"The earth is like a spaceship that didn't……" — R. Buckminster Fuller

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

— R. Buckminster Fuller

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220 Quotes by R. Buckminster Fuller

R. Buckminster Fuller has 220 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Everyone is born a genius.
There is enough for everyone. People think that there isn't enough, so they get as much as they can, so…
You can never learn less; you can only learn more. The reason I know so much is because I have…
Nature does have manure and she does have roots as well as blossoms, and you can't hate the manure and…
Ninety-nine per cent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
You can never learn less; you can only learn more.
What the scientists have always found by physical experiment was an a priori orderliness of nature, or Universe always operating…
Human beings were given a left foot and a right foot to make a mistake first to the left, then…
Think of it. We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the…
You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe…
We speak erroneously of "artificial" materials, "synthetics", and so forth. The basis for this erroneous terminology is the notion that…
The pyramids, attached with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

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More Earth Quotes

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The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. — Hannah Arendt
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and… — Neil Armstrong
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for… — Neil Armstrong
I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. — Neil Armstrong
It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much… — Neil Armstrong
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on… — Margaret Atwood
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. — Marcus Aurelius
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle. — Michele Bachmann

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