Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Nichelle Nichols

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Nichelle Nichols.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Nichelle Nichols is an American actress, singer and dancer best known for her portrayal of Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, and its film sequels. Nichols' portrayal of Uhura was ground-breaking for African American female characters on American television. From 1977 until 2015, Nichols volunteered her time to promote NASA's programs, and to recruit diverse astronauts, including women and ethnic minorities.

American - Musician | Born: December 28, 1933

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I've agreed to do several Star Trek conventions this coming year.

Nichelle Nichols

All the people in Star Trek will always be known as those characters. And what characters to have attached to your name in life! The show is such a phenomenon all over the world.

Nichelle Nichols

Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.

Nichelle Nichols

I was very blessed in always knowing what I wanted to do, and by the grace of God I've been able to succeed in my chosen career.

Nichelle Nichols

Mahalia Jackson, I grew up around the corner from in Chicago.

Nichelle Nichols

I think anybody with any intelligence sits down and sees Star Trek not a kids' show.

Nichelle Nichols

It's just coincidental that the acting took off first over everything else.

Nichelle Nichols

Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain't stopped yet. There's more exploration to come.

Nichelle Nichols

I was very blessed in always knowing what I wanted to do, and by the grace of God, I've been able to succeed in my chosen career.

Nichelle Nichols

Charlie X”)? Those were the hints, as far as I’m concerned.

Nichelle Nichols

Science is not a boy's game, it's not a girl's game. It's everyone's game. It's about where we are and where we're going. Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain't stopped yet. There's more exploration to come.

Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols had decided leave the original Star Trek series after the first season. Fed up with racist harassment and limitation, culminating with her learning that studio executives were withholding her fan mail, she submitted her resignation. She withdrew it when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. convinced her that her role was too important a cultural breakthrough to leave.

Nichelle Nichols

Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Nichelle Nichols

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