Richard Buckminster Fuller Quotes

A collection of quotes by Richard Buckminster Fuller.

Richard Buckminster Fuller, commonly known as Bucky Fuller, was an American architect, inventor, engineer, author, and futurist. Born in 1895, he dedicated his life to finding innovative solutions to global challenges. Fuller is best known for popularizing the geodesic dome, a lightweight and efficient architectural structure. His work encompassed various fields including design, engineering, and sustainability, earning him numerous accolades and honors. He believed in the power of technology and design to address societal issues and coined the term "Spaceship Earth" to emphasize the interconnectedness and finite resources of our planet.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on thei

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.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Thou mayest as well expect to grow stronger by always eating

Thou mayest as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Too much overcharges Nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. 'Tis thought and digestion which makes books serviceable, and give health and vigor to the mind.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain sui

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

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth s

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Here is God's purpose -- for God, to me, it seems, is a verb

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

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degr

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

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Controlled time is our true wealth.

Controlled time is our true wealth.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Out of my general world-pattern-trend studies there now come

Out of my general world-pattern-trend studies there now comes strong evidence that nothing is going to be quite so surprising and abrupt in the future history of man as the forward evolution in the educational process.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an opera

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

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untoucha

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

Richard Buckminster Fuller

You can't learn less.

You can't learn less.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is whe

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through comple

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.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaces

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

Richard Buckminster Fuller

If success or failure of this planet and of human beings dep

If success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do... HOW WOULD I BE? WHAT WOULD I DO?

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