R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There's not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines.
Quotes to Explore
-
Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
-
I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
-
I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never liked me, and I was always the new kid.
-
I'm a big lipstick girl - I'm old school that way.
-
With a lot of help from my high school teachers, I went to college and became a medical tech at a clinic outside Kansas City.
-
Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create.
-
'School of Rock' was just once in a lifetime things; I want to be a doctor, actually. I'd go an do the sequel if they asked me to.
-
We'd be doing parkour on my high school roof; we'd get in trouble. But I was never a reckless kid.
-
The perfect day for me is waking up and having a cup of tea with my kids before I drive them to school; Then, I go into the studio and try and write some music for three or four hours and give up about noon.
-
When I was 12, my feet were so small, I wore my sisters' glitter shoes. My dad would whoop me: 'You're not going to school now, you'll embarrass us!'
-
You know when you see those guys and their sideburns are just a little too high? You don't need to have sideburns, but don't have to have them right above the ear. I knew a guy that did that in high school and I was like, 'What are you doing? Just let them down a little.'
-
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
-
I think every high school student who was alert during the early '60s got very embittered by the slow progress and the violence surrounding the Civil Rights Movement.
-
I think if we wish to live in any kind of a moral universe, we must hold the perpetrators of violence responsible for the violence they perpetrate. It's very simple. The criminal is responsible for the crime.
-
I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time.
-
When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'
-
High School Musical has been a blessing and a gift.
-
Sometimes, in the midst of a tragedy like the Newton massacre, we witness incredible acts of valor, tenderness, grace, and decency. We saw it from Sandy Hook Elementary School's teachers, students, and parents, as well as from their community and country. The outpouring of sympathy and help has been touching and, at times, inspiring.
-
When I was in high school, there's no doubt I was trying to swing like Tiger Woods when he first came on tour.
-
Arthur had heard Peggy say that she didn’t wish for more comfortable furniture, because if the chairs were softer, company would be inclined to stay longer.
-
The 18,000 NASA employees are full of galactic talents and abilities and are ready to accomplish whatever they're directed to do.
-
A 41-inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee - a lot more.
-
Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There's not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines.
