R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
[My vision is] To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone.
Quotes to Explore
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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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The best way to preserve your privacy is to use a search engine that does not keep your logs in the first place. That's the approach used by Startpage and its European parent company, Ixquick.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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The good life, as it is popularly conceived, typically involves acquiring mastery in one's work, thus gaining for oneself better terms - or means to rewards, whether material, like wealth, or nonmaterial - an experience we may call 'prospering.'
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Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.
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I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.
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You don't want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of what's out there now does - you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.
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I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
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It is the unbroken testimony of all history that alcoholic liquors have been used by the strongest, wisest, handsomest, and in every way best races of all times.
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Honestly, since the Diane Sawyer piece, every day it's like, it's exciting to go to the mailbox... Because I get letters every day from all of these people from all over the world.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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I've been a huge fan of Mike Judge for a long time.
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I don't think about going back to the theater.
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[My vision is] To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone.
