A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away. — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
You can't take this speck of dust in this midst of all this incredible panorama of birth and complexifying and say...this is the only place that [life] happens. It's like turning your back on the whole idea of growth and… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate,… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
It is important to the typical 'Star Trek' fan that there is a tomorrow. They pretty much share the 'Star Trek' philosophies about life:… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
His name is 'Mr. Spock.' And the first view of him can be almost frightening - a face so heavy-lidded and satanic you might… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
It is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are. It does not matter that we… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
“Reality is incredibly larger, infinitely more exciting, than the flesh and blood vehicle we travel in here. If you read science fiction, the more… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
“I handed them a script and they turned it down. It was too controversial. It talked about concepts like, 'Who is God?' The Enterprise… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
...nuclear warfare is not necessary to cause a breakdown of our society. You take a large city like Los Angeles, New York, Chicago-their water… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
The Strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
I hope that I helped to build a fierce pride in what we are and what we can do if we set our minds… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain. If people need religion, ignore them and maybe they will… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
My model for Kirk was Horatio Hornblower from the C.S. Forester sea stories. Shatner was open-minded about science fiction and a marvelous choice. — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
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