In the 24th century there will be no hunger, there will be no greed, and all the children will know how to read.

For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain. If people need religion, ignore them and maybe they will ignore you, and you can go on with your life. It wasn't until I was beginning to do Star Trek that the subject of religion arose. What brought it up was that people were saying that I would have a chaplain on board the Enterprise. I replied, "No, we don't.

In the 24th century there will be no hunger, there will be no greed, and all the children will know how to read.

They say that ninety per cent of TV is junk. But ninety per cent of everything is junk.

Ancient astronauts didn't build the pyramids. Human beings built the pyramids, because they're clever and they work hard.

To be different is not necessarily to be ugly; to have a different idea is not necessarily to be wrong. The worst possible thing is for all of us to begin to look and talk and act and think alike.

For me science fiction is a way of thinking, a way of logic that bypasses a lot of nonsense. It allows people to look directly at important subjects.