George Takei Quotes

This political climate today reminds me of what my father must have gone through in 1942, when the winds of war and fires of hate were surrounding him. We have a candidate for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump, using the same rhetoric that my father must have heard from elected officials.

George Takei

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 20, 1937

Topics

FatherTodayHateWarMePolitical

I have been in rooms with people arguing over a character that's not really fleshed out: that, just because the surname is Latino, that automatically means you have an accent.

Jimmy Smits

CharacterPeopleYouJust Because

Success has a lot to do with luck, but it also involves a lot of real hard work. The thing about success is you really can't gauge things by album sales.

Jerry Cantrell

WorkHard WorkSuccessLuckYou

Silicon Valley has infinite access to capital and can lose money indefinitely.

John Landgraf

MoneyLoseInfiniteValleyCapital

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

Robert Smith

MyselfClassPassportGotEven

I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame.

Jeff Buckley

FatherMeFameAnonymityHeHis

If I want to make a product that is appealing to consumers, like a piece of clothing or a video game, that's fad driven. Some companies do it, and I don't know how they do it, but it's generally a bad place to invest.

Steve Jurvetson

GameBadPlaceKnowWantProduct

I'm finding all over America that people are sick and tired of the tweedle-dee dees and the tweedle-dee dums who constantly flip-flap from one side to another. People are interested in having candidates that are truthful.

Shirley Chisholm

TiredPeopleSickAmericaFinding

The part in 'Taxi' was originally written for a guy named Phil Ryan, so they made it Phil Banta, and then they made it Tony Banta, which sounded a lot better anyway.

Tony Danza

BetterTaxiGuyMadePartAnyway

People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups.

Robyn Hitchcock

IntelligencePeopleBiggerGetTend

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

Luciano Pavarotti

MusicPeopleReachWantPossible

I've been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again.

Jason Statham

EnoughInjuriesNowWorkingBeen

When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next, I never do, and I sit and sign and talk to the people afterwards.

Dick Dale

PeopleStartKnowTalkNeverSound

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