They said God was on high and he controlled the world and therefore we must pray against Satan. Well, if God controls the world, he controls Satan. For me, religion was full of misstatements and reaches of logic that I just couldn't agree with.

Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.

I condemn false prophets, I condemn the effort to take away the power of rational decision, to drain people of their free will - and a hell of a lot of money in the bargain. Religions vary in their degree of idiocy, but I reject them all. For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain.

It isn't all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning.

We have within reach, now, the attainment of almost every dream of mankind.

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

I think God is as much a basic ingredient in the universe as neutrons and positrons. This is the prime force, when we look around the universe.