Jacque Fresco Quotes

If we're going to make a politically responsible and a scientifically sensible claim it should not be stop the world exactly where it is because that's not possible. It has to be to decide what kind of world do we as human beings want to live in.

My definition of success? Being the kind of woman that I would want to have as a friend.

What sort of world can we prepare for our great grandchildren?

We need to look at the whole society and think, "Are we actually thinking about what we're doing as we go forward, and are we preserving the really important values that we have in society? Are we keeping it democratic, and open, and so on?"

As the 20th century ended, there were around 120 democracies in the world - and I can assure you more are on the way.

We develop the kind of citizens we deserve.

Change in yourself what you want to change in the world.

If we behave like those on the other side, then we are the other side. Instead of changing the world, all we'll achieve is a reflection of the one we want to destroy.

A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.

The actions and inactions of hundreds of millions of people and nearly 200 states, will affect what kind of world emerges in the time ahead.

We do a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive. We want to leave the world better than we found it.

Am I going to change the world, or am I going to change me? Or maybe change the world a little bit, just by changing me?

We want our children to live in an America...that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.

Business is the only mechanism on the planet today powerful enough to produce the changes necessary to reverse global environments and social degradation.

Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want, the applause of the crowds or to quietly have my own life?

I've learned that asking ourselves not just what we want to be, but who we want to be is important at every stage of our lives, not just when we're starting out in the world. That's because in a way, we're starting out fresh in the world every single day.

These are the times, the times of our own, these are the shapes the world we formed.

I'm as much interested in the form-making as well as getting you to think about what we're doing to the world around us.

Actually, it does start with you - if you want to change the world, change yourself.

If we wish to stop the atrocities, we need merely to step away from the isolation. There is a whole world waiting for us, ready to welcome us home.

If you're not satisfied with the way the world is, or if you think the world can be better, you have to figure out a way to know yourself and better yourself. Then you have the assurance that something in the world has improved.

I'm the one who changes the world if I can follow what I think should and shouldn't be lived in this world.

In an ideal world for me, I would like to go back and forth [between film and theater]. I kind of want to do it all

The world makes us look towards ourselves, our possessions, our desires.The Gospel invites us to be open to others, to share with the poor.

I want more awareness of humanity in this world.