George Takei Quotes

American - Actor Born: April 20, 1937

I intend to live life, not just exist. - George Takei

I intend to live life, not just exist. George Takei

Life, Live, Live Life, Exist, Just

We were American citizens. We were incarcerated by our American government in American internment camps here in the United States. The term 'Japanese internment camp' is both grammatically and factually incorrect. George Takei

Government, American, Internment, Here

On a bus, your eyes, ears, and pores are open absorbing in the variety, the wonder, and the magic of the city. It's a wonderful way to get to know the city. George Takei

Eyes, City, Wonder, Know, Magic, Way

My father told me about American democracy. And he said you have to be actively engaged in the political process to make our democracy work. So I've been doing that my entire life. Civil rights movement. The peace movement during the Vietnam conflict. The movement to get an apology and redress for Japanese-Americans. George Takei

Work, Life, Father, Peace, Democracy, Me

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

Work, Colleagues, Professional, Friends

My grandmother lived to 104 years old, and part of her success was she woke up every morning to a brand new day. She said every morning is a new gift. Her favorite hobby was collecting birthdays. George Takei

Success, Morning, Day, New Day, Gift

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

Life, People, My Life, American, More

I remembered some people who lived across the street from our home as we were being taken away. When I was a teenager, I had many after-dinner conversations with my father about our internment. He told me that after we were taken away, they came to our house and took everything. We were literally stripped clean. George Takei

Father, Home, People, Me, Street, House

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

Funny, Animal, Pictures, Get, Likes, Lot

When Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the same-sex marriage bill, my blood was boiling. I had been silent, but that night, Brad and I watched the news and saw all these young people pouring out on Santa Monica Boulevard venting their rage, and I said, 'I have to speak out.' George Takei

Marriage, Night, People, Speak, News

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It was an egregious violation of the American Constitution. We were innocent American citizens, and we were imprisoned simply because we happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor. It shows us just how fragile our Constitution is. George Takei

People, Constitution, American, Innocent

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

Strength, Diversity, Acceptance, Star

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

Justice, Equality, Growing, Audience

The central pillar of our justice system is due process. You have got to be charged with a crime. Then you can challenge those charges in a court of law with a trial. George Takei

Justice, Challenge, Law, Process, You

Our democracy is dependent on people who passionately cherish the ideals of a democracy. Every man is created equal with an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It's a wonderful idea, and it takes people who cherish that idea to be actively involved in the process. George Takei

Life, Happiness, Man, Democracy, People

What is important is the reliability of my posts being there to greet my fans with a smile or a giggle every morning. That's how we keep on growing. George Takei

Smile, Morning, Important, Growing, Fans

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

War, America, World, Old, Hysteria, Up

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

Time, American, Know, You, Young, Two

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

First, Something, Out, Being, Shameful

To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time. George Takei

Time, You, Need, Off, Theater, Block

I was blessed with my career. I passionately love acting. And it's given me a good livelihood. George Takei

Love, Good, Blessed, Me, Acting, Career

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

Life, Future, Good, Vote, People, Gay

They're the best critics. Workshops are good, and drama teachers are fine, but the best is the audience. And even better if they're paying! George Takei

Best, Good, Better, Teachers, Drama

Gene Roddenberry continually reminded us that the Star Trek Enterprise was a metaphor for starship Earth. And the strength in this starship came from its diversity, coming together and working in concert as a team. That is the strength of our countries, Canada and the United States. We are nations of diversity. George Takei

Strength, Team, Diversity, Together, Us

We have to remember that Putin was a member of the KGB. He has already demonstrated that kind of macho, dictatorial attitude. Russia has breached their pledge to uphold the Olympic charter. This is a great opportunity for the IOC to say we cannot, given the situation that exists currently, allow the Olympics to take place in Russia. George Takei

Attitude, Opportunity, Great, Remember

In the United States, we have a large, broad middle that are decent, fair-minded people who are too busy to really think about issues other than their next paycheck. Those are the people that we want to get to in order to change the social climate. And Howard Stern has that audience. So I said, 'Let's boldly go where I've never been before.' George Takei

Change, People, Busy, Think, Said, Want

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