Daily Inspiration Quote by William Shatner

Shatner’s move here is slyly deflationary: he doesn’t argue about ghosts or gods so much as he re-labels them. “Supernatural” becomes not an alternate realm but a linguistic junk drawer, a term we reach for when our senses and instruments hit their limits. Coming from an actor whose career is practically synonymous with pop-science wonder, the line reads like a grown-up revision of Star Trek’s awe: keep the awe, ditch the metaphysics.

The intent is almost therapeutic. By calling the supernatural a “catch-all,” Shatner reframes belief as a cognitive shortcut rather than a moral failing. It’s less “you’re wrong to believe” than “we’re all improvising with partial information.” That gentleness matters; it invites skeptics and believers into the same room without demanding anyone surrender their identity at the door.

Subtextually, he’s shifting the power dynamic. The supernatural often functions as a trump card: untestable, therefore unquestionable. Shatner tucks it back into the category of the provisional - a placeholder label for phenomena “we cannot perceive.” That phrase does heavy lifting. It acknowledges humility (there are “vast other parts”) while still insisting perception, not revelation, is the boundary line. In other words: mystery is real; certainty about the mystery is the suspect part.

Context sharpens the cultural resonance. Shatner has spent decades at the intersection of fandom, futurism, and fringe curiosity, from spaceflight advocacy to public brushes with paranormal talk. This sounds like someone trying to preserve wonder in an era allergic to credulity: a permission slip to be amazed without being exploited.