Quotes by Gene Roddenberry
“I believe in humanity. We are an incredible species. We're still just a child creature... When we grow up - man, we're going to be something.”— Gene Roddenberry
“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
“To be different is not necessarily to be ugly; to have a different idea is not necessarily to be wrong. The worst possible thing is for all of us to begin to look and talk and act and think alike.”— Gene Roddenberry
“If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to be feared.”— 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.”— Gene Roddenberry
“It is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are. It is tragic in a way, but also beautiful.”— Gene Roddenberry
“The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.”— Gene Roddenberry
“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms.”— Gene Roddenberry
“The human race is a remarkable creature, one with great potential, and I hope that Star Trek has helped to show us what we can be if we believe in ourselves and our abilities.”— Gene Roddenberry
“In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet. We spend most of our lives trying to reach out and communicate with others.”— Gene Roddenberry
“It isn’t all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning.”— Gene Roddenberry