I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

Quote by R Buckminster Fuller

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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought...

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought...

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs...

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs...

When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I...

When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I...

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere...

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere...

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for...

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for...

My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly...

My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly...

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his...

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his...

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just...

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just...

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse...

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse...

Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become...

Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become...

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while...

Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while...

Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not...

Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not...

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no...

Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no...

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.