“God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.”
God
“Either war is obsolete, or men are.”
MenAll Quotes by R. Buckminster Fuller
“Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.”
Technology“Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery.”
Great“Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.”
Faith“Either war is obsolete, or men are.”
Men“I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.”
Technology“Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.”
Alone“The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.”
Politics“I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.”
Experience“Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.”
Politics“War is the ultimate tool of politics.”
Politics“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.”
Nature“By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.”
Politics“Love is metaphysical gravity.”
Love“Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.”
Home“Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well but their manners should be of the greatest concern.”
Art“When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”
Beauty“I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.”
Leadership“Truth is a tendency.”
Truth“We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.”
Future