George Takei Quotes

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh.

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them.

Shoot, man, I love everybody! I don't have time to hate.

I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.

Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.

Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out.

You have to laugh at yourself. I do a lot of humor about all ethnicities that are at the show - Latinos, Asians, Indians... What I say is, 'We're laughing together. I'm laughing with you, not at you.' Never say, 'Oh, I'm better than you.'

'Laramie' is a way in to replacing any hate in your heart with understanding, compassion, and acceptance.

I believe in literature which ties people together, that highlights what people have in common, despite the differences - color, sexual orientation, or anything which may separate us on the surface.

In my world there's no room for hate or discrimination in the White House. I will be an outspoken voice against that every time.

We see differences in people and seem to be afraid of people. The black or white or gay or straight - I don't necessarily look for differences but for similarities. We need to be looking out for each other.

Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us.

Yet even differences prove helpful, where there are tolerance, charity and Truth.

I disagree with Muhammad. I'm against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia. This is not a village of hate. It's a village of hope. Don't let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.

We can be more inclusive.

The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx.

The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child.

I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh.

We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.

There's nothing wrong with being a cop. There's nothing wrong with being a white person. It's about where your heart is... We've got to get everyone beyond the xenophobic isolationism.

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

You can be for someone without being against someone else.

All my life I've been looking for diversity.