“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.”

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

What’s needed today, now, more than ever, is ‘Star Peace’ for there is an ominous, mutual threat to all science fiction. It’s called ‘Twilight’. And it is really, really bad.

If you have to make laws to hurt a group of people just to prove your morals and faith, then you have no true morals or faith to prove.

The large majority of faith-based people are decent, fair-minded people. We should not characterize people of faith as the adversaries of GLBT equality.

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

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

Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.

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

I myself am a Buddhist, not a Christian. But I cannot help but think that if Christ ran a public establishment, it would be open to all, and He would be the last to refuse service to anyone. It is, simply put, the most un-Christian of notions.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.