Quotes 161 till 180 of 415.
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In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.
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Indeed many things which we shall not be able to discover either by the experiment of works or by the investigations of reason we shall deserve to be taught by importunate prayer, by the revelation of divine inspiration.
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Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
Richard Buckminster Fuller
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983) -
Integrity of the individual is what we're being judged for and if we are not passing that examination, we don't really have the guts, we'll blow ourselves up. It will be all over. I think it's all the difference in the world.
Only Integrity is Going to Count (1983)Richard Buckminster Fuller
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Is marijuana addictive? Yes, in the sense that most of the really pleasant things in life are worth endlessly repeating.
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It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.
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It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him.
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It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.
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It is essential to release humanity from the false fixations of yesterday, which seem now to bind it to a rationale of action leading only to extinction.
Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking (1975)Richard Buckminster Fuller
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983) -
It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.
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It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.
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It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
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It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it.
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It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.
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It's a difficult business, finding out what's true about the world, the universe.
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It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't stop playing the game the way you've always played it.
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It's apparent that we can't proceed any further without a name for this institutionalized garrulousness, this psychological patter, this need to catalogue the ego's condition. Let's call it psychobabble, this spirit which now tyrannizes conversation in the seventies.
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Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.
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