Author: George Takei

Quotes

I discovered that funny animal pictures - memes - would get a lot of likes and shares.

I discovered that funny animal pictures - memes - would get a lot of likes and shares.

- George Takei

You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.

You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.

- George Takei

One of the gifts of 'Star Trek' is my professional work colleagues have become my lifelong friends.

One of the gifts of 'Star Trek' is my professional work colleagues have become my lifelong friends.

- George Takei

I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people.

I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people.

- George Takei

As my audience grew more diverse, I started interjecting social justice advocacy and commentaries about LGBT equality, and it just kept growing more.

As my audience grew more diverse, I started interjecting social justice advocacy and commentaries about LGBT equality, and it just kept growing more.

- George Takei

I'm especially concerned about the future of this country, because I'm concerned about the gay people of the future. We need to ensure their good life by registering to vote.

I'm especially concerned about the future of this country, because I'm concerned about the gay people of the future. We need to ensure their good life by registering to vote.

- George Takei

'Star Trek' is about acceptance, and the strength of the Starship Enterprise is that it embraces diversity in all its forms.

'Star Trek' is about acceptance, and the strength of the Starship Enterprise is that it embraces diversity in all its forms.

- George Takei

The best way to get people to connect with an issue is to humanize it. You can do so much more powerfully with music and touch the heart.

The best way to get people to connect with an issue is to humanize it. You can do so much more powerfully with music and touch the heart.

- George Takei

I was four years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941 by Japan, and overnight, the world was plunged into a world war. America suddenly was swept up by hysteria.

I was four years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941 by Japan, and overnight, the world was plunged into a world war. America suddenly was swept up by hysteria.

- George Takei

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