Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.

Quote by R Buckminster Fuller

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Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

Tension is the great integrity.

Tension is the great integrity.

People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional...

People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional...

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.