Top 100 Quotes About Leonard Nimoy
#1. I knew who Leonard Nimoy was, and that he embodied what Star Trek meant to all the fans. But it wasn't until I started doing my research for this movie, and started going to fan sites, that I began to fall in love with these characters.
Zoe Saldana
#2. I'm particularly impressed by the creation of the character of Spock, which really was Leonard Nimoy's singular creation. He used everything he had.
George Takei
#3. Without Leonard Nimoy, there would have been no 'Star Trek' phenomenon. And without 'Star Trek' ... well, that's a parallel universe most of us probably wouldn't want to visit.
Steve Hockensmith
#4. Hello, I'm Leonard Nimoy. The following tale of alien encounters is true. By true I mean false. It's all lies. But they're entertaining lies and in the end, isn't that the truth?
The answer is no.
Leonard Nimoy
#5. Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy.
Barack Obama
#6. There are a lot of photographers who have influenced me; some of the great ones, like Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton, and [Alfred] Stieglitz. I draw from all of them. You're supposed to steal from the good ones.
Leonard Nimoy
#7. It is curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.
Leonard Nimoy
#8. Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white ... to highlight that contrast.
Leonard Nimoy
#9. It is important to understand what are you trying to capture with a camera. What you want to use this tool for. It helps to begin to search for and concentrate on thematic photography.
Leonard Nimoy
#10. I became hooked on the idea of being able to shoot an image and process it myself, and end up with a product.
Leonard Nimoy
#11. I have found my way, step by step, proceeding from touch points that have emerged, some through conscious choice and some through dream state discovery.
Leonard Nimoy
#12. If I meet God, I hope she's female. I'm touched by the power of women. I'm married to a feminist. And I'm troubled by the fact that women in our culture are congratulated most for losing weight.
Leonard Nimoy
#13. What I'm exploring right now is the subject of my own mortality. It's an area that I'm curious about, and I'm researching it to see if there's a photographic essay in it for me. If images don't start to come, I'll go to something else.
Leonard Nimoy
#14. I am not Spock. But given the choice, if I had to be someone else, I would be Spock. If someone said, "You can have the choice of being any other TV character ever played," I would choose Spock. I like him. I admire him. I respect him
Leonard Nimoy
#15. I could not deprive you of the revelation of all that you could accomplish together, of a friendship that will define you both in ways you cannot yet realize
Leonard Nimoy
#16. Art, if it is successful, needs no explanation.
Leonard Nimoy
#17. Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected, in this case I would think interesting would suffice.
Leonard Nimoy
#18. I predict the future of this earthly human race is that having made a mess of Earth they'll move to outer space.
Leonard Nimoy
#19. Boston was a great city to grow up in, and it probably still is. We were surrounded by two very important elements: academia and the arts. I was surrounded by theater, music, dance, museums. And I learned how to sail on the Charles River. So I had a great childhood in Boston. It was wonderful.
Leonard Nimoy
#20. Judging by the pollution content of the atmosphere, I believe we have arrived at the late twentieth century.
Leonard Nimoy
#21. Rocket ships are exciting but so are roses on a birthday.
Leonard Nimoy
#22. My memory of those places is better than my pictures. That's why I get much more satisfaction out of shooting thematic work that has to do with an idea that I'm searching for, or searching to express.
Leonard Nimoy
#23. In general, we are sort of conditioned to see a different body type as acceptable and maybe look away when the other body type arrives.
Leonard Nimoy
#24. I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I think it becomes identifiable.
Leonard Nimoy
#25. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.
Leonard Nimoy
#26. You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise.
Leonard Nimoy
#27. But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why it is you want to take pictures and what it is you want to say.
Leonard Nimoy
#28. The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have.
Leonard Nimoy
#29. I'm only human, and I have no doubt Spock will outlive me by many years. I can only hope that, once in a while, when people look at Spock's visage, they might sometimes think of me.
Leonard Nimoy
#30. I have a master's degree in photography as a fine art, and I would call my work primarily conceptual. I don't carry cameras with me wherever I go. I get an idea of a subject matter I want to deal with and I pull out my cameras.
