Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
George Takei
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 20
Actor
Blogger
Comedian
Film Actor
Singer
Television Actor
Voice Actor
LA
California
George Hosato Takei
George Hosato Takei Altman
Democracy
Times
Learn
History
Think
Thinking
Stumbled
Chapters
Glorious
More quotes by George Takei
The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
George Takei
You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.
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
Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy... Vote!
George Takei
Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is humanity.
George Takei
Good grief. If we can’t laugh at ourselves, and at one another, in good spirit and without malice, then what fun can be left? If we must withhold all ribbing in the name of protecting everyone’s feelings, then we truly are a toothless society. We will reach what I call “the lowest common denominator of butthurt.
George Takei
People forget that stereotypes aren’t bad because they are always untrue. Stereotypes are bad because they are not always true. If we allow ourselves to judge another based on a stereotype, we have allowed a gross generalization to replace our own thinking.
George Takei
There is more story in a minor character like Boba Fett than there is in all the clutter of various vampires in the Twilight franchise.
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
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
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
If leadership requires a fired-up sense of purpose and imagination, it also demands a profound connection to the society to be led.
George Takei
The word today is detained, not interred. People are being detained with no due process. They don't know what the charges are, why they're being detained. Simply because they have an Arab name or some association, but there are no charges.
George Takei
Unfriending me when I didn’t even know we were friends? It’s like breaking wind when you’re home alone. If I can’t smell you, knock yourself out.
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 had a really unusual, remarkably unusual father because he, in our family, was the one that suffered the most. He was the one that explained American democracy to me. He said, ‘Our democracy is a people’s democracy and it can be as great as people can be, and it can be great… but we are also fallible human beings.’
George Takei
Cat's are unpredictable. It is a fine line between the cure, inquisitive and innocent creature resting on our lap and the hissing, spitting and deranged banshee it might become at any moment. This is why we're trying always to win their love.
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.
George Takei
The starship Enterprise was a metaphor starship Earth, and the vision was that the strength of this starship lay in its diversity.
George Takei
You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.
George Takei
