Roddenbury Quotes & Sayings

Most Substance-addicted people are also addicted to thinking, meaning they have a compulsive and unhealthy relationship with their own thinking. — David Foster Wallace

The motto of West African cooking is that if the food doesn't set fire to the tablecloth the cook is being stingy with the pepper. — Ben Aaronovitch

She is my wife and I am her own and you were not invited. Leave us alone. — Catherynne M Valente

Perforated eardrums were quite common16, too; but, as Haldane reassuringly noted in one of his essays, 'the drum generally heals up; and if a hole remains in it, although one is somewhat deaf, one can blow tobacco smoke out of the ear in question, which is a social accomplishment. — Bill Bryson

because that every man heard them speak in his own language. ACT2:07 — Anonymous

My great-great grandfather and I were the best of friends, although we never met — Raji Singh

There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement would be impossibly expensive and burdensome. This approach leads to diminished freedom for everyone ... In the end, it is only an internal moral compass in each individual that can effectively deal with the root causes as well as the symptoms of societal decay. Societies will struggle in vain to establish the common good until sin is denounced as sin and moral discipline takes its place in the pantheon of civic virtues. — D. Todd Christofferson

Gene Roddenbury felt that television was being wasted. That it had the potential for enlightenment and even inspiration. — George Takei

Doing the impossible is the history of this nation. It is how this country was built — Michelle Obama