Author: Gene Roddenberry

Quotes

I wanted to send a message to the television industry that excitement is not made of car chases.

I wanted to send a message to the television industry that excitement is not made of car chases.

- Gene Roddenberry

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

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

- Gene Roddenberry

I hope that I helped to build a fierce pride in what we are and what we can do if we set our minds to it.

I hope that I helped to build a fierce pride in what we are and what we can do if we set our minds to it.

- Gene Roddenberry

I have felt many times trapped by 'Star Trek.' It cost me dearly. It won't anymore, because I've come to grips with what it is and where it fits in my life.

I have felt many times trapped by 'Star Trek.' It cost me dearly. It won't anymore, because I've come to grips with what it is and where it fits in my life.

- Gene Roddenberry

No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids - human beings built them, because they're clever and they work hard.

No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids - human beings built them, because they're clever and they work hard.

- Gene Roddenberry

If 'Trek' is a hit, we'd love to do a series of films - a regular event. Look at James Bond's films. They've been around since the early sixties.

If 'Trek' is a hit, we'd love to do a series of films - a regular event. Look at James Bond's films. They've been around since the early sixties.

- Gene Roddenberry

Normal television limits what you can do. With science fiction, you can exercise your imagination more. I fell in love with it.

Normal television limits what you can do. With science fiction, you can exercise your imagination more. I fell in love with it.

- Gene Roddenberry

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.

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.

- Gene Roddenberry

Time is the fire in which we burn.

Time is the fire in which we burn.

- Gene Roddenberry

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