Author: Gene Roddenberry

Quotes

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

Time is the fire in which we burn.

Time is the fire in which we burn.

- Gene Roddenberry

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

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

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

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

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

'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.

'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.

- Gene Roddenberry

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.

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.

- Gene Roddenberry

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