black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

George Takei

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

Clothes Man Rape Yourself
We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.
GEORGE TAKEI

Assault Freedom Liberty Ourselves Reminder
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

Change Division Fear Leadership Need Passion Progression Reality
You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.
GEORGE TAKEI

Age Camp Growth Myself Time Young
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

Achievement Country Failure Glory Ideal Important Nation
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Ethics Faith Hurt Law Moral People Religion True Yourself
I’m a civic busybody and I’ve been blessed with an active career.
GEORGE TAKEI

Active Blessing Body Busy Career Myself
The starship Enterprise was a metaphor starship Earth, and the vision was that the strength of this starship lay in its diversity.
GEORGE TAKEI

Diversity Earth Enterprise Stardom Strength Vision
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

Camp Identity Myself Realization Shame
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

Action Myself Politics President Silence Word
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

Chapter Democracy Glory History Learning Thinking Time
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Bad Day Fantasy Need Peace Science Stardom
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

Economics Head Hope Move Planet Suffering
Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy… Vote!
GEORGE TAKEI

Citizenship Duty Galaxy Vote
I’ve run the marathon several times, so I definitely don’t look like the Great Ancestor!
GEORGE TAKEI

Appearance Greatness Marathon Myself Run Time
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

Difference Diversity Face Humanity Ourselves Wonder

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More George Takei Quotes