Buckminster Fuller Political Quotes

#1. Whether humanity is to comprehensively prosper ... depends entirely on the integrity of the human individuals and not on the political and economic systems. The cosmic question has been asked: are humans worthwhile to universe invention?

R. Buckminster Fuller

#2. It is new design by architects versus world revolution by political leadership.

R. Buckminster Fuller

#3. If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.

R. Buckminster Fuller

#4. Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer with only two hours a day can write in the back of an open truck on the Interstate.

Gene Wolfe

#5. History's political and economic power structures have always abhorred 'idle people' as potential troublemakers. Yet nature never abhors seemingly idle trees, grass, snails, coral reefs, and clouds in the sky.

R. Buckminster Fuller

#6. Inside and out, Westley's world was ripping apart and he could do nothing but crack along with it.

William Goldman

#7. In the end, arguing about affirmative action in selective colleges is like arguing about the size of a spigot while ignoring the pool and the pipeline that feed it. Slots at Duke and Princeton and Cal are finite.

Eric Liu

#8. Either man is obsolete or war is. War is the ultimate tool of politics. Political leaders look out only for their own side. Politicians are always realistically maneuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers.

R. Buckminster Fuller

#9. By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

R. Buckminster Fuller

#10. There is only one revolution tolerable to all men, all societies, all political systems: Revolution by design and invention.

R. Buckminster Fuller

#11. I don't want features, I want value. I don't want benefits, I want value.

Jeffrey Gitomer

#12. Hollywood is an illusion. These intense workplaces, with very close relationships, a few months at a time - and then it ends.

John C. Reilly

#13. It isn't about looks; gorgeous women get dumped every day.

Sherry Argov

#14. Doing the right things for the wrong reasons is typical of humanity. Precession - not conscious planning - provides a productive outcome for misguided political and military campaigns.

R. Buckminster Fuller