George Takei

“I appreciate failure. Failure means that an attempt was made, and a lesson can be learned. As long as we’re alive after…

— George Takei

“If a mistake occurs with regularity, it might well become the norm. If enough people believe and propagate the error, it could…

— George Takei

As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it…

— George Takei

I'm a preservationist, I believe in preserving history intact, but I also enjoy the technological advances which have been made.

— George Takei

I'm an anglophile. I visit England regularly, sometimes three or four times a year, at least once a year.

— George Takei

“(Or perhaps Siri’s programmers included parents who anticipated their children’s unauthorized use of their mobile devices—trust me, a four year old can…

— George Takei

“Indeed, the pun is considered by many to be more distasteful than the common expletive. You might even say the pun is…

— George Takei

And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to…

— George Takei

“I imagine sarcasm to be a backward slanting font, each word leaning away from rather than into the next. These days it…

— George Takei

“Humor has always been my tool of choice when confronting intolerance or ignorance, not only because “funny” material is much more likely…

— George Takei

“Then there’s also Batman, who seems to have survived both Adam West and Christian Bale, but whose questionable relationship to the Boy…

— George Takei

My father told me, "Don't do anything that would bring shame to the family." I was always mindful of that. When I…

— George Takei

“With each post or tweet, we choose what to keep private and what to make public, what face to show the world…

— George Takei

I had a really unusual, remarkably unusual father because he, in our family, was the one that suffered the most. He was…

— George Takei

“If leadership requires a fired-up sense of purpose and imagination, it also demands a profound connection to the society to be led.…

— George Takei

“IMHO, we groan at puns because we sense, deep in our souls, that there has been some egregious violation of the rules…

— George Takei

“If you don’t know who Eleanor Rigby is, you probably were born after 1985 and need to listen to some real music.”

— George Takei

We need to take our passion and effect real change at the local, state, and federal levels, to help elect progressive leaders,…

— George Takei

But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.

— George Takei

The large majority of faith-based people are decent, fair-minded people. We should not characterize people of faith as the adversaries of GLBT…

— George Takei

We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.

— George Takei

I have two passions in my life. One is to raise the awareness of the internment of Japanese-American citizens. My other passion…

— George Takei

If you have to make laws to hurt a group of people just to prove your morals and faith, then you have…

— George Takei

“Each of us bears a responsibility to reject hate, whatever its form, whatever its justification.”

— George Takei

“As with the douchebags of the world, calling an asshole an asshole sometimes is exactly what needs to happen.”

— George Takei

“The irony of this endeavor is palpable, for English itself is a hopeless hodgepodge of other tongues, with more exceptions than rules,…

— George Takei

As an Asian American, I'm aware of how stereotypes can be very destructive. We've been defined by the drag queens. And yes,…

— George Takei

“I’ve recently suggested that Betty and I should do a TV series about two seniors living together in an unlikely pairing of…

— George Takei

For me, country music symbolized freedom and the joys of life... roaming the country, experiencing the joys as well as the heartbreaks.…

— George Takei

“the true value and power of the social network: an open channel of communication that can not only entertain but also unite…

— George Takei

“I began to wonder, what accounts for our collective affinity for the apocalypse? What is it about “the end” that makes it…

— George Takei

Should any terrorist strike or act of war occur in which American lives are lost, we must be on guard for any…

— George Takei

People forget that stereotypes aren’t bad because they are always untrue. Stereotypes are bad because they are not always true. If we…

— George Takei

I am emboldened, not cowed, by the words and actions of Trump and his circle. I believe many others are as well.…

— George Takei

The theatre for me is much more satisfying as an actor because you are working in front of a living, breathing, throbbing,…

— George Takei