Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.

Quote by R Buckminster Fuller

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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...

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...

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid...

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid...

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.

God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.

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...

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

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

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

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

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

Tension is the great integrity.

Tension is the great integrity.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the...

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the...

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...

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

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

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

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.