R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes

What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people are mature they have lost their innate capabilities.

R. Buckminster Fuller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: inventor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 12, 1895 - July 1, 1983

Topics

TimePeopleProcessLostMature

If you can laugh with your friends over something, you own it.

Jill Soloway

LaughFriendsYouOverOwnYour

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

John F. Kennedy

FutureLightDarknessCandleSafe

They're cheering a young lad, the champion playboy of the Western World.

John Millington Synge

WorldChampionYoungPlayboyLad

Basically, I'm working on global domination. I plan to have members globally. What I'm looking to do is expand in a way that allows us to provide more access and take advantage of the sort of 'world is flat' technology platform, where it doesn't matter where you're located.

Angelica Ross

TechnologyWorldLookingPlanYou

Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes.

Michael Arrington

RichMoreTaxesEveryonePayWants

Most previous immigrants came to the United States to become Americans, with no intention of returning home. They relinquished their ties with their homeland. English was their key to prosperity, and they worked hard to master it.

John Shadegg

HomeKeyIntentionImmigrantsBecome

I am a filmmaker. That is all I've ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about food.

Alton Brown

FoodI AmYouKnowMoviesFilmmaker

I think that every generation will say that technology has gone too far. That's probably always going to be the case. We can't even imagine what our children will have in their adult lives.

Michael Kelly

TechnologyChildrenThinkGeneration

I don't have too much spare time, but I try to play games as much as possible. I played a little growing up, but I never played any tennis games before.

Lleyton Hewitt

TimeGrowing UpToo MuchPlayNever

It has always been clear that The Washington Post is a company that is set up for the purpose of protecting the long-term interests of its assets and held together as a holding company.

Jonathan Grayer

TogetherPurposeWashingtonCompany

Ellis Island lies in New York Harbor 1,300 feet from Jersey City, New Jersey, and one mile from the tip of Manhattan. At the time of the first European settlement, it was mostly mud, sand, and oyster shells, which nearly disappeared at high tide.

David Souter

TimeNew YorkCityFeetSandTide

I couldn't see a future of doing anything other than performing. I didn't like school if I'm being honest. I would have settled for performing in any capacity.

Cheryl Cole

FutureSchoolDoingSeeAnything

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