Gene Roddenberry Quotes

It isn't all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning. — Gene Roddenberry

The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ. — John Boyle O'Reilly

Did you do something crazy, like cut it all off?" "Well," I said, "not all." "But it's real short, right?" "Yeah, but - " "Why did you do it? — Ann M. Martin

I have always been a fan of 'Star Trek.' I love Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future. — LeVar Burton

For me science fiction is a way of thinking, a way of logic that bypasses a lot of nonsense. It allows people to look directly at important subjects. — Gene Roddenberry

Art is really people asking the eternal question, "What is it all about?" — Gene Roddenberry

The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity. — Gene Roddenberry

Gene Roddenberry's thing always was, we should not pass judgment on anything that anyone else believes in or what they do in their lives. — Marina Sirtis

Earth is the nest, the cradle, and we'll move out of it. — Gene Roddenberry

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

In a better world, I can do anything. I'll be there in a better world. In a better world, they will not laugh at me or look down their nose at me. — Gene Roddenberry

Not lovelier. But a different kind of loveliness. There are so many kinds of loveliness. — L.M. Montgomery

If 'Trek' is a hit, we'd love to do a series of films - a regular event. Look at James Bond's films. They've been around since the early sixties. — Gene Roddenberry

It has become a crusade of mine to demonstrate that TV need not be violent to be exciting. — Gene Roddenberry

Our ability to stay with God in our closet measures our ability to stay with God out of the closet. — E. M. Bounds

Gene Roddenberry was a genius. — Persis Khambatta

If you don't agree with me, I have two words for you: shut the fuck up. — Bill Simmons

The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool. — Ray Bradbury

The first breath of autumn was in the air, a prodigal feeling, a feeling of wanting, taking, and keeping before it is too late. — J.L. Carr

We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes. — Gene Roddenberry

Your writing blows, by the by. You split more infinitives than Gene Roddenberry. — Brian K. Vaughan

All of our schools need to bring 'learn from doing' into the mainstream education, not just afternoon. — Ray Kurzweil

Ancient astronauts didn't build the pyramids. Human beings built the pyramids, because they're clever and they work hard. — Gene Roddenberry

In the 24th century there will be no hunger, there will be no greed, and all the children will know how to read. — Gene Roddenberry

It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine
simply because it resembled the counterfeit. — Dallas Willard

These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission ... to boldly go where no man has gone before. — Gene Roddenberry

Religions vary in their degree of idiocy, but I reject them all. — Gene Roddenberry

Of course, I have Gene Roddenberry to thank for the creation of Barclay. — Dwight Schultz

A wind picked up and I could feel the sea within it. — Patti Smith

Matter of internal security - the age-old cry of the oppressor.
Picard — Gene Roddenberry

I think God is as much a basic ingredient in the universe as neutrons and positrons. This is the prime force, when we look around the universe. — Gene Roddenberry

The only benefit a woman can have in talking too much is defeating a man who troubles her too much. — Michael Bassey Johnson

Safety and the assurance of safety are things of the past. — Bram Stoker

They say that ninety per cent of TV is junk. But ninety per cent of everything is junk. — Gene Roddenberry

I wanted to send a message to the television industry that excitement is not made of car chases. — Gene Roddenberry

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Time is the fire in which we burn. — Gene Roddenberry

God cannot be found on a microscopic slide, but in the hearts of men. — Edgar Magnin

The Strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. — Gene Roddenberry

Grief is a hard mistress to have, Rome. She eventually wants all you have to give her. — Jay Crownover

We have within reach, now, the attainment of almost every dream of mankind. — Gene Roddenberry

Can all this just be an accident? Or could there be some alien intelligence behind it? — Gene Roddenberry