R. Buckminster Fuller

R. Buckminster Fuller
Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer and inventor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth12 July 1895
CountryUnited States of America
humanity earth doe
Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?
men important doe
We speak erroneously of "artificial" materials, "synthetics", and so forth. The basis for this erroneous terminology is the notion that Nature has made certain things which we call natural, and everything else is "man-made", ergo artificial. But what one learns in chemistry is that Nature wrote all the rules of structuring; man does not invent chemical structuring rules; he only discovers the rules. All the chemist can do is find out what Nature permits, and any substances that are thus developed or discovered are inherently natural. It is very important to remember that.
humanity extinction doe
All of humanity is in peril of extinction if each one of us does not dare, now and henceforth, always to tell only the truth, and all the truth, and to do so promptly -right now.
american-inventor proper purpose verb
Here is God's purpose -- for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
integrity differences humanity
If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
peace war fighting
War is obsolete. We are not here to fight something or tear something down; We are here to be the example of what is possible. Any sane individual will tell you that violence is ... not the way...
came regarding spaceship
Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.
absolutely capable earning nonsense supporting ten thousand
One in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a wage.
mind
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
american-inventor
Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
christian god noun proper
God is a verb, not a noun proper or improper.
art approach
The further art advances the closer it approaches science, the further science advances the closer it approaches art.
integrity fate humanity
On personal integrity hangs humanity's fate
brain special cases
Our brains deal exclusively with special-case experiences.