The Best George Takei quotes

Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert. — George Takei

We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity. — George Takei

As a matter of fact, life starts to feel mighty long when all you eat is turkey bacon and egg whites and a side of arugula. — George Takei

We are living in a science fiction world. — George Takei

The arc of our history is toward more equality being expanded to more and more people. — George Takei

I think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the glorious chapters. — George Takei

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

I’m a preservationist, I believe in preserving history intact, but I also enjoy the technological advances which have been made. — George Takei

The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance. — George Takei

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

Being human means learning to see the common humanity in us all. — George Takei

You understood human triumph and frailty equally well, and that is no easy feat. there was no one else like You, and You shall be missed. rest with the heavens now, we losing legends r.i.p #larrykin. — George Takei

Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy… Vote! — George Takei

But when we came out of camp, that’s when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese–American, was something shameful. — George Takei

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

You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young. — George Takei

I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people. — George Takei

I have two passions in my life. One is to raise the awareness of the internment of Japanese–American citizens. My other passion is the theater. And I’ve been able to wed the two passions. — George Takei

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

Should any terrorist strike or act of war occur in which American lives are lost, we must be on guard for any attempt by the government to turn that tragedy into justification for sweeping action. — George Takei

They claim they did all this because they love me, but I must say, I’ve never been loved in such a bizarre fashion. — George Takei

I love people. When you’re engaged with society and trying to make it a better society, you’re an optimist. — George Takei

I was blessed with my career. I passionately love acting. And it’s given me a good livelihood. — George Takei

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

Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp. — George Takei

I am emboldened, not cowed, by the words and actions of Trump and his circle. I believe many others are as well. Together we will stand in opposition. I’m not going anywhere, and I won’t be silenced. — George Takei

The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay. The issue of gay marriage is now a political issue. That would have been unthinkable when I was young. — George Takei

We need to take our passion and effect real change at the local, state, and federal levels, to help elect progressive leaders, and to stem the tide of division, fear and scapegoating. — George Takei

I think my whole life has been shaped by my childhood incarceration in America’s concentration camps. — George Takei

I have a sister who is technophobic; she doesn’t even use a computer. — George Takei

We can’t let the past be forgotten. — George Takei

Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood. — George Takei

And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again. — George Takei

Today we have the economic collapse that the whole planet is suffering, but there is hope, and that’s what’s going to keep us moving ahead. — George Takei

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

My memories of camp–I was four years old to eight years old–they’re fond memories. — George Takei

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that’s about the extent of it. — George Takei

Shame is a cruel thing. It should rest on the perpetrators but they don’t carry it the way the victims do. — 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 exploit the system will step in there. — George Takei

I may not have trekked through the galaxies in reality. But I have trekked all over this planet: Australia, Asia, Latin America, Europe. — George Takei

My grandmother lived to 104 years old, and part of her success was she woke up every morning to a brand new day. She said every morning is a new gift. Her favorite hobby was collecting birthdays. — George Takei

Gene Roddenbury felt that television was being wasted. That it had the potential for enlightenment and even inspiration. — George Takei

We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all. — George Takei

What is important is the reliability of my posts being there to greet my fans with a smile or a giggle every morning. That’s how we keep on growing. — George Takei

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