Quotes by George Takei

“My father once told me that American democracy is a peoples democracy at heart, and that it therefore can be as great as the American people, or as fallible. It depends on all of us. But our system...”

“Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.”

“When I was a very young actor, I cruised around in a pretty cool vehicle called the Starship Enterprise.”

“One of the gifts of 'Star Trek' is my professional work colleagues have become my lifelong friends.”

“Gene Roddenberry continually reminded us that the Star Trek Enterprise was a metaphor for starship Earth. And the strength in this starship came from its diversity, coming together and working in c...”

“'Star Trek' is about acceptance, and the strength of the Starship Enterprise is that it embraces diversity in all its forms.”

“As my audience grew more diverse, I started interjecting social justice advocacy and commentaries about LGBT equality, and it just kept growing more.”

“I do think that Japan will be one of the nations that have equality, and that, too, will serve as an example for other Asian nations.”

“The arc of our history is toward more equality being expanded to more and more people.”

“My grandmother lived to 104 years old, and part of her success was she woke up every morning to a brand new day. She said every morning is a new gift. Her favorite hobby was collecting birthdays.”

“What is important is the reliability of my posts being there to greet my fans with a smile or a giggle every morning. That's how we keep on growing.”

“Children are amazingly adaptable. What would be grotesquely abnormal became my normality in the prisoner of war camps. It became routine for me to line up three times a day to eat lousy food in a n...”

“Up until the time I was cast in 'Star Trek,' the roles were pretty shallow - thin, stereotyped, one-dimensional roles. I knew this character was a breakthrough role, certainly for me as an individu...”

“STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.”

“At the core of 'Star Trek' is Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future. So much of science-fiction is about a dystopian society with human civilization having crumbled. He had an affirmative, shinin...”

“When Pearl Harbor was bombed, young Japanese-Americans, like all young Americans, rushed to their draft board to volunteer to fight for our country. That act of patriotism was answered with a slap ...”

“When Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the same-sex marriage bill, my blood was boiling. I had been silent, but that night, Brad and I watched the news and saw all these young people pouring out on Sant...”

“I think Donald Trump's interpretation of marriage is something that he himself doesn't really believe in. 'Traditional marriage' is where two people love each other, commit to each other, care for ...”

“I'd like to think that, when I explain it, that Mr. Trump will understand marriage is defined by two people who love each other, commit to each other, and will care for each other through thick and...”

“When Brad and I got married in 2008, it got a lot of attention. And all the attention was over the fact that we were two men, but people were hardly conscious of the fact that we were entering into...”