George Takei Quotes

I don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

One of the things that defines a TEDster is you've taken your passion, and you've turned it into stewardship. You actually put action to the issues you care about.

I think I've done a good job of trying to figure out ways to continue to use my voice and platform for the right things.

I will continue to help the political causes I believe in in any way I can.

As a young man, causes of one kind or another engaged me, and I thought the media is where you express yourself in that. I lived with the illusion, for quite a long time, that if you described something accurately, something would be done about it.

I'm from a very politically and socially conscious family. My mother always made a point of making us look at what was going on around us and take stock of our part in it.

I'm a part of a program called Toyota's Engines of Change Program. The message is that anyone can make a difference in their community or for whatever cause they feel strongly about. Everyone can be an Engine of Change.

In the U.K., a lot of writers won't show up to support activist issues because they figure they're already repairing the world. I don't want to be one of those people.

I do feel, in a sense, the rules of engagement for citizenship has changed, and we must encourage other people to speak up and to take action.

If I'm able to use my voice to do good in the world then I definitely want to do that.

I was able to realize that I definitely want to make sure that I use my voice, as it gets bigger and bigger, in the world for good.

I think young people can make such an extraordinarily important difference in making this world a better place.

I'm always wondering what else I could be doing. It never feels enough to just use my platform. I'm happy to give a voice to people who may not be heard half as much, but I'm always wondering what else I could be doing, since my position almost requires me to do more. And I want to do more.

Getting in the community, working with the kids, was a way that I felt like I could get out and make a change.

For me, the passions and issues I care so much about are ones that lend themselves to work whether you're in government or outside of government.

I think, in terms of activism associated with my films, be it 'Salaam Baalak Trust' or 'Maisha,' taking the idea of cinema as a way to change people, I feel heartened. I am glad that we have impacted thousands of lives.

I just want to use my voice and my platform to help people. Whether it be political or therapeutic.

I believe that young kids have agency and can make a difference in the world.

Public service and community organizing and movement building is such a part of my DNA that it's really hard to separate it.

Television has the power to push for change. We need to push it in that direction.

You can complain about problems, and you can suffer from the ramifications of issues that are social in nature and impact you, but the best thing you can do is get off your couch, get out of your home and go do something about it.

I always knew I had to find a way to be a catalyst for positive change.

I'm very political and I'm not ashamed of it, and I think having the platform I have, I want to take advantage of that.

Even if you can't be an activist every day, when you can be, do it.