If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures.… — 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… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
I have felt many times trapped by 'Star Trek.' It cost me dearly. It won't anymore, because I've come to grips with… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
I wish I had more control, more like Edgar Rice Burroughs had, but I'm a realist, too. I work in television. I… — 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… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on… — 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… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
Its seems to me - it's likely that heaven's here right now. If you could take life with its pain and misery,… — 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… — 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,… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
In the fifth season [of Star Trek: The Next Generation] viewers will see more of shipboard life [including] gay crew members in… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
I believe in humanity. We are an incredible species. We're still just a child creature, we're still being nasty to each other.… — 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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