The best Quotes by William Shatner

Success should always be just beyond your grasp.

I never watched Star Trek.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

You have to create your life. You have to carve it, like a sculpture.

So bitcoin is cyber snob currency.

I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face.

William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.

Canada also helped in two world wars and gave the world Neil Young, William Shatner, Leonard Cohen, Pamela Anderson, one quarter of Barney Stinson, instant mashed potatoes and best of all - you.

People walk around today calling everyone their best friend. The term doesn't have any real meaning anymore.
Mere acquaintances are lavished with hugs and kisses upon a second or at most third meeting, birthday cards get passed around offices so everybody can scribble a snippet of sentimentality for a colleague they barely met, and everyone just loves everyone.
As a result when you tell somebody you love them today, it isn't much heard.

It's time you learned that freedom is never a gift. It has to be earned.

Vanna: "It's hard to believe that something which is neither seen nor felt can do so much harm."
Kirk: "That's true. But an idea can't be seen or felt."

The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other.

A species that enslaves other beings is hardly superior - mentally or otherwise.

We humans are full of unpredictable emotions that logic cannot solve.

To boldly go where no man has gone before.

Without freedom of choice there is no creativity.

Spock: "One man cannot summon the future."
Kirk: "But one man can change the present!"

You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, and irrational fear of the unknown. There is no such thing as the unknown. Only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.

A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.

If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people.

Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it was always a sad moment.

I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you!

Whatever you do in this life, it's not legendary, unless your friends are there to see it.

Barney: "Our wedding is gonna be legendary."
Robin: "No wait for it?"
Barney: "I've got you, I don't have to wait for it anymore."

It's only once you've stopped, that you realize how hard it is to start again. So you force yourself not to want it.

If you're looking for the word that means caring for someone beyond all rationality and wanting them to have everything they want, no matter how much it destroys you, it's love!

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.

Music is the emotional life of most people.

It's great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.

Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror.

It's better to burn out, than to fade away.

Live music is better.

Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

Tough times call for tough choices and pinching every penny.

We're working on becoming more efficient with our energy usage, but those algorithms use as much energy as the whole country of Denmark.

For the soul, laughing is what oxygen is for the lungs.

It's not about the absence of fear. It's overcoming it.

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

My father always said, "Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf" - so I make sure I read.

Look, if Michael Jordan's healthy, you don't let Scottie Pippen run the offense. Oh, you're from Canada, right. If Wayne Gretzky's healthy, you don't let François... what I'm saying is: hockey is stupid and I'm point guy!

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.