Gene Roddenberry quotes

" 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. " # Choice # Life and Living # Action

" 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. " # Atheism # Blame # Mistakes

" The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity. " # Glory

" 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. " # God

" Star Trek speaks to some basic human needs: that there is a tomorrow—it's not all going to be over with a big flash and a bomb; that the human race is improving; that we have things to be proud of as humans. No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids—human beings built them, because they're clever and they work hard. And Star Trek is about those things. " # Work # Love # Science and Scientists

" The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. " # War # Civilization # Peace

" In a contrast between 1960's astronauts consuming "Tang" and crewmen on the Enterprise eating solid food: "Why should a man give up the joy of ham and eggs if the technology will allow it?" " # Widowhood # Food and Eating # Free Enterprise

" In the 24th century there will be no hunger, there will be no greed, and all the children will know how to read. " # Books - Reading # Children # Peace