Quotations

"You discover real true love at the moment when you are making love with your partner and realize that all your life together is a single continuous and ongoing act of love-making, in the course of which you happen to occasionally disengage Bodies altogether for hours at a time. It is not something to which you return—it is something you suddenly find you have never really left."

— Spider Robinson, American science fiction author, born 1948

"Star Trek says that it has not all happened, it has not all been discovered, that tomorrow can be as challenging and adventurous as any time man has ever lived."

— Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter, born 1921

"I was tired of writing for shows where there was always a shoot-out in the last act and somebody was killed. 'Star Trek' was formulated to change that."

— Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter, born 1921

"Star Trek was an attempt to say humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in lifeforms."

— Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter, born 1921

"The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation."

— Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, born 1840

"Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light."

— Theodore Roethke, American poet, born 1908

"In a dark time, the eye begins to see."

— Theodore Roethke, American poet, born 1908

"When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic."

— Carl Rogers, American psychologist, born 1902

"People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds."

— Carl Rogers, American psychologist, born 1902

"In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?"

— Carl Rogers, American psychologist, born 1902

"When a person realizes he has been deeply heard, his eyes moisten. I think in some real sense he is weeping for joy. It is as though he were saying Thank God, somebody heard me. Someone knows what it's like to be me."

— Carl Rogers, American psychologist, born 1902

"If there is one thing the evil can’t stand, it's forgiveness."

— Fred Rogers, American television host, born 1928

"A young apprentice applied to a master carpenter for a job. The older man asked him, "Do you know your trade?" "Yes, sir!" the young man replied proudly. "Have you ever made a mistake?" the older man inquired. "No, sir!" the young man answered, feeling certain he would get the job. "Then there's no way I'm going to hire you," said the master carpenter, "because when you make one, you won't know how to fix it."

— Fred Rogers, American television host, born 1928

"When you're happy, you don't count the years."

— Ginger Rogers, American dancer, born 1911