George Takei

Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.

— George Takei

As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.

— George Takei

Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.

— George Takei

“The Internet is a place where ideas compete, and bad ideas in particular get shared.”

— George Takei

It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.

— George Takei

Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.

— George Takei

Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy... Vote!

— George Takei

We have to be vigilant about how the Trump administration may try to divide us from each other.

— George Takei

Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape.…

— George Takei

I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King.

— George Takei

“I’ve sometimes imagined that if sin had a flavor, it might very well be bacon. It even tastes smoky, as if it…

— George Takei

This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and…

— George Takei

I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that…

— George Takei

Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is…

— George Takei

What's needed today, now, more than ever, is 'Star Peace' for there is an ominous, mutual threat to all science fiction. It's…

— 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

By seeing a same-sex couple in ordinary situations, that it might make people think twice about if they have, you know, questions…

— George Takei

“Science fiction is more than just our collective dreams for a human race that reaches to the stars. In many ways, the…

— George Takei

“Cats are snooty. When you come home, even after a long day at work, there’s a good chance your cat will look…

— 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

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

“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

Good grief. If we can’t laugh at ourselves, and at one another, in good spirit and without malice, then what fun can…

— George Takei

To me, the amazing thing is that so much that was science fiction back then, political fiction, today is reality. We have…

— George Takei

The real challenge in acting is in comedy. It's easier to get that gasp in a drama. Not easy, because you still…

— George Takei

Well, you know, I do think in the larger span of things, I owe it all to Star Trek, because Star Trek…

— George Takei

I was involved in the civil rights movement way back in the late '50s and through the '60s and '70s. I was…

— George Takei

“Brad, I first saw you about twenty-five years ago at a Frontrunner's run around Silver Lake reservoir. I thought you were drop-dead…

— George Takei

“During my first few months of Facebooking, I discovered that my page had fostered a collective nostalgia for specific cultural icons. These…

— George Takei

Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.

— George Takei

“Cats, on the other hand, are similar to Vulcans—dispassionate, contemplative and pointy-eared.”

— George Takei

Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for Asian Americans here.

— George Takei

I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor!

— George Takei

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it.

— George Takei

Facebook itself has an interest in having great content so that its users keep coming back.

— George Takei

My memories of camp - I was four years old to eight years old - they're fond memories.

— George Takei

“So I did what any deeply burdened American would do: I took to my blog and bitched about it.”

— George Takei

“I’ve sometimes imagined that if sin had a flavor, it might very well be bacon.”

— George Takei

You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.

— George Takei