R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes

I do think that deciding between a particular discovery and a technological breakthrough - I would always think the impact is probably much larger for the technological breakthrough.

I'm very pro-science and pro-technology; I believe that these have been key drivers of progress in the world in the last centuries.

Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.

Any time where the delta b/w what is possible and how things work today is at its widest, that's an opportunity to go build new technology.

Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact.

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

I think there's always room for more innovation and new things.

I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.

Innovation is the calling card of the future.

If you run from technology, it will chase you.

Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences.

One can not impede scientific progress.

I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science.

Science is the key to our future, and if you don't believe in science, then you're holding everybody back.

You can't be on the cusp of innovation and at the forefront of technology if you're wearing blinders. If you don't have an exploration program where you're exploring your world here on Earth, underwater, and in space, then you're wearing blinders and handicapping yourself.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.

If I have seen farther than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants.

Scientists are the true driving force of civilization.

This is the age of disruption.

A lot of times, you think of things as being science fiction, but the creation of the ideas makes you want to solve them. Then, in solving them, they give us greater capability.

I am very fond of technology and like to keep pace with change.

There's no question that technology is extraordinarily competitive.

Every time you think all the technology that had been created already, all you have to do is look around and then there's someone new who's born with a new idea.

Yesterday's fairy tale is today's fact. The magician is only one step ahead of his audience.

Don’t just think about the technology available today, but the technology that would be 10 times better in the future.