering. Some are silly. Some are brutally honest. And some just evoke a smile. Honesty is Quality #1.

[@DarkGob]

"Tough little ship."

[@LedKashmir]

Not one where he demands "what the hell is going on!?" ? ..i love it when he does that lol

[@OmegaMapDesign]

3:37 best way to give NCC 1701-D her last scene.

[@lauradufresne6628]

The more difficult the task, the sweeter the victory- captains holiday

[@roccobierman4985]

I would say Riker is the Scottie Pippen to Picard's Jordan, but we all know Riker had the ability to win the game by himself.

[@jjdiascro]

You're right. I failed to completely recall that one.

[@gandalfshakur8235]

thank kahless for digital remastering

[@Chloe11501]

4:04 I think his face was as smooth as data’s bottom when he had the beard 🧔‍♂

[@rottenradios7537]

He reminds me of Tom Paris, both good with words, both good pilots and they have both similar heads.

[@76TomD]

Riker is one of the best characters in Trek

[@JFinSD2]

The new Star Trek show should have been centered abound Riker as an older Captain aboard the Titan. I have not enjoyed Discovery one bit.

[@TrevorSnowsTeenYears]

i ALWAYS get chills when i hear "mr. worf...fire."

[@iamseiko]

Jonathan Frakes is the !BEST! Director in ALL of Star Trek Franchise, I don't know why people don't realize it! He directed few of the best TNG episodes, and also the movies in the Series which were any good, one of which was First Contact!! People need to realize this..

[@B1az1ngSuN]

"And now... the conclusion"

[@hellfish2309]

“Poker? Is that a game of some sort?”

[@ct-hv1uz]

This guy should be Superman.

[@delluminatis]

+Gnossienne he kind of was in episode when Q tried to recruit him

[@AzguardMike]

he was a villain in the Adventures of Clark and Lois

[@tommypetraglia4688]

2:01 That's Bebe Newirth looking for a little Riker boink, who also played Lilith Crane, the wife of Frasier Crane - Kelsey Grammar - on Cheers and Fraser

[@startrekx]

one or both has got to be the best

[@ralphyetmore]

Why isn't that first one a "thug life" post?

[@timsparks1858]

Roddenberry, Loved Kirk in alter ego form on TOS. So he did it in TNG by making Kirk into 2 characters...Picard and Riker. Picard: intellect, Reason and cerebral Riker: Tough, aggressive and sometimes impulsive.

[@donpfeff]

Another cool video! I've made a bunch of "best of" videos and I HATE it when people comment to ask "where was such and such," but... where was "I may be surrounded by insanity, BUT I AM NOT INSANE!!"?

[@Freddie1980]

Riker's judgement was usually very good but he really couldn't see past his own ego when it came to Captain Jellicoe. Jellicoe was under huge strain with trying to prevent a war, dealing with medaling Carddasians and taking command of a new ship all at the time. He needed Riker's support not his insubordination.

[@contrafax]

The first time I saw the last bit I cried and just now when I watched. Why do these onion slicing Ninjas delight in tormenting me?

[@percygryce722]

You almost got it right. The order to fire at the Borg cube at the end of The Best of Both Worlds, part 1 will always be Riker's top quote.

[@headrockbeats]

FIRE AT WILL!

[@joe9739]

I like: ' Computer: Remove Plank!"

[@topknot01]

Why am I suddenly getting all these recommendations to watch scenes of Riker? I barely watched the show.

[@TheSaneHatter]

A MUCH-underrated quote, IMHO.

[@ameliamarie75]

I will always love "What would Picard do?"

[@EscapingLabyrinths]

"We're through running from these bastards!" Best :P

[@vixen420]

Best one was where he was a transfer officer for the Klingons, One or Both! Lol

[@jakebagwell7272]

Well is my favorite next generation character

[@mkbuddy]

Anyone else think they should have given Will RIker command of Voyager rather than Janeway

[@Jmandude5]

Riker was promoted to captain after voyager was lost I think.

[@TheSwedeMoffo]

Neither. Riker was promoted when Voyager had come home.

[@JanetStarChild]

Nah, Janeway was a great captain. Will Riker should have gotten his own spin-off series; captain of the Titan.

[@blammers]

Needs a scene with Riker making pizza. Because that’s what the fans demand.

[@NightridewithNikki]

I love Riker

[@Battleguild]

I like the one where Riker is stuck in a dream and tells Admiral Picard to "Shut up! I said shut up as in close your mouth and stop talking."

[@FrostWhiskerCat]

you can tell that the shape of his head changes from beginning to end

[@bestsongevah5543]

frame of mind, commander riker, and if you knew your universe. gee our old lasalle ran great.

[@ericmiller9688]

One or both, yes 😊