R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that advantage human life.
Quotes to Explore
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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Not to sound bad, but some girls are dumb. It's because they spend so much of their life trying to have the right look. On the other hand, some girls are just really smart. There are girls you can have conversations with that are healthy conversations. You can argue real life issues and solve problems together. That is what makes a woman sexy.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.
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You don't choose who you sit next to in a theater. You sit in a theater, and there's an energy that happens.
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I gave up school. I gave up a really, really good job. I gave up a lot of stuff. I cut a lot of people out of my life so I could just focus on my fighting dreams.
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Sometimes, you're going 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a few months, and then you come home, and you wonder what you're doing with your life and why. At least, that's the experience I've had.
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I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way.
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I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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My most firmly held value is what Albert Schweitzer termed 'reverence for life.' I take this seriously; many would say that because I extend it to nonhumans, I take it too far.
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I'm a gay man who came out when I was 10 years old, and there's nothing in my life that I'm prouder of.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.
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I think it's important to be able to say that you did live a normal life and struggled to make ends meet. It all has to do with work ethic and how I apply myself to my awesome job now. I've always been used to working because I've been working since I was four.
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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet. There is so much life underneath the water that we don't know about. I would love to check out the bottom of the ocean to see what's going on down there.
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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
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Where there is love there is life.
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We can't have landfills forever, and we can't ask others to accept our trash.
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Our problem is not adopting reforms, which we will do without question. It is not reaching an objective, which we will meet. But it is finding an end to the recession.
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I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.
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We really are based on this idea that teachers have all this pent-up classroom expertise and that if we could just empower them to come up with micro-solutions, they're going to come up with smarter ideas than anybody would at the top.
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I never knew you were supposed to push off of your feet when you walked. And I tried it, and I walked much faster.
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Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that advantage human life.