Leonard Nimoy
#31. I became enamored with photography when I was about 13 or 14 years old. I've been at it ever since. I studied seriously in the '70s.
Leonard Nimoy
#32. Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them.
Leonard Nimoy
#33. What fiction could match - in drama or suspense - man's first walk on the Moon?
Leonard Nimoy
#34. The voice thing is a blessing that I was given. I've had opportunities to do voice work of all kinds. It was something that was given to me and I was able to make good use of it.
Leonard Nimoy
#35. I became involved in photography when I was about thirteen years old.
Leonard Nimoy
#36. I believe in goodness, mercy and charity. I believe in casting bread upon the waters.
Leonard Nimoy
#37. You know, for a long time I have been of the opinion that artists don't necessarily know what they're doing. You don't necessarily know what kind of universal concept you're tapping into.
Leonard Nimoy
#38. May I say that I have not thoroughly enjoyed serving with humans? I find their illogic and foolish emotions a constant irritant
Leonard Nimoy
#39. For me it's all about personal vision; is there something about a subject that uniquely speaks to me.
Leonard Nimoy
#40. I've enjoyed photography, ever since I was a teenager, and I'm still at it. I've had shows in various cities, around the country, and I have a number of pieces in permanent collections in museums that I'm very proud of.
Leonard Nimoy
#41. I love comedy. I'm not known for comedy, but I love it. I've done a lot of it, in my lifetime. But most people are surprised to hear that I made a funny movie.
Leonard Nimoy
#42. I think it's my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.
Leonard Nimoy
#43. I've never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question.
Leonard Nimoy
#44. Embracing the Light
Collected bits of truth
Shimmering sparks
Shards of light
Merge
Healing
Restoring
Bursting Bright
Rising
in divine ecstatic flame.
Leonard Nimoy
#45. These are beautiful days. Folks ask what I'm doing. I tell them I'm doing family.
Leonard Nimoy
#46. I use a computer. I don't know if that qualifies me as a techie, but I'm pretty good on the computer.
Leonard Nimoy
#47. Whatever we are we belong together. Wherever we are, we will find each other. Whoever we are we are forever one.
Leonard Nimoy
#48. You create your own life and your work. Give us your best.
Leonard Nimoy
#50. My folks came to U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, went to Hollywood and became an alien.
Leonard Nimoy
#51. I certainly don't live in a kosher home although I was raised in a kosher environment.
Leonard Nimoy
#52. Prayer Against the Darkness
Shekhina
Pray for us now
bound with scripture
and shielded with shawl
Armed with passion
and loving care
Pray for us now
against suffering, turmoil, and injustice
Pray for us now
against the chaos of the dark.
Leonard Nimoy
#53. I know where Im going, and I know where Ive been.
Leonard Nimoy
#54. Mr. Spock : 'I began to study human behavior from an alien perspective, thinking, humans are interesting, sad, foolish, but worthy of study.
Leonard Nimoy
#55. Those who cannot hear an angry shout may strain to hear a whisper.
Leonard Nimoy
#56. I've been working with photography for many years.
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#57. Pablo Casals has this simple and sincere attitude of knowing where it's at - of saying, "This is the way it is." If I thought I could carry some of that into my life, I would be happy.
Leonard Nimoy
#58. Spock is definitely one of my best friends. When I put on those ears, it's not like just another day. When I become Spock, that day becomes something special.
Leonard Nimoy
#59. Because I have known despair, I value hope. Because I have
tasted frustration, I value fulfillment. Because I have been lonely, I value love.
Leonard Nimoy
#60. I'm not an equipment nut. I tend to use whatever's to hand. I have several cameras, of course, but I'm not emotional about any of them.
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#61. This time, there have been a lot of interesting discussion about the subject matter and I've had a good time talking about it. And in some of the cases, I'm not just signing books; I'm showing slides and talking about the work.
Leonard Nimoy
#62. How many times have we come away from an argument wishing we had said and done something different?
Leonard Nimoy
#63. Greetings, I am pleased to see that we are different. May we together become greater than the sum of both of us.
Leonard Nimoy
#64. If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.
Leonard Nimoy
#65. When you let me take I'm grateful. When you let me give I'm blessed.
