Art is really people asking the eternal question, "What is it all about?"

- Gene Roddenberry

...nuclear warfare is not necessary to cause a breakdown of our society. You take a large city like Los Angeles, New York, Chicago-their water supply…

- Gene Roddenberry

Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delig…

- Gene Roddenberry

If this is your God, he's not very impressive. He has so many psychological problems; he's so insecure. He demands worship every seven days. He goes …

- Gene Roddenberry

We are on a journey to keep an appointment with whatever we are.

- Gene Roddenberry

If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differ…

- 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.

- Gene Roddenberry

I believe in humanity. We are an incredible species. We're still just a child creature, we're still being nasty to each other. And all children go th…

- Gene Roddenberry

The network told me to get rid of Number One, the woman first lieutenant, and also get rid of 'that Martian fellow'... meaning, of course, Spock. I k…

- Gene Roddenberry