Religions vary in their degree of idiocy, but I reject them all.

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

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.

In the 24th century there will be no hunger, there will be no greed, and all the children will know how to read.

It is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are. It does not matter that we will not reach our ultimate goal. The effort itself yields its own reward.

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.

It isn't all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning.

Star Trek says that it has not all happened, it has not all been discovered, that tomorrow can be as challenging and adventurous as any time man has ever lived.

For me science fiction is a way of thinking, a way of logic that bypasses a lot of nonsense. It allows people to look directly at important subjects.

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.

We are on a journey to keep an appointment with whatever we are.

The Lord’s holy fire lit my path.

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

The mind's the standard of the man.

When all else fails, throw a party!

Just because you didn't put a name to something did not mean it wasn't there.

All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science.

I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.

My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but I'm much better there than I am on screen.

Sunset is the saddest light there is.