Leonard Nimoy
#66. I began working with a family camera. It was called a Kodak Autographic, which was one of those things where you flopped it open and pulled out the bellows. And I've been at it ever since; I've never stopped.
Leonard Nimoy
#67. After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but is often true
Leonard Nimoy
#68. For each of us is
A separate miracle
In a collective miracle
Brought together
For a moment
By a group of notes
And a scan of words
From the heart
Of one
Who dares
To think
That others
Might feel
As he feels
Leonard Nimoy
#69. Interesting. You Earth people glorify organized violence for 40 centuries, but you imprison those who employ it privately.
Leonard Nimoy
#71. The camera can capture thought in a way that's quite surprising and shocking. You can become very simple and minimal in your work and communicate a lot with just a finger or an eyebrow, or a look, or a glance.
Leonard Nimoy
#72. In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see
Leonard Nimoy
#73. Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively impose domination over others. Help a friend.
Leonard Nimoy
#74. Years ago - in the 70s, for about a decade - I carried a camera every place I went. And I shot a lot of pictures that were still life and landscape, using available light.
Leonard Nimoy
#75. Some words having to do with the death of the people in the World Trade Center attack had been added, and when I got to it, I had this overwhelmingly emotional experience. I struggled to get through the words; tears were streaming down my cheeks.
Leonard Nimoy
#76. I deal with this spiritual issue every day - either shooting or processing or sorting or discussing or having conversations - I'm in constant contact with it.
Leonard Nimoy
#79. The means of many out way the means of the few or one.
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#80. A neighborhood friend showed me how it was possible to go to a camera shop and pick up chemicals for pennies ... literally ... and develop your own film and make prints.
Leonard Nimoy
#81. What mark will I leave behind? How will anyone know I have been here? What sign will tell the future traveler I existed? 'I am here! Today ... I exist'. I believe the deepest impression is made in those moments when I can say 'I care, I love'.
Leonard Nimoy
#82. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Leonard Nimoy
#83. The means of many outweigh the means of the few or one.
Leonard Nimoy
#85. That's the most difficult issue for me ... to find a subject that holds my interest long enough that I'm prepared to go to work and spend the time and energy to shoot the subject.
Leonard Nimoy
#86. The miracle is this - the more you give, the more you have.
Leonard Nimoy
#87. It's nice to get off the couch, throw the clothes on, add a little make-up and go back to work, every once in a while.
Leonard Nimoy
#88. Where there is no emotion, there is no motive for violence.
Leonard Nimoy
#89. A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP
Leonard Nimoy
#90. I turned off the talking politicos. Too much jabbering at each other. Not enough care about humans.
Leonard Nimoy
#91. Most of my images have been done in-studio, under very controlled lighting conditions. There have been a few that have been shot in nature, but even then they were shot almost exclusively at night, and again, under controlled lighting conditions.
Leonard Nimoy
#92. I also do my own processing, so it means a big commitment in lab time.
Leonard Nimoy
#93. There are studies that tell us that stress and lack of self-image, lack of self-esteem, severe dieting, binge dieting and binge eating can also be very damaging to a body and bring on various kinds of abnormalities.
Leonard Nimoy
#94. I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful - collecting these shards of spirituality - that we may be helping to bring about a healing.
Leonard Nimoy
#95. Find out what it is that touches you most deeply. Pursue it, learn about it, explore it, expand on it. Live with it and nurture it.
Leonard Nimoy
#96. A stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential.
Leonard Nimoy
#97. The book tour has been really interesting and very gratifying. I have not book toured before. I've never had quite as much pleasure, as much satisfaction.
Leonard Nimoy
#98. My dream concept is that I have a camera and I am trying to photograph what is essentially invisible. And every once in a while I get a glimpse of her and I grab that picture.
Leonard Nimoy
#99. It's all about trying to make the world and the universe a better place. I'm proud to be connected with it. I think we need that in our lives. We need ethical, heroic people trying to do the right thing to help others and to improve life on this planet and in the universe.
Leonard Nimoy
#100. I've noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, yet how little room there seems to be in yours.
